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Our Team

Our team is dedicated to welcoming you to Utica and helping you transform your life with our community centered programs. Call us today!

Executive Director

Shelly Callahan

Executive Director

Officers and Board

Mark Caruana

Board President

Interim Pastor, Westminster Moriah Olivet Presbyterian Church
Christopher Kalil

Board Vice President

Attorney, Law Office of Christopher J. Kalil
John Howard

Board Treasurer

Partner, Barone, Howard, & Co., CPAs, PC
Ibrahim Rosic

Board Secretary

Director, Mohawk Valley Community College Learning Center
Anita Mohr

Director

Pastor, Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Bruce Daniels

Director

Attorney, Bruce F. Daniels, P.C.
Ellen Kraly

Director

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Colgate University
Jennifer Boulanger

Director

Retired, Dean of the Center for Language and Learning Design at MVCC
Robert W. Dicks, Jr.

Director

Retired, General Auditor, Utica National Insurance
Stephen Lockwood

Director

Attorney, Stephen L. Lockwood, P.C.
Tracey Hansel

Director

Physician, Mohawk Valley Health Systems
Todd Marshall

Director

Adjunct Faculty and Full-time Instructor
MVCC Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer

Our Staff

Tracy Davis

Chief Operating Officer
Abdelshakour Khamis

Management Information Systems Coordinator
Alesia Baranava

Office for New Americans Opportunity Center | Project Coordinator
Ashley Bustos

Manager, Compass Interpreters
Azira Tabucic

Manager, Immigration & Citizenship
Dan Vellone

Executive Assistant
Dzevad Racic

Director, Refugee Resettlement
Emily Cassidy

Contracts Administrator
Emily Hansen

Opportunity & Entrepreneurship Coordinator
Jayson Z. Win

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Jennifer VanWagoner

Manager of Grants & Community Engagement
Kathleen DeLacy

Office For New Americans | Immigrant Community Navigator
Kpaw Lay

Specialist, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Kyi Kyi Min

Translation Coordinator, tone
Lisanne Divine

Traffic Safety Coordinator
Maribel Morales

Project Coordinator, COVID Community Navigator Program
Nurhayati Kadhim

Scheduler, Compass Interpreters
Pavel Brutsky

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Rochelle Crouch

Making A Connection (MAC) Project Coordinator
Sain Po La

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Samantha Lee

Health Access Coordinator

Monday - Wednesday - Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Shana Pughe Dean

Manager, Translation & Training
Snay Ma

Scheduler, Compass Interpreters
Tatjana Kulalic

Coordinator, Immigration & Citizenship
Yamna Abdalla

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Zaid Erzaij

Manager, Employment and Workforce Development
Zenna Monaghan

Finance Manager
Marutte Hecht

ONA Opportunity Center - ESOL Instructor
Dona Kishimoto

ESL - MVCC
Matthew Handzel

ESOL - MVCC