Leadership Team
Antara Mitra
Executive Director
Kim Pavlus
Division Director, Administration & Finance
Cheryl Giarrusso
Division Director,
Crisis Services
Susan VanCamp
Division Director,
School Services
Lisa Hannan
Manager, Human Resources
Program Management Team
Administration
Crisis Services
Shana Rowan
Manager, Operations
Stephanie Grandjean
Assistant Director, Crisis Services
Cassandra Flagler
Manager, Training & Data
Kristine Knutson
Program Manager, Contact Hotline, TeleCare, Volunteer Services, OCSPC
Katie Lemery-White
Program Manager, 211
Lindsey Treat
Program Manager, Service Delivery
School Services
Lynn Cross
Assistant Director,
School Services
Katie Arney-Rattray
Clinical Supervisor, Student Assistance Program
Alisha Ladd
Program Manager, PAX Tools
Kristen Stanton
Program Manager, Suicide Safety in Schools
Anita Whitaker
Coordinator,
Prevention Coach
Board Officers
Alan Andrews, LCSW, President
Alan Andrews & Associates, LLC
Eric Larison, Vice-President
Chair of Strategic Planning Committee
Consultant, OCM BOCES
Linda Barbuto, Treasurer
Assistant Director, Office of Budget & Planning, Syracuse University
Paula Freedman, Corresponding Secretary
President, Freedman Associates, Inc.
Board Members
Dianne Apter
Chair of Board Nominating Committee
Community Volunteer
Michelle Breidenbach
Reporter, The Post-Standard
Rashida Chambers
Promise Zone Specialist
Kortney R. Dale, MSW
Vice President, Family Services, Liberty Resources, Inc.
Dr. Joseph T. Himmelsbach
Associate Professor
SUNY Upstate Department of Psychology & Syracuse University Clinical Psychology
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
Campus Team Coordinator, Vera House
Patricia McBride
Office of the City Clerk, City of Syracuse
Dr. Maureen A. Patterson
Chair of Board Development Committee
Director of Education Leadership Programs, Le Moyne College
Maria Rachetta Wheeler
Branch Manager, NBT Bank
John Rey
Business Development Manager, Oswego Teachers Employees Federal Credit Union
Richard Riccioli
Franciscan Friar, Assumption Church Syracuse
Dave Shaw
Principal, Roxboro Road Middle School, North Syracuse Central School District
Neil J. Smith, Esq.
Chair of Investment Committee
Attorney, Mackenzie Hughes, LLP
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