BroSis staff members are seasoned youth development professionals.
On average, they have more than 12 years of experience providing culturally relevant direct service to Black and Latinx youth, and more than 8 years experience working within our organization.
60% of our programmatic staff are alumni of the organization. Many are first generation college graduates from low-income families.
Khary Lazarre-White
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Wendy M. DeJesus
Director of Programming
Silvia Canales
Director of College, Career & Wellness
Marsha Jean-Charles
Director of Organizing
Jose Garzon
Controller
Janelle Bennett
Sr. Human Resources Manager
Katherine Acosta
Development Associate for Events & Communications
Alberto Alcantara
IT Associate
Hattress Barbour III
Chapter Leader
Mariela Perez-Batista
Licensed Social Worker & Wellness Counselor
Enmanuel Candelario
Chapter Leader & Arts Facilitator
Abby Duran
ASPE Facilitator
Wendy Flores
Environmental Program Facilitator
Charita Gainey
Curriculum Evaluation Coordinator
Jasmine Garcia
ASTEP Coordinator
Jessica Goetz
Development Associate for Database and Operations
Ashley Hernandez
Chapter Leader & Arts Facilitator
John Paul Infante
Liberation Program Organizer & Facilitator
Frantz Jerome
Chapter Leader & Arts Facilitator
Rebecka Jerome
Executive Chef
Jorge Laboy
Chapter Leader & Training Facilitator
Logan Lyons
Office Associate
Frank Lopez
ASTEP Lead Facilitator
Gabriel José Maldonado
Environmental Program Facilitator
Dominique Mitchell
Chapter Leader & After School Program Facilitator
Nia Morgan
Liberation Program Organizer & Facilitator
Christian Pappas
Career & Workforce Coordinator
Meischan Parrilla
Facilities & IT Manager
Nicholas Peart
After School Program Facilitator & Chapter Leader
Jay Pimentel
Office Associate
Rasheeda Purdie
Assistant Chef

Janaira Ramirez
Environmental Program Organizer
Brittany Reyes
Sister Sol Coordinator
Nando Rodriguez
Environmental Program Coordinator
Jimmy Rogers
Facilities
Pablo Sanchez
Accountant Associate
Ralphie Santiago
After School Program Elementary Coordinator
Juanita Secor
Government Grants Associate
Helen Stewart
Deputy Director of Development & Communications
Juan Tavarez
Brotherhood Coordinator
Abraham Velazquez, Jr.
Liberation Program Coordinator
Samantha Welbeck
Chapter Leader & Licensed Social Worker
Melvin Wright
Facilities
Lead Consultants
NYC Government Relations – Kasirer
NYS Government Relations – Malkin & Ross
Event Management – Event Associates
Legal Support – Gibson Dunn