Meet our team
The IRIS team hovers around 80 employees and is led by six directors who represent over 30 years of combined IRIS service and experience.
With this multilingual, culturally sensitive, and skilled staff, and with volunteers, IRIS is uniquely suited to meet the needs of refugees and immigrants and cultivate their potential.
All Staff

Chris George
Executive Director
AKRAM YORK
Community Engagement Data Coordinator
ALEM NUGUSE
Custodian
ALEXINE CASSANOVA
Senior Director of Programs
AMY LYNN
Director of Operations
ANA CARDENAS
Operations Manager
ANDREA SANCHEZ
Employment Services Specialist
ANIKO SZABO
Employment Specialist Manager
ANN O’BRIEN
Director of Community Engagement and Co-sponsorship
ASHLEY MAKAR
Outreach Coordinator
BARBARA DAVIS
Community Sponsorship Developer
Bashir Watandost
Employment Services Specialist
BETHANY DELAHUNT
Housing & Donations Manager
BISMILLAH ENSAFI
Education & Enrollment Specialist
Brooke Conley
Supportive Therapy Clinician
CAMILLE KRITZMAN
SUN Co-Manager
CYNTHIA DUNN
Community Sponsorship Developer
DAAD SERWERI
Community Sponsor Coach (New England)
DANIELA CARRANZA
SUN Case Manager
DANIELLE COMBS
Staff Attorney
DENNY FERNANDEZ
Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
Doris Cordova
SUN Intake Specialist
ELDINA MURATOVIC
Community Engagement Assistant (Hartford)
ELI CALHOUN
Paralegal
ELISABETH NEITERMAN
Volunteer Coordinator (Hartford)
FAIZ MANDOZAY
Co-Sponsorship Case Manager
Fatima Hassan
Education Assistant
GLADYS (NDENGO) MWILELO
After School Coordinator
GUILLERMO SERRANO
Housing Acquisitions Coordinator
Jean-Fritz Guerrier
HR-DEI Director
JEF WILSON
After School Coordinator
JENNIFER HARTLEY
Education & Enrollment Specialist
JOANNA ARPIE
Early Childhood Education Teacher
LAUREN PETERSEN
Senior Staff Attorney
LINDA BRONSTEIN
Senior Case Manager
Lukas Champagne
PC Case Manager
Madeleine LeStrange
ESOL Instructor
MAMAN COOPER
Education & Enrollment Specialist (Hartford)
MARTHE ANNAN KINGSLEY
Co-Sponsorship Case Manager
Massita Fadiga
Resettlement Program Manager
MICHAEL DOYLE
Senior Staff Attorney
MIRKA DOMINGUEZ-SALINAS
SUN Co-Manager
PATRICIA TYNAN-KRAWCZYK
Employment Services Specialist
PEMA BHUTIA
Health and Wellness Manager
RACHEL DOFT
Director of Immigration Legal Services
RONA ROHBAR
Health Coordinator
SHARON WISE
PC Case Manager
SUE SOBOLEWSKI
Receptionist
SYED AHMED
Employment Specialist (Outreach)
TANYA KIMBALL
Hartford Office Director
Tava Auslan
Employment Services Specialist
ZAKER SULTANI
Post Arrival Case Manager
ZEENIE MALIK
Community Engagement & Events SpecialistSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- AITI RAI | Case Manager (Hartford)
- ANDERSON MERISE | Employment Services Specialist (Hartford)
- BIRTUKAN ALI | Bookkeeper
- BONNY AMADOR-LOPEZ | Bookkeeping Assistant
- CAROL THOMSON | Accountant
- CATHERINE MUKEMWEMA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- DEBRA RIDING | Director of Education Services
- IMANI JEAN-GILLES | Education & Advocacy Services
- JENNIFER FITZGERALD | Family Literacy Coordinator | Wellness Coordinator
- JENNIFER PEPE | Bookkeeper
- JOHN KOZAK | Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
- KARINA RIVERO | Grants Manager
- KATY LAWDER | Volunteer Program Specialist
- KELLY BEE | Events Manager
- KEVIN LANGSON | Post-arrival Case Manager
- LAL HABIB DELAWAR | IT Coordinator
- LESLIE KOONS | Africa Research Project Liaison
- NASEEB ADEL | Case Manager
- NIKA ZARAZVAND | Health Coordinator
- PAIMAN NASIRI | Case Manager
- RAHATGUL TAKOOR | Translator
- SPOGMAI AKBERZAI | PC Case Manager
- TARA MISHRA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- ZARA AHMADI | Assistant Case Manager
- ZULEIKHA ZADRAN | Health Coordinator (Hartford)
Case Management

ALEXINE CASSANOVA
Senior Director of Programs
ANDREA SANCHEZ
Employment Services Specialist
ANIKO SZABO
Employment Specialist Manager
Bashir Watandost
Employment Services Specialist
BETHANY DELAHUNT
Housing & Donations Manager
Brooke Conley
Supportive Therapy Clinician
CAMILLE KRITZMAN
SUN Co-Manager
DANIELA CARRANZA
SUN Case Manager
DENNY FERNANDEZ
Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
Doris Cordova
SUN Intake Specialist
GUILLERMO SERRANO
Housing Acquisitions Coordinator
LINDA BRONSTEIN
Senior Case Manager
Lukas Champagne
PC Case Manager
Massita Fadiga
Resettlement Program Manager
MIRKA DOMINGUEZ-SALINAS
SUN Co-Manager
PATRICIA TYNAN-KRAWCZYK
Employment Services Specialist
PEMA BHUTIA
Health and Wellness Manager
RONA ROHBAR
Health Coordinator
SHARON WISE
PC Case Manager
SYED AHMED
Employment Specialist (Outreach)
Tava Auslan
Employment Services Specialist
ZAKER SULTANI
Post Arrival Case ManagerSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- AITI RAI | Case Manager (Hartford)
- ANDERSON MERISE | Employment Services Specialist (Hartford)
- CATHERINE MUKEMWEMA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- JOHN KOZAK | Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
- KEVIN LANGSON | Post-arrival Case Manager
- LESLIE KOONS | Africa Research Project Liaison
- NASEEB ADEL | Case Manager
- NIKA ZARAZVAND | Health Coordinator
- PAIMAN NASIRI | Case Manager
- SPOGMAI AKBERZAI | PC Case Manager (Hartford)
- TARA MISHRA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- ZARA AHMADI | Assistant Case Manager
- ZULEIKHA ZADRAN | Health Coordinator (Hartford)
Community Engagement & Cosponsorship

ANN O’BRIEN
Director of Community Engagement and Co-sponsorship
AKRAM YORK
Community Engagement Data Coordinator
ASHLEY MAKAR
Outreach Coordinator
BARBARA DAVIS
Community Sponsorship Developer
CYNTHIA DUNN
Community Sponsorship Developer
DAAD SERWERI
Community Sponsor Coach (New England)
ELDINA MURATOVIC
Community Engagement Assistant (Hartford)
ELISABETH NEITERMAN
Volunteer Coordinator (Hartford)
FAIZ MANDOZAY
Co-Sponsorship Case Manager
MARTHE ANNAN KINGSLEY
Co-Sponsorship Case Manager
ZEENIE MALIK
Community Engagement & Events SpecialistSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- KARINA RIVERO | Grants Manager
- KATY LAWDER | Volunteer Program Specialist
- KELLY BEE | Events Manager
Education

BISMILLAH ENSAFI
Education & Enrollment Specialist
Fatima Hassan
Education Assistant
GLADYS (NDENGO) MWILELO
After School Coordinator
JEF WILSON
After School Coordinator
JENNIFER HARTLEY
Education & Enrollment Specialist
JOANNA ARPIE
Early Childhood Education Teacher
Madeleine LeStrange
ESOL Instructor
MAMAN COOPER
Education & Enrollment Specialist (Hartford)STAFF NOT PICTURED
- DEBRA RIDING | Director of Education Services
- IMANI JEAN-GILLES | Education & Advocacy Services
- JENNIFER FITZGERALD | Family Literacy Coordinator
Operations, Budget & Human Resources

ALEM NUGUSE
Custodian
AMY LYNN
Director of Operations
ANA CARDENAS
Operations Manager
Jean-Fritz Guerrier
HR-DEI Director
SUE SOBOLEWSKI
ReceptionistSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- BIRTUKAN ALI | Bookkeeper
- BONNY AMADOR-LOPEZ | Bookkeeping Assistant
- CAROL THOMSON | Accountant
- JENNIFER PEPE | Bookkeeper
- LAL HABIB DELAWAR | IT Coordinator
Immigration Legal Services

DANIELLE COMBS
Staff Attorney
ELI CALHOUN
Paralegal
LAUREN PETERSEN
Senior Staff Attorney
MICHAEL DOYLE
Senior Staff Attorney
RACHEL DOFT
Director of Immigration Legal ServicesSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- RAHATGUL TAKOOR | Translator
Hartford Office

TANYA KIMBALL
Hartford Office Director
DENNY FERNANDEZ
Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
ELISABETH NEITERMAN
Volunteer Coordinator (Hartford)
MAMAN COOPER
Education & Enrollment Specialist (Hartford)STAFF NOT PICTURED
- ANDERSON MERISE | Employment Services Specialist
- AITI RAI | Case Manager
- CATHERINE MUKEMWEMA | Assistant Case Manager
- JOHN KOZAK | Housing & Donations Coordinator
- SPOGMAI AKBERZAI | PC Case Manager
- TARA MISHRA | Assistant Case Manager
- ZULEIKHA ZADRAN | Health Coordinator