Our Team

We are more than community based, we are part of it.

About 70% of our staff members live in Lawndale. We know its people, its history, and its strengths and are committed to helping it thrive.

 

Executive Team

Cliff Nellis

President & CEO

Melchor Domantay (Jay-R)

Vice President of Finance & Administration

Sanjay Sudhir

Chief Strategy Officer

Carli Taylor 

Managing Director of Housing 

Caroline Posner

Director of Research and Evaluation 

John Raggs

Director of Facilties

Risa Lanier

Vice President of Operations and Policy

Michelle Patterson

Vice President of Advancement 

Lisa Alcorn

Director of Human Resources & Administration

Ernest Wilson

Director of Residential Services and Restorative Justice

Nathaniel “Jimmy” Gaither

Director of Community Relationships

LEGAL

Heidi Hornemann

Emerging Adult Holistic Defense Attorney

Merrik Campagna

Investigator

Jim Mullenix

Lead Attorney

Kevin Peters

Community Holistic Defense Staff Attorney

Joan HillMcClain

Community Holistic Defense Staff Attorney

Theresa Greenberg

Community Holistic Defense Staff Attorney

Shainna Grant

Paralegal

Isis Cosme

Paralegal

Outreach

Andrew Brooks

Outreach Supervisor 

Jewgrante Abraham

Outreach Worker

Mack Thomas

Outreach Worker

Marvin Harris

Outreach Worker

Travis Sanders

Outreach Worker

Tauheedah Cooper

Outreach Worker

Jacoby Berry

Outreach Civic Engagement Coordinator

Keith Allen

Outreach Civic Engagement Coordinator

Case Management

Nichole Lamorgese

Associate Director of Community Holistic Defense

Mary Johnson

Community Holistic Defense Supervisor 

Kilopatria Sims

Holistic Defense Case Manager

Heather Saunders

Clinical Therapist 

Amari White

Juvenile Case Manager

Whitney Scott

Emerging Adult Case Manager

Anakary Rodriguez

Victim Services Advocate Case Manager

Diana Glende

Supervisor of Diversion and Reflection

Dantreon Clark

Holistic Defense Case Manager

Liliana Ortiz

Holistic Defense Case Management Supervisor

KaDarryl Bell

North Lawndale Case Manager

Leida Ferrer

Holistic Defense Case Manager

Nicolas Hernandez

Community Navigator

Pamela Ruiz

Holistic Defense Case Manager

Isabella Rosen

Holistic Defense Case Manager

Facilities

Seneca Wilder

Facilities Maintenace Technician

Data

Eli Zerof

Program Manager

Finance

Martha Oyorzabal

Staff Grant Accountant

Andrea Borjorquez

Accounts Payable Staff Accountant

development

DanaMarie Carreon

Development Manager

Christine Holt

Institutional Giving Manager

Human Resources

Kaela Lawson

Human Resources Generalist / Recruiter

Moshay Barnes 

Administrative Coordinator

Residential

Napoleon English 

Residential Outreach Worker

Charles Buchanon 

Residential Case Manager

Bridgett Rolling 

Residential Case Manager

Dale Phillips 

Residential Case Manager

Christopher Cerda 

Residential Outreach Worker 

Marvell Gable

Residential Case Manager

Henry Bosely

Residential Outreach

Tyrone Stallworth

Residential Outreach