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.

Leadership

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

Kristina Abernathy, MS – CDO

Sheryar Ghani – CFO

Rev. Dr. Martin Johnson, D. Min – COO

Angela Woods – CAO

Managers

Dan Emerick, MDiv, MSW – Trauma Response Team Manager

Che Sayles – Community Health Deputy Manager

Tyra Townsend, MLLS – Trauma Informed Community Development Program Manager

Staff

Antoine Bailey – Behavioral Health Community Organizer

Simon Brown – Community Support Specialist

David Butler – Community Support Specialist

Carletta Davis – Community Support Specialist

Dr. Staci Ford – Trauma Response Team School Coordinator

Adrienne McKinley – Community Health Deputy 

Kathy Pehanich, MSW – Community Support Manager

Bisrat Tesfagiorgis, MPH – Community Health Worker

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
Minister Deborah Holt, M.Th – McCormack Baron Management Program Director, SCW Foundation
Mr. James Murphy – Senior HRIS Analyst, FEDEx Ground
Ms. Catherine Panadelis – Pharmacist, CVS Speciality
Dr. Michael Sider-Rose, Ph.D – Senior Director of Programs, CORO Center for Civic Leadership
Mr. Taili Thompson – Violence Prevention Coordinator, Allegheny County Health Department
Mr. Daniel Willow – Contract Sales Lead, SYSCO Pittsburgh
Mr. James Woods – VP Operations and Supply Chain, Evoqua Water Technologies