Our dedicated, compassionate staff works with our board of directors and volunteers to meet our clients' needs – be it assisting a family in transition, developing policies and raising funds to support our programs, or visiting an isolated older adult, together we can make a difference.
Administrative Staff
- Michael Gemme, Executive Director
- Yvonne Fox, Director of Finance
- Debbie Garduno, Administrative Assistant/I & A Intake Specialist
- Carrie Hamilton, MSW, Director of Programs & Services
- Lara Mesh, Accounting Assistant
- Edward Yepez, Community Liaison
Community Chaplaincy/Chevra Kadisha
- Rabbi Min Kantrowitz, Program Director
- Yafa Chase, Santa Fe Community Chaplain
- Linda Friedman, Rio Rancho Community Chaplain
Community Case Management
- Jennifer Pretzeus, Case Manager
- Carole Rodecap, RN, Nurse Case Manager
- Jeremy Davis, Case Aide
- Emily Koplik, Social Worker
Food Pantry
OLDER ADULT SERVICES:
Holocaust Survivor Services
Aging Well at Home & NEIGHBORS – Aging Well in Your Community
- Rhonda Day, LISW, Community Wellness Director
- Marica Martinic, Wellness Manager
- Catherine Burke, Wellness Specialist
- Lamondo Greer, Wellness Specialist
- Meredith Root, Wellness Specialist
- Annette Morris, Shalom House Meal Site Coordinator
- Carole Rodecap, RN, Nurse Case Manager
- Felicia Avery, Housekeeper/Companion & Driver
- Sonia Gutierrez, Housekeeper/Companion
- Kim Jones, Housekeeper/Companion
Senior Transportation Project (STP)
- Les Gregg, STP Driver
- Pastor Castillo-Roman, STP Driver
- Felicia Avery, STP Driver
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
We're proud of our staff and the work they do on behalf of our clients. We'd like you to meet Carrie Hamilton, our Director of Programs & Services.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Edward Jordan, President
- Karen L. Kahn, Past president
- Karen Landis Knauf, Vice president
- Judy Basen Weinreb, Vice president
- Gary Singer, Treasurer
- Mim Burhans, LISW, ACSW, Secretary
- Howard Berger, MD
- Bronnie Blaugrund
- Kate Fry
- Janet Gaines
- Michael Gemme, Executive Director
- Libby Golden Hopkins
- Gail Jamin
- Russell Janis
- Sheldon Liebman
- Les Lipschutz
- Steven J. Locke
- Susan Minkus
- Jerome Pfeffer
- Betty R. Rosenberg
- Tom Ruby
- Lisa Kaplan Witt
- Joel Widman