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

Leadership

Rev. Paul T. Abernathy, MPIA, MDiv – CEO

Presbytera Kristina Abernathy, MS – CDO

Mr. Sheryar Ghani, MBA – CFO

Ms. Tyra Townsend, MLLS – COO

Directors 

Mr. Quinten Boose, completing MPPM – Director of Violence Reduction

Dr. Joseph Weaver, MD – Joint Medical Director

Dr. Sima Weaver, MD – Joint Medical Director

Managers

Mr. Solomon Armstead, MA – Trauma Informed School Program Manager

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

Ms. Tracey Joiner – Community Health Deputy Manager

Shamashee Kari Rossetti, BSN, RN – Clinic Administrator  

Ms. Marcia Scott, MSOL – Trauma Informed Community Development Program Manager

Mr. Bisrat Tesfagiorgis, MPH – Community Support Manager 

Staff

Mr. Usama Al-Teraifi, BA – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Ms. Norma Allen, BS – Administrative Assistant

Mr. Antoine Bailey – Behavioral Health Community Organizer

Mr. Simon Brown – Backpack Feeding Program Driver

Mr. David Butler – Community Support Specialist

Ms. Jewana Davis – Dental Assistant

Ms. Rhonda Clayton – Community Support Specialist

Mrs. Flo Demus – Community Health Deputy

Mr. Connor Foran – Backpack Feeding Program Driver

Mr. George Georges – Backpack Feeding Program Driver

Mrs. Diane Henderson-Webster – Community Support Specialist

Rev. Thomas Jamison, BA – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Ms. Adrienne McKinley, AS – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Mr. Noah Mueller, BS – Community Support Specialist

Presbytera Kathy Pehanich, LSW – Community Social Worker

Ms. Sharon Reynolds, MFA – Trauma Response Team Coordinator

Ms. Donna Saddler – Community Health Deputy

Ms. Paige Sarkaria, BS – Patient Care Specialist

Ms. Renee Watts, BA – Behavioral Health Community Organizer

Board

Mrs. Marianne Carmack – Training and Organization Development Consultant (Retired)
Dr. Emma Lucas-Darby, Ph.D., LSW – Previous Interim Director, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work Professor Emerita, Carlow University
Mr. Gus Georgiadis – Area President, Arthur J. Gallagher and Company
Ms. Angela Hayden, J.D. – Managing Attorney, Angela Hayden Law PLLC
Rev. Deborah Holt, M.Th – McCormack Baron Management Program Director, SCW Foundation
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
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