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 Growth Officer

Mr. Sheryar Ghani, MBA – Chief Financial Officer

Rev. Dn. James Rossetti, DO, MPCC – Chief Chaplain

Ms. Tyra Townsend, MLLS – Chief Operating Officer

Spiritual Advisor

His Grace the Right Reverend THOMAS (Joseph), Ed.D., Spiritual Advisor

Patron Saint

St. Moses the Black

National Growth Champions

Mr. & Mrs. Troy and Theodora Polamalu

Directors 

Mr. Quinten Boose, MPPM – Director of Violence Reduction

Ms. Tracey Joiner – Director of Community Health and Support

Dr. Tyler Whitfield, DMD – Dental Director

Dr. Matthew Walsh, PhD – Director of Clinical Research & Training

Dr. Joseph Weaver, MD – Joint Medical Director

Dr. Sima Weaver, MD – Joint Medical Director

Managers

Mr. Dan Emerick, MSW, MDiv – Behavioral Health Support Team Manager

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

Mr. Nicholas Goussetis – National Growth Manager

Ms. Yasmin Guy – Backpack Feeding Program Manager

Mr. Noah Mueller – Growth Operations Manager

Shamassy Kari Rossetti, BSN, RN – Clinic Administrator  

Mr. Kevin Williams – Trauma Response Team Manager

Staff

Ms. Amber Addison – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Ms. Mesa Bowles – Peer Support Specialist

Mr. Jamar Brown – Backpack Feeding Program Driver

Mr. David Butler – Community Support Specialist

Ms. Rhonda Clayton – Community Support Specialist

Ms. Natalya Delsante – Patient Care Specialist

Mrs. Flo Demus – Community Health Worker

Ms. Lisa Ely – Community Care Coach

Ms. Linda Freeman – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Nina Heister – Community Support Specialist

Mrs. Diane Henderson-Webster – Community Support Specialist

Ms. Betty Huguley – Peer Support Specialist

Ms. Rhonda Lockett – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Kimberly Lowe – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Tamyra Noaks – Community Health Deputy

Mr. Brian Pickard – Launch Coordinator

Ms. Ella Powers – Lead Patient Care Specialist

Ms. Betty Rice – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Tamyah Rice – Health Liaison

Mr. Evan Roussey – Community Care Coach

Ms. Dorcas Rumble – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Donna Saddler – Community Health Worker

Ms. Lori Strothers – Community Care Coach

Sbdn. Bisrat Tesfagiorgis, MPH – Volunteer Coordinator

Mr. Deandre Timbers – Trauma Response Team Lead

Ms. Marli VanHorne – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Lesia Whitney – Community Support Specialist

Mr. Kyree Wright – Youth Engagement Coordinator

Board

Mr. James Balouris – Executive Vice President at PNC – Retail Banking – Western PA
Mr. Chris Berexa – Alliance Sales Executive – EY
Mrs. Marianne Carmack – Training and Organization Development Consultant (Retired)
Mr. Gus Georgiadis – President & CEO – GG Advisors
Mrs. Rosalyn Guy-McCorkle, Esq – County Solicitor, Allegheny County Law Department
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
Mr. Michael Kaufman – Managing Director at Bridge Investment Group
Mr. Chuck Kolias – Wealth Manager, Confluence Financial Partners
Dr. Emma Lucas-Darby, Ph.D., LSW – Previous Interim Director, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work & Professor Emerita, Carlow University
Mr. James Murphy – HRIS Specialist, FedEx Supply Chain
Ms. Catherine Pandeladis – Pharmacist, CVS Specialty
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 – Regional Sales Manager, TriMark SS Kemp