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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

Ellen Percy Kraly

Board President

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Colgate University
Anita Mohr

Board Vice President

Pastor, Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Todd Marshall

Board Secretary

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

Board Treasurer

Partner, Barone, Howard, & Co., CPAs, PC
Jennifer Boulanger

Director

Retired, Dean of the Center for Language and Learning Design at MVCC
Bruce Daniels

Director

Attorney, Bruce F. Daniels, P.C.
Robert W. Dicks, Jr.

Director

Retired, General Auditor, Utica National Insurance
Christopher Kalil

Director

Attorney, Law Office of Christopher J. Kalil
Stephen Lockwood

Director

Attorney, Stephen L. Lockwood, P.C.
Dina Radeljas

Director

Associate Professor of Social Sciences
Mohawk Valley Community College
Ibrahim Rosic

Director

Director, Mohawk Valley Community College Learning Center
Azira Tabucic

Director

Medicare Advisor, Wellcare

Our Staff

Tracy Davis

Chief Operating Officer
Abdelshakour Khamis

Management Information Systems Coordinator / Receptionist
Alice Lillie

Bookkeeper
Blu Keh

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Carla Rabice

Executive Assistant
Dan Vellone

Office for New Americans | Professional Pathways Program | Job Coach
Doe Kpaw So Paw

OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS | PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS PROGRAM | CASEWORKER
Dona Kishimoto

Coordinator | ONA Immigrant Resource Program
Hassan Gracanin

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Islam Mohamed

Health Access Coordinator

Monday - Wednesday - Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Jennifer VanWagoner

Director of Strategic Initiatives
Kathleen Delacy

Associate Director of Resettlement

Contract Manager | Uniting for Ukraine
Kim Jastremski

Citizenship Coordinator & Grant Writer

Citizenship Coordinator (Tues and Thurs)
Grant Writer (Wed and Fri)
Kpaw Lay

Scheduler | Compass Interpreters

scheduling@compassinterpreters.org
Kyi Kyi Min

Translation Coordinator, tone
Lisanne Divine

Manager of Community and Safety Education
Liz Gustafson

Office for New Americans Opportunity Center | Project Coordinator
Maribel Morales

Project Coordinator, COVID Community Navigator Program
Nada Alhassan

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Nurhayati Kadhim

Scheduler, Compass Interpreters
Pavel Brutsky

Associate Director of Resettlement
Qinji (Ginger) Allen

Associate Director of Social Enterprise

Compass Interpreters
Sain Po La

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Shana Pughe Dean

Associate Director of Social Enterprise

Translation (tone) / Training
Tatjana Kulalic

Coordinator, Immigration & Citizenship
Zaid Erzaij

Director, Employment Services
Zenna Monaghan

Director of Finance
Marutte Hecht

ONA Opportunity Center - ESOL Instructor
Ismar Omeragic

ESOL - MVCC & Office for New Americans (ONA)
Jessica Merrill

ESOL - MVCC
Lorraine Eady

ESOL - Office for New Americans (ONA)
Matthew Handzel

ESOL - MVCC
Nadia Greasley

ESOL - Office for New Americans (ONA)