
If you are interested in joining our team, click here to view our current opportunities. Please follow these links for recent features of the Center’s Executive Director, Laurel Dumont, and Director of Community Relations, Yaminah Spotswood on patch.com.
Staff:
Founder & Executive Director
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 
Community Outreach Associate
Dare Thompson
dare@newarkchange.org
Administrative Assistant
Maria Morales
maria@newarkchange.org
Volunteers & Interns
Mikie Sheryl
Eleanor Giles
Mary Brown (photography)
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)

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





