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Meet Our Team

Patrick Kearns

Executive Director
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Patrick is an experienced organization leader, program and business developer...

Anelize Nader

Deputy Director
anelize@resourcecleveland.org

Anelize is a leader, a systems thinker and connector...

Amy Moniot

Education Director
amy@resourcecleveland.org

Amy holds advocacy and inclusion close to her heart and has built a career...

Michael Bartunek

Senior Ohio City Farm Manager
Michael@resourcecleveland.org

Michael Bartunek is an experienced organic farm manager. He...

Will Brown

Development Director
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Will is an experienced writer, strategic thinker, and project manager...

Lar Doe

Ohio City Farm Site Manager
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As an experienced farmer and team leader, Lar Doe has led the day-to-day operations of Ohio City Farm since 2012. Lar Doe is a former refugee from Burma who now calls Cleveland home with his family.

Kim Wheeler

Teen Response Senior Program Manager
kim@resourcecleveland.org

Kim Wheeler has always strived to give voice to those overlooked...

Kate Nickley

Youth Mentoring Program Manager
kate@resourcecleveland.org

Kate works alongside Youth Mentoring Program Family Liaisons...

Becky Trout-Ashenfelter

Corner65 Program Director
becky@resourcecleveland.org

Becky is a New Jersey native who moved to Cleveland in 2011...

Kristen Mekota

Finance Manager
kristen@resourcecleveland.org

Kristen is the Operations Manager for Re:Source Cleveland. She...

Rachel Ramos

Marketing and Communications Manager
rachel@resourcecleveland.org

After 6 seasons as the Sales and Marketing Coordinator for Ohio City Farm...

Khoon Thomas

Program Coordinator
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Khoon Thomas received his B.A. in Philosophy, Politics & Economics...

Liliia Mamrokha

Academic Support Coordinator
liliia@resourcecleveland.org

I got my Master Degree in Translation. I speak English, German, Russian and Ukrainian. In 2013 I set up my own Language School in Ukraine...

Maria Bozak

Post-Secondary Education Coordinator
maria@resourcecleveland.org

Maria is a licensed school counselor with extensive training and experience working...

Mohammad

Family Liaison
mohammad@resourcecleveland.org

Mohammad supports enrollment, communication, and ongoing...

Nahla Abuhamdi

Learning Lab Coordinator and Family Liaison
nahla@resourcecleveland.org

Nahla Abuhamdi joined Re:Source Cleveland as the Family Liaison...

Nazila Halim

Family Liaison
nazila@resourcecleveland.org

Nazila was born and raised in Afghanistan. She was resettled in Cleveland...

Sage Petrone

Program Coordinator
sage@resourcecleveland.org

Sage (she/they) is a member of the Teen Response team based at John Marshall High School...

Sabzina Muhibzada

Teen Success Specialist
sabzina@resourcecleveland.org

Sabzina is from Afghanistan. She was resettled in Cleveland, Ohio, USA as a refugee...

Nelson Baguma

Teen Success Specialist
nelson@resourcecleveland.org

Nelson is a former refugee from DR Congo who moved to Cleveland in the summer of 2019...

Jenelle Cozza

Program Coordinator / Post-Secondary Education Coordinator
jenelle@resourcecleveland.org

Jenelle is a licensed School Counselor with over 10 years of experience working with teens in US public schools, and most recently at an international school in Kyiv, Ukraine...

Amber Sellers

Adult Tutoring Program Manager
amber@resourcecleveland.org

After being in and out of the Cleveland area throughout her life, Amber unpacked her backpack and bought her own furniture in 2017. Since 2008, she has taught English in...

Julie Myers

Development Associate
julie@resourcecleveland.org

Julie is a mom, gardener, and doula. She brings her organizational support experience to Re:Source Cleveland team...

Kavugho Mwengesyali

Family Liaison
kavugho@resourcecleveland.org

I was born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2000 I moved to Uganda and...

Tommy Frost

Pathways Program Coordinator
tommy@resourcecleveland.org

Tommy grew up in Yorkshire before moving south to study a BA in English Linguistics at King's College London...

Eugenia Batina

Academic Support Coordinator
eugenia@resourcecleveland.org

Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, she has endured the hardships brought upon by the war in her homeland...

Susanna Pasichnyk

Academic Support Coordinator
susanna@resourcecleveland.org

Susanna brings her expertise as an ESL Instructor to the Teen Response team where she will work primarily with Ukrainian students...

Aaron Reinhard

Language and Literacy Coordinator
aaron@resourcecleveland.org

Aaron's career history is a...

Carolina Coloma

Spanish Speaking Navigator
carolina@resourcecleveland.org

Carolina Coloma was born and raised in Lima-Callao, Peru. She is the proud mother of two children....

Karin Hudson

Program Coordinator
karin@resourcecleveland.org

Karin is an empathetic and versatile ESL teacher. She has over 15 years of experience teaching all aspects of ESL...

Heh Si

Farm Team Member

Heh Si came to the US as a refugee from Burma in 2009. He...

Aline Musimbi

Farm Team Member

Aline was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She started...

Tantine Mukonge

Farm Team Member

Tantine was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She works to make a happy life...

Nar Rai

Farm Team Member

Nar was born in a small village in Bhutan and started learning farm work...

Ha Nee

Farm Team Member

Ha Nee came to the US as a refugee from Burma in 2014 and started working at Ohio City Farm in 2015...

Asluddin Safi

Farm Team Member

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2054 W. 47th St. Cleveland, OH 44102
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