Board & Staff

Board of Directors
Melanie Mbuyi - President
Tricia Boland Jones- 1st Vice President
Lulu Gonella - 2nd Vice President
Terry Jacobs - Treasurer
Kitty Carroll Colbert - Immediate Past President
Committee Chairs
Kerri Gardiner - School Programs Committee
Laura Menendez- Layette Committee
Ana Escobar - Opportunity Shop
Directors
Mrs. Roseanne Kelly - Advisory Board Representative
Catherine Albornoz
Michael Caruso
Abby Huke     
Kim Kirchgessner
Christy Mooney
Kathy Neumann
Belle O'Brien

Kathy Warren

Leanne Boland

Spiritual Advisor
Rev. Msgr. W. Louis Quinn
General Counsel
George W. Murphy, Jr. Esq.,
Executive Director
Kathleen Curtin
Staff

Kathleen Curtin, Executive Director - Chief staff executive of the Society. Provides administrative and staff leadership of the Society and Opportunity Shop. She is a liaison with volunteers, members, funders and partner organizations. She is charged with implementing Board directives and strategic plans.

Also provides staff and administrative leadership of the School Counseling/Social Work program. She is the liaison to the Catholic Schools Office, Center City Consortium, principals, and the School Programs Committee. She supervises 12 social workers currently servicing 15 schools.
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Kara O'Brien, Assistant Executive Director. Provides support to the Executive Director. Oversees the Society's member services and volunteer programs. Manages development activities and special events. Oversees the Camp, Uniform, and Layette Programs.Ext. 110

Alice Wilson, Director of School Counseling. Alice directs the counseling Program which consists of 9 social workers who provide services to 9 schools in the area.
 

Christine Moore , Director of Finance and Administration - Oversees the financial functions and business operations of the organization, to include: accounting, audit, budgeting, banking, human resources, benefits administration, payroll, vendor relations, reporting, compliance with tax and regulatory agencies, strategic planning, and special projects.
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Robin Kramer, Program Coordinator. Manages the Layette, Camp, and Uniform programs. Coordinates and executes all aspects of these programs as well as providing leadership on the Coat Drive and Beautification Day projects.

Opportunity Shop
Jay York Manager
Antonio Madison
Assistant Manager
Anne Lenoir
Dottie Gates
Charles King
Social Workers
Rushelle Clark
St. Michael's
Tawana Herring
St. Francis Xavier
Melissa Kibler
Sacred Heart
Nicole Knight
St. Michael's
Antionnette Parks
Cristo Rey, St. Mary Landover Hills
Judy Steele
St. Anthony
Yolanda Walton
St. Thomas More
Barbara Walker
Washington Middle School for Girls
Yolanda Walton St. Thomas More and St. Francis Xavier
Page Thomas
Sacred Heart