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New Haven Fighting Back
165 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
P: (203) 946-6438

 
New Haven Fighting Back Staff and Board

Steering Committee

    Alma Ayala
    Human Services

    Phillip Brewer
    Yale University

    Maria Damiani
    New Haven Health Department

    Linda Degutis
    Yale University

    Patricia Dillon
    State Representative

    Kenneth Driffin
    Grant Street Partnership

    Melody Drinan
    CT Dept. of Children & Families

    Bill Dyson
    State Representative

    Alfreda Edwards
    Alderperson

    Rev. Todd Foster
    Church on the Rock

    Rachel Heerema
    Life Haven

    Jack Kraemer
    New Haven Register

    Nick Lavorato
    Applied Engineering

    Douglas MacDonald
    New Haven Police Department

    John Martinez
    State Representative

    Steve Martino
    Yale Psychiatric Institute

    Michael Merson, M.D.
    Yale University School of Public Health

    Rev. Floyd Miles
    Teen Challenge

    David Musto, M.D.
    Yale University School of Medicine

    Rev. Howard Nash
    St. Bernadette

    Danny Newell
    Children's Center

    Margaret O'Hagan-Lynch
    Hospital of St. Raphael

    Madeline Polanco
    Parent Teacher Organization

    Bill Quinn
    New Haven Health Organization

    Chris Reardon
    Regional Workforce Development Board

    Tomas Reyes
    President Board of Alderman

    Major Ray Rivera
    Department of Corrections

    Mary Schwab-Stone
    Yale Child Study Center/New Haven Public Schools

    Rev. Eric Smith
    Community Baptist Church

    Dee Speese-Linehan
    New Haven Board Education

    Barbara Tinney
    City Wide Youth Coalition

    Roger C. Vann
    President of Connecticut NAACP

    Kevin Walton
    CityKids Safe Space

    John Weicht
    Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

    Ronelle P. Williams
    UMOJA News

Staff Roster

    Marzella Tyson
    Director

    Andrea Riskin
    Deputy Director

    Vivian Rodriguez
    Executive Administrative Assistant

    Yadita LaViera
    Receptionist

    Melinda Tuhus
    Public Awareness Specialist

    Nadine Livingston
    Families FIRST Project Coordinator

    Evelyn Collier
    Families FIRST Outreach Worker

    Florine Spann
    Families FIRST Outreach Worker

    Carmen Valencia
    Families FIRST Outreach Worker

Family Intervention Sub-Committee

    Melody Drinan
    Connecticut Department. of Children & Families

    Betty Ellis
    Yale Child Study Center/New Haven Public Schools

    Sue Feldman
    Northside Community Outpatient Services

    Rev. Floyd Myles
    Teen Challenge

    Danny Newell
    Children's Center

    John Otero
    Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

    Edith Rawls
    Housing Authority of New Haven

    Irma Ross
    Housing Authority

    James Roundtree
    Church on the Rock

    Maria Shurkus
    Regional Workforce Development Board

    Dee Speese-Linehan
    New Haven Board of Education

    Carol Teel
    Youth Continuum/HOST

    Barbara Tinney
    New Haven Family Alliance

    Kevin Walton
    CityKids Safe Space

Environmental Intervention Sub-Committee

    Ann Adams
    Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services

    Esther Armmand
    Alderperson

    Raul Avila
    Alderman

    Allen Brown, co-chair
    Phil Brewer
    Yale University

    Alison Cunningham
    Columbus House

    Maria Damiani
    New Haven Health Dept.

    Linda Degutis
    Yale Universityl

    Kenneth Driffin
    Grant Street Partnership

    Alfreda Edwards
    Alderperson

    Jack Fitzgerald

    Sharon Kupiec
    Zero Tolerance Program

    Ed Mattison
    South Central Behavioral Health Network

    Margaret O'Hagan-Lynch
    Hospital of St. Raphael

    Mike Pachesa
    New haven Police Dept.

    Glen Remmers
    Catapult

    Rev. Eric Smith
    Community Baptist Church

    Karen Tomaszewski
    Department of Corrections

    Captain Jon Warren
    Department of Corrections

Public Policy/Public Awareness Sub-Committee

    Donna Campbell
    Consortium for Women

    Maria Damiani
    New Haven Health Department

    Patricia Dillon
    State Representative

    Kenneth Driffin
    Grant Street Partnership

    Bill Dyson
    State Representative

    Lisa Franco
    WTNH-TV

    Rachel Heerema
    Life Haven

    Jack Kraemer
    New Haven Register

    Robin Kroogman
    Alderwoman

    Jelani Lawson
    Alderman

    David Musto
    Yale University School of Medicine

    Bill Quinn
    New Haven Health Department

    Tomas Reyes
    Board of Alderman

    Roger C. Vann
    President
    Connecticut NAACP Kevin Walton
    CityKids Safe Space

    John Weicht
    Department of Mental and Health Addiction Services

    Ronelle Williams
    UMOJA News

Community Epidemiology Work Group Sub-Committee

    Tom Butcher
    Ryan White Title I Office

    Donna Campbell
    Consortium for Women

    Gail D'Onfrio, Ph.D.
    Yale University

    Linda Degutis, Ph.D.
    Yale University

    Ken Driffin
    Grant Street Partnership

    Kathleen Fish
    Infoline

    Ray Guidone
    Substance and Treatment Porgram (116A3)
    VA CT Health Care System

    Kaveh Khoshnood
    Yale School of Medicine
    Epidemiology & Public Health

    Steve Martino
    Yale Psychiatric Institute

    Nancy Paley
    City of New Haven

    Eileen Rafferty
    Board of Educations

    Judith Sklarz
    Dept. of Police Services

    Denise Stevens
    Holt, Wexler and Farnam