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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

Ibrahim Rosic

Board President

Director, Mohawk Valley Community College Learning Center
Ellen Percy Kraly

Board Vice President

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Colgate University
Anita Mohr

Board Secretary

Pastor, Our Saviour Lutheran Church
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
Mark Caruana

Director

Interim Pastor, Westminster Moriah Olivet Presbyterian Church
Bruce Daniels

Director

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

Director

Retired, General Auditor, Utica National Insurance
Tracey Hansel

Director

Physician, Mohawk Valley Health Systems
Christopher Kalil

Director

Attorney, Law Office of Christopher J. Kalil
Stephen Lockwood

Director

Attorney, Stephen L. Lockwood, P.C.
Todd Marshall

Director

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

Director

Associate Professor of Social Sciences
Mohawk Valley Community College

Our Staff

Tracy Davis

Chief Operating Officer
Abdelshakour Khamis

Management Information Systems Coordinator
Alesia Baranava

Office for New Americans Opportunity Center | Project Coordinator
Alice Lillie

Bookkeeper
Ashley Bustos

Coordinator | Citizenship
Carla Rabice

Executive Assistant
Dan Vellone

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

Outreach Coordinator, Traffic Safety
Dzevad Racic

Director, Refugee Resettlement
Elise Incze

Volunteer Coordinator
Gina Sylstra

Finance Specialist
Qinji (Ginger) Allen

Manager, Compass Interpreters
Hassan Gracanin

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Islam Mohamed

Health Access Coordinator

Monday - Wednesday - Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Jayson Z. Win

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Jennifer VanWagoner

Manager of Grants & Community Engagement
Kathleen DeLacy

Office For New Americans | Immigrant Community Navigator
Ko Ko Win

Specialist, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Kpaw Lay

Specialist, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Kyi Kyi Min

Translation Coordinator, tone
Lisanne Divine

Traffic Safety Manager
Liz Gustafson

LIRS New American Cities Career Pathway Builder
Mahdi Jawad

Resettlement Case Aid
Maribel Morales

Project Coordinator, COVID Community Navigator Program
Mary Sidorevich

OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS | PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS PROGRAM | Caseworker
Miguel Riascos

Community Sponsorship Coordinator
Nada Alhassan

Caseworker

Uniting for Ukraine
Nurhayati Kadhim

Scheduler, Compass Interpreters
Pavel Brutsky

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Rochelle Crouch

Making A Connection (MAC) Project Coordinator
Sabri Hisenaj

Resettlement Housing Coordinator
Sain Po La

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Shana Pughe Dean

Manager, Translation & Training
Snow Steel

Career Navigator | New American Cities Program
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