Leadership Team
Antara Mitra
Executive Director
Kim Pavlus
Division Director, Administration & Finance
Cheryl Giarrusso
Division Director,
Crisis Services
Susan VanCamp
Division Director,
School Services
Program Management Team
Administration
Crisis Services
Shana Rowan
Manager, Operations
Heaven Longo
Manager, Marketing and Development
Stephanie Grandjean
Assistant Director, Crisis Services
Cassandra Flagler
Manager, Training & Data
Kristine Knutson
Program Manager, Contact Hotline, TeleCare, Volunteer Services, OCSPC
Katie Lemery-White
Manager, 211 Program
School Services
Lindsey Treat
Program Manager, Service Delivery
Lynn Cross
Assistant Director,
School Services
Katie Arney-Rattray
Clinical Supervisor, Student Assistance Program
Alisha Hayes
Program Manager, PAX Tools
Emily Derrenbacher
Program Manager, PAX Tools
Kristen Stanton
Program Manager, Suicide Safety in Schools
Anita Whitaker
Coordinator,
Prevention Coach
Board Officers
Eric Larison
President
Executive Director, NYS ASCD
Consultant, OCM BOCES
Dr. Maureen Patterson
Vice-President
Internship Coordinator, Education Leadership Programs,
Le Moyne College
Linda Barbuto
Treasurer
Co-Chair of Fiscal & Investment Committee
Assistant Director, Office of Budget & Planning
Syracuse University
Paula Freedman
Corresponding Secretary
President, Freedman Associates, Inc.
Alan Andrews, LCSW
Ex- Officio President
Alan Andrews & Associates, LLC.
Board Members
Dianne Apter
Chair of Board Nominating Committee
Partner (retd.,) Apter & O’Connor Associates
Michelle Breidenbach
Reporter, The Post-Standard
Rashida Chambers
Promise Zone Specialist, Syracuse City School District
Kortney R. Dale, MSW
Vice President, Child & Family Services
Liberty Resources, Inc.
Dr. Joseph T. Himmelsbach
Associate Clinical Professor
SUNY Upstate Psychiatry
Rebecca Hoda-Kearse
Chair of Fund Development Committee
Title IX Coordinator and Affirmative Action Officer, SUNY ESF
Helen Hudson
President, Syracuse Common Council
City of Syracuse
Chris Kosakowski
Advocate, Vera House
Patricia McBride
Office of the City Clerk, City of Syracuse
John Rey
Business Development Manager
Oswego Teachers Employees Federal Credit Union
Dave Shaw
Business Administrator, Newfield Central School District
Neil J. Smith, Esq.
Co-Chair of Fiscal & Investment Committee
Partner, Mackenzie Hughes, LLP
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