Staff

BROSIS STAFF MEMBERS HAVE DEEP EXPERTISE IN THEIR AREAS AND LONGEVITY IN THEIR POSITIONS.

Our programmatic leadership team consist of four individuals with decades of youth development experience. Our program staff are seasoned youth development professionals, who, on average, have over 10 years of experience providing culturally relevant direct services to Black and Latinx youth, and more than 8 years of experience working within our organization. Over 50% of our programmatic staff are alum of the organization and the majority of our operations and facilities team are also alum. Many of our staff are first generational college graduates and were raised in low-income families.ย 

Khary Lazarre-White

Executive Director & Co-Founder

Jason Warwin

Associate Executive Director for Programming & Training, Co-Founder

 

Silvia Canales

Director of College, Career & Wellness

Wendy M. DeJesus

Director of Programming

Tanique Dunkley

Human Resource Director

Austin Greene

Director of Arts and Organizing

Vanessa Marquez

Director of Corporate Engagement, Events, & Communications

Lorelei Williams

Director of Institutional Giving

Rebecka Jerome

Executive Chef

Marsha Jean-Charles

Senior Organizing Strategist

Brittany Reyes

Senior Manager for College, Career & Wellnessย 

Nando Rodriguez

Senior Manager for Environmental Programming

Meischan Parrilla

Sr. Manager of Facilities & ITย 

Alberto Alcantara

IT Associate

Jordan Bedford

Culinary Team Member

Idalin Bobe

Training Institute Manager

Hattress Barbour III

Brotherhood Chapter Leader

Mariela Perez-Batista

Licensed Social Worker & Wellness Counselor

Enmanuel Candelario

Brotherhood Chapter Leader

Calvin Demetrius

Career and Workforce Coordinator

Rox Costello

Liberation Program Organizer & Facilitator

Nasirah Fair

Liberation Program Facilitator & Organizer

Wendy Flores

Senior Environmental Program Facilitator

Charita Gainey

Curriculum Evaluation Coordinator

Jasmine Garcia

ASTEP Coordinator

Ana Garcia

Administrative Assistant

Jessica Goetz

Data Analytics Associate

Shalom Haileselassie

Sister Sol Chapter Leader & Arts Facilitator

John Paul Infante

Grants & Contracts Associate

 

Sheba Jackson

ASPE Facilitator

Jodeen Johnson

Sister Sol Coordinator

Jorge Laboy

Brotherhood Chapter Leader & Training Facilitator

Frank Antonio Lรณpez

ASTEP Arts Coordinator

Logan Lyons

Office Manager

Gabriel Josรฉ Maldonado

Horticulturalistย 

Felix Martinez

Assistant Chef

Tangela Mitchell

Sister Sol Chapter Leader

Liz Morgan

Professional Development Coach & Facilitator

Mary Oluokun

Sister Sol Chapter Leader

Nicholas Peart

ASPE Coordinator

Jay Pimentel

Office Associate

Jorge Ramirez

Environmental Program Facilitator & Organizer

James Reddick

ASTEP Facilitator

Jimmy Rogers

Operationsย 

Pablo Sanchez

Senior Accountantย 

Ralphie Santiago

ASTEP Coordinator

Isha Singhal

Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Winter Sims

Environmental Program Facilitator

Rae Stokes

College, Career, & Wellness Facilitatorย 

Hana Suliman

College, Career, & Wellness Facilitator

Juan Tavarez

Brotherhood Coordinator

Trevor Walsh

Brotherhood Chapter Leader

Samantha Welbeck

Wellness Coordinator

Melvin Wright

Operations

Quanasa Wright

College Coordinator

Lead Consultants

NYC Government Relations โ€“ Kasirer

NYS Government Relations โ€“ Malkin & Ross

Legal Support โ€“ Gibson Dunn