Our Team

Over its 20-year history, The Nicholson Foundation relied on a talented and dedicated team whose work, together, made it possible to fulfill the Foundation’s mission.

Foundation Leadership

  • Mark Hoover: Executive Director (2002–2010)
  • Charles Venti, MPA: Executive Director (2010–2016)
  • Joan Randell, MA: Director of Health and Rehabilitation (2008–2014), Chief Operating Officer (2015–2017)
  • Arturo Brito, MD, MPH: Executive Director (2017–2021)
  • Kimberly Boller, PhD, MS: Chief Strategy and Evaluation Officer (2019–2021), Executive Director (2021)

Foundation Staff and Consultants

  • Nicole K. Butler, MA: Consultant, Education (2007–2012)
  • Rachel Cahill, MPP: Consultant, Health (2011–2014), Senior Program Officer, Health (2015–2018)
  • Christina Chesnakov, MPH: Public Health Intern (2018), Public Health Fellow (2018–2021)
  • Maureen Deevey: Consultant, Health (2009–2014), Senior Program Officer, Health (2015–2021)
  • Michelle Fouks: Consultant, Program Integrity & Fiscal Planning (2012–2014), Chief Fiscal Officer (2015–2021)
  • Ed Fox: Consultant, Criminal Justice Reform (2004–2008)
  • Michael Greene: Consultant, Evaluation, Youth Violence Prevention, and Criminal Justice Reform (2007–2012)
  • Cathryn C. Hendon, MSSW: Consultant, Early Childhood (2009–2014), Senior Program Officer, Early Childhood (2015–2021)
  • Kathleen Hoover: Consultant, Administration (2002–2010)
  • Raquel Mazon Jeffers, MA, MPH: Consultant, Health (2013–2014), Senior Program Officer, Health (2015–2021)
  • Barbara Kang, MA, EdM: Consultant, Health (2012–2014), Senior Program Officer, Health (2015–2021)
  • Itai Karilik: Consultant, Workforce Development/Finance (2005–2011)
  • Colette Lamothe-Galette, MPH: Senior Program Officer, Health/Early Childhood (2019–2020)
  • Chrishana Lloyd, PhD, MSW: Consultant, Early Childhood (2014), Program Officer, Early Childhood (2015–2016)
  • Keri Logosso-Misurell, JD: Consultant, Child and Family Services (2012–2014)
  • Dyann Lonesome: Consultant, Criminal Justice Reform (2006–2012)
  • Madison McHugh, MBA, MA: Communications Intern (2018–2019), Communications Fellow (2020)
  • Kevin McManemin, MS: Communications Manager (2015–2020), Communications Director and Program Officer (2020–2021)
  • Grace Munoz: Administrative Assistant (2010–2021)
  • Brian O’Neill: Consultant, Information Technology (2012–2018)
  • Kim Pengitore: Bookkeeper (2009–2021)
  • Linda Refi: Consultant, Administration (2011–2014), Officer Manager (2015–2021)
  • Shannon Riley-Ayers, PhD, MS, MEd: Senior Program Officer, Early Childhood/Health (2017–2021)
  • Anne Brown Rodgers: Consultant, External Communications (2011–2021)
  • Paul Saeman: Consultant, Education and Workforce Development (2006–2015)
  • Fred Sambataro, MBA: Consultant, Administration (2006–2014), Fiscal & Administrative Director (2015–2021)
  • Bruce S. Trachtenberg: Communications Associate (2020–2021)
  • Wesley Wei, MPH: Public Health Intern (2018–2019), Public Health Policy Fellow (2019–2021)
  • Anthony Welch, MBA: Consultant, Family Services (2011–2012)
  • Liam Winters: Consultant, Information Technology (2011–2021)
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