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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
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
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
Amir Grabovica

Cultural Orientation (CO) Training and Development Coordinator.
Ashley Bustos

Human Resource Manager
Bazhena Baggetta

Caseworker Uniting for Ukraine
Blu Keh

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Carla Rabice

Executive Assistant
Cecilia Calero DeSantis

ONA Immigrant Resource Coordinator
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 | Services to Older Refugees (SORP)
Dzevad Racic

Director, Refugee Resettlement
Elise Incze

Volunteer Coordinator
Gina Sylstra

Finance Specialist
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

Traffic Safety Manager
Liz Gustafson

Office for New Americans Opportunity Center | Project Coordinator
Arbai Majeni

Case Manager | LIRS PC - Intensive Case Management
Mahdi Jawad

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Maribel Morales

Project Coordinator, COVID Community Navigator Program
Miguel Riascos

Community Sponsorship Coordinator | Assistance to Migrants Program (AMP)
Nada Alhassan

PC - Intensive Case Management, Refugee Resettlement
Mino Lin

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Nicholas Vazquez-Nanda

Program Specialist | Services to Older Refugees (SORP)
Nurhayati Kadhim

Scheduler, Compass Interpreters
Nur Yasmin Ali Hussein

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
Pavel Brutsky

Associate Director of Resettlement
Qinji (Ginger) Allen

Manager, Compass Interpreters
Sabri Hisenaj

Resettlement Housing Coordinator
Sain Po La

Specialist, Employment and Workforce Development
Shana Pughe Dean

Manager, Translation & Training
Snow Steel

Making A Connection (MAC) Project Coordinator
Natallia Krakowiak

Specialist, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Tatjana Kulalic

Coordinator, Immigration & Citizenship
Tom Monaghan

IT Support Specialist
Turyalai Tukhi

Afghan Case Aid, Refugee Resettlement
Victoria Rybalkin

Immigration | Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) Specialist
Yamna Abdalla

Caseworker, Refugee Resettlement
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)
Suzanne Ryan

ESOL - MVCC