staff

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Staff:

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Laurel Dumont
laurel@newarkchange.org

Director of Community Relations
Yaminah Spotswood
yaminah@newarkchange.org

Director of Finance & Development
Arlene Correa
arlene@newarkchange.org

Community Relations Associate
Shalese Mathis
shalese@newarkchange.org

Special Assistant
Esi Agyeman
esi@newarkchange.org team serious

Community Outreach Associate
Dare Thompson
dare@newarkchange.org

Administrative Assistant
Maria Morales
maria@newarkchange.org

Volunteers & Interns
Mikie Sheryl

Eleanor Giles

Mary Brown (photography)DSC02563 Saul Kravecas (data systems)

Departed Staff

Legal and Policy Analysts
Farha Ahmed
Piotr BanasiakNika Makhmali
Linda Park
Caroline Nagy

Past Volunteers, Interns & Fellows
Tasha Branford (Summer 2009)

Lora-Lynn Byfield (Summer 2009)

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Alison Crawford (Summer 2009)
Richard Greenberg (Founding Trustee)Lisa Helem (Fall 2009)
Dawn McPhee (Founding Trustee)
Dan Meyler (Fall 2009)
Caroline Nagy (Summer 2009)
Julius Richards (Summer 2009)
Steven Klutkowski (Winter 2010)
Daniel Meyler (Fall 2009)
Piotr Banasiak (2010)
Linda Park (2009-2010)
Qiana Collins (2009-2010)
Danielle Counts (2009-2010)
Kevin Donahue (2009-2010)
Hawwa Muhammad (2010-2011)group photo at launchEricka Jackson (Summer 2010)
Alissa Weiss (Summer 2011)
Bobby Brown (Summer 2011)
Dare Thompson (Summer 2011)
Isabel Depina (2011)
Tracy Luz (videography)
Tracy Nelson (accounting)

Trustees:

Mark Alexander, Esq.
Professor of Law
Seton Hall University RSCN1347

John Brothers, MPA, MBAPrincipal
Cuidiu Consulting

Hope Cooper
Sr. Vice PresidentMF Global

Victor Herlinsky, Jr., Esq.
Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, PA

Celia King
Executive Director
Leadership Newark

Randall Mehrberg, Esq.
President
PSEG Energy Holdings board 6

Joyce Strawser, PhD
Acting Dean, Stillman School of Business
Seton Hall University