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Team

Bringing people together, empowering the brokenhearted and restoring lives.

The Neighborhood Resilience Project Staff and Board are committed to a grassroots, community-based approach to Trauma Informed Community Development. Our team has diverse backgrounds and experiences and share a zeal for creating a more resilient community by working side-by-side, every day with our neighbors.

STAFF

Officers

Rev. Paul T. Abernathy, MPIA, MDiv – Chief Executive Officer

Presbytera Kristina Abernathy, MS – Chief Development Officer

Mr. Sheryar Ghani, MBA – Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Tyra Townsend, MLLS – Chief Operating Officer

 

Directors 

Mr. Quinten Boose, MPPM – Director of Violence Reduction

Dr. Joseph Weaver, MD – Joint Medical Director

Dr. Sima Weaver, MD – Joint Medical Director

 

Managers

Dr. Solomon Armstead, MA, MDiv, ThD – Trauma Informed School Program Manager

Mr. Dan Emerick, MSW, MDiv – Trauma Response Team Manager

Ms. Brenda Harris, MS – Trauma Informed Community Development Program Manager

Ms. Tracey Joiner – Community Health Deputy Manager

Shamassy Kari Rossetti, BSN, RN – Clinic Administrator  

Ms. Marcia Scott, MSOL – Program Manager

Mr. Bisrat Tesfagiorgis, MPH – Community Support Manager 


Staff

Ms. Norma Allen – Administrative Assistant

Mr. Antoine Bailey – Behavioral Health Community Organizer

Mr. David Butler – Community Support Specialist

Ms. Rhonda Clayton – Community Support Specialist

Ms. Eliza Corder – Development Associate

Mrs. Renee Corkos – Behavioral Health Community Organizer

Ms. JeWana Davis – Dental Assistant

Mrs. Flo Demus – Community Health Deputy

Mr. Connor Foran – Backpack Feeding Program Driver

Mr. Nicholas Goussetis – Backpack Feeding Program Driver

Mrs. Diane Henderson-Webster – Community Support Specialist

Rev. Thomas Jamison – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Mr. Noah Mueller – Community Support Specialist

Presbytera Kathy Pehanich, LSW – Community Social Worker

Ms. Sharon Reynolds, MFA – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Mr. Evan Roussey – Support Specialist

Ms. Donna Saddler – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Paige Sarkaria – Patient Care Specialist

Mr. Robert Small, Jr. – Maintenance Assistant

 

Board

Mrs. Marianne Carmack – Training and Organization Development Consultant (Retired)
Mr. Gus Georgiadis – Area President, Arthur J. Gallagher and Company
Dr. Rhonda L. Hall, Ed.D. – Director, Family and Community Partnerships, University of Pittsburgh – Office of Child Development
Ms. Angela Hayden, J.D. – Managing Attorney, Angela Hayden Law PLLC
Rev. Deborah Holt, M.Th – McCormack Baron Management Program Director & SCW Foundation Founder
Dr. Emma Lucas-Darby, Ph.D., LSW – Previous Interim Director, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work & Professor Emerita, Carlow University
Mr. James Murphy – HR Systems Applications Architect, GNC
Ms. Catherine Panadelis – Pharmacist, CVS Specialty
The Honorable John Pippy – President and Founder of PGS TEK LLC
Mrs. Katherine Pyros, CRNA – Nurse Anesthetist,Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Dr. Michael Sider-Rose, Ph.D – CEO, Orthodox Volunteer Corps
Mr. Daniel Willow – District Sales Manager, Freshpoint – Paragon
Mr. James Woods – VP Operations and Supply Chain, Evoqua Water Technologies

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Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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