Jeanna works with the Affiliate Services team, serving as the Regional Director for the South. She works with developing and operational Affiliates providing guidance, resources and technical support. Jeanna finds inspiration in working with so many amazing volunteers, staff, and board members who work tirelessly to help children and their families.

At Family Promise, Maggie serves as one of the Affiliate Services Associates. She ensures that all 200 Affiliates are engaged and involved with partnerships and resources that National offers.

As Director of Annual Giving and Donor Relations at Family Promise, Melissa works with a dedicated and talented development and communications team to raise awareness of the crisis of family homelessness and support for families rebuilding their lives. She manages multiple fundraising campaigns, giving societies, and donor communications throughout the year, including Family Promise’s annual appeal and its quarterly newsletter.

As Manager of Special Events, Corina plans events that raise awareness of the issue of family homelessness and garner support for families facing a housing crisis. She brings her creative design talents, attention to detail, and organizational skills to the task of conceiving, planning, and hosting all of Family Promise’s events. She’s also responsible for the fundraising component of every benefit she runs, and she works closely with major donors and high-level corporate sponsors to help secure funds for families facing homelessness.

Cara currently serves as Chief Impact Officer at Family Promise. With a dedicated team at Family Promise, she works to elevate the Family Promise brand, engage stakeholders through powerful storytelling, and deliver long-lasting social change through meaningful philanthropy.

Gary came to Family Promise in 2019 in a CTO role from the Encore Fellowship Program and is honored to have the opportunity to work with a great Family Promise team on architecting and planning the IT tools and platform that will help drive the growth and scale of the Affiliates and the services they provide to their families for the next several years.

Shari’s current role at Family Promise is Chief of Staff, in which she assures effective internal operations, manages human resource functions, financial operations, and internal technology. She is also the liaison between the national staff and Board leadership.

As Marketing & Media Manager, Katie works to tell the story of Family Promise and the families we serve online and in the media. Her work includes management of Family Promise’s website, email communications, and digital analytics, as well as developing the organization’s digital media presence. Katie also leads the organization’s media relations efforts.

Geleen Donovan is the executive director of Family Promise of Union County, the local Family Promise Affiliate that is based out of the national office and serves Union County, New Jersey.

Claas Ehlers is the Chief Executive Officer of Family Promise, the national nonprofit leader on the issue of family homelessness. His primary goals are to implement new strategies to empower families, deepen and broaden existing services, and increase the participation of volunteers outside the faith community. Claas frequently presents on the issues of family homelessness and volunteer engagement.

Carolyn Gordon serves as the Northeast Regional Director for Family Promise. Carolyn’s work with Family Promise began when she served as the Executive Director of the Northern New Castle County Affiliate in Wilmington, Delaware for 7+ years. She loves that the Family Promise model engages the community through volunteerism while also effectively preventing and ending family homelessness.

Risé Grady is the case manager at Family Promise Union County, the local Affiliate that works out of Family Promise National that serves Union County, NJ.

Working together with the Union County Affiliate staff and the development team of the national Family Promise office, Amy interfaces primarily with the volunteers, and host and support congregations of Union County. She works to train, support, and recruit volunteers to undergird Family Promise’s mission to propel low-income and homeless families to sustainable independence.

Kaela is one of Family Promise’s Affiliate Services Associates, working to support our 200 Affiliates across the country and the Affiliate Services Department. She is responsible for the planning and coordination of the Family Promise National Conference every 18 months. Additionally, Kaela manages the communications to Affiliates, including the monthly Regional Newsletters, Webinars, and the sharing of Branding and Marketing Materials.

Jeannine serves Family Promise Union County as Housing Coordinator, where she works with families and landlords to identify housing solutions. Family Promise Union County is a local Family Promise Affiliate, based out of Family Promise National and serving Union County, New Jersey.

Paula's role as a Development Associate allows her to use her experience for a purpose that she feels strongly about and work with a dedicated group of people with a common goal – helping people who need it most.

Sandra oversees the Regional Directors and Affiliate Services staff to ensure the overall health and success of Affiliates and the coordination of national programs with Affiliates. She enjoys being part of the extraordinary team at Family Promise working to help families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence.

Beginning in 2017, Lindsay joined the National team as the Midwest Regional Director, a role she absolutely loves! Her favorite part is working with Affiliate staffs and boards of directors across the Midwest, to continue the amazing work being done in each community and bringing new opportunities for growth and support from the amazing National team. This role brings together her passion for serving people and seeing the power of good grow within communities.

As the Administrative Assistant, Karen’s role is to minimize the administrative burden on organizational leadership. She is retired from Dun and Bradstreet where she worked for 30+ years as a marketing and business development professional.

Karen Olson is the Founder and President Emeritus of Family Promise, a national interfaith nonprofit organization, started in Union County, NJ, committed to helping families experiencing homelessness nationwide achieve lasting independence. Family Promise has 203 Affiliates in 42 states and has served over 700,000 individuals in need by mobilizing more than 180,000 volunteers in 6,000 congregations who provide shelter, meals and support services to families.

As an Affiliate Services Associate, Keyanna Ortiz-Cedeno researches, implements, and oversees the development of resources, best practices, and pilot programs on homelessness prevention, diversion, and graduate support services for Family Promise’s 200+ Affiliates. Towards the advancement of these three areas, Keyanna also manages organizational partnerships with Clayton Homes, The Synchrony Foundation, Kiddie Academy, and Help Us Move In (HUMI).

Emily joined Family Promise in December 2016 after a ten-year career in biotech, working first as an analytical scientist and then as a business systems analyst and software administrator. Much of her career has been devoted to using technology to solve problems, but the direct connection she feels to helping families in need is why she loves working at Family Promise.

Mitch manages Family Promise’s primary social media channels, produces creative content, and creates templated marketing materials for Affiliates.

As Regional Director, Stacy Pollard provides Affiliates with training, support, and resources to enhance program service delivery and operations. In addition, she works to provide Affiliates with opportunities to build interagency relationships, to increase leadership development opportunities and use of best practices among Affiliates.

Teressa Ramsey works with Family Promise Affiliates in the Gulf Region. She grew up in Mexico Beach, Florida and was glad to return to the gulf coast in recent years, currently residing in Pensacola, Florida.

Roberta currently serves as the Director of Foundation/Corporate Relations at Family Promise. She is a retired attorney with a background in litigation and contract review.

Christine re-entered the workforce in 2019 finding a perfect fit with Family Promise as its bookkeeper. She is responsible for the day to day financial operations and is working to improve and implement policies and controls. She is honored to work with the Family Promise team helping to support its mission of helping homeless and low-income families regain housing and attain sustainable independence.