CEO
Vanessa McDowell CEO
Downtown Madison
101 E. Mifflin Street
Suite 100
Madison WI 53703
(608) 257-1436, option 2
Fax (608) 257-1439
Finance
Misty Armstrong CFO
Angela Borman Accounting Assistant
Housing
Jael Currie Housing Director
Andrea Gaines Family Housing Stability Coordinator/Case Manager
Rachel Hernandez Residence Counselor
Briana Hutton Housing First Case Manager/Coordinator – Rapid Re-Housing
Lucia Ledesma Internal Housing Manager
Katey Nelson Housing First Coordinator
Jessica Oswald Housing First Coordinator
Tamaha Shepherd-Jones Shelter Case Manager
Mai Thao Third Street Coordinator/ Case Manager
Carmin Valerdi Empower Home Case Manager
Skyler Van De Weerd Community Housing Manager
OPEN Children’s Program Coordinator
Operations
April Elvington Property Manager
Joel Girard Resident Services Manager
Isaac Gomez Facilities Manager
Darnell Jackson Maintenance Technician
Ricardo Morales Maintenance Technician
Benji Ramirez Gomez Receptionist
Carly Sobye Operations Director
Empowerment Center
2040 S. Park Street
Madison WI 53713
(608) 2571436, option 3
Fax (608) 395-2598
Administration
Rhonda Schemm Human Resources Director
Andrea Zea Grants Management & Strategic Initiatives Director
Development and Marketing
Sami Clausen-Ruppert Advocacy & Grants Coordinator
Erin Farrar Development & Volunteer Coordinator
Jill Pfeiffer Development & Marketing Director
Jay Young Development & Marketing Manager
Employment Services & Transit
Jamie Adams Scheduling Lead
Saul Cortes Employment Services Coordinator/Case Manager
Aneesha Mitchell DLRP Coordinator
Ashley Moncrief Employment Services & Transit Director
Jezelle Patterson Fleet Lead
Jessica Sims Employment Services Coordinator/Case Manager
OPEN YW Transit Manager
Operation
OPEN EC Receptionist/Program Assistant
Race and Gender Equity
Geraldine Paredes Vasquez Race & Gender Equity Director
Faith Stevenson Race & Gender Equity Practitioner
Myxee Thao Race & Gender Equity Practitioner
Libby Tucci Race & Gender Equity Practitioner – Lead
Restorative Justice
Bill Baldon Restorative Justice Manager
Kiana Burnette Restorative Justice Community Program Manager
Eugenia Highland Granados Restorative Justice Director
Alyssa Ivy Restorative Justice Coordinator
Kyra Johnson Community Restorative Justice Coordinator
Shirin Kestin Restorative Justice Coordinator
Omar Sacramento Restorative Justice Intake Coordinator (Bilingual)
Asly Warren Community Restorative Justice Coordinator (Bilingual)
OPEN Restorative Justice Coordinator
Orion Wells Restorative Justice Curator