OUR TEAM
Meet Our Team!
The IRIS team hovers around 40 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.
Chris George
Executive Director
Akram York
CRM Database & IT Coordinator
Alem Nuguse
Custodian
Alexine Casanova
Director of Case Management
Amy Lynn
Director of Operations
Aniko Szabo
Employment Specialist Manager
Andrea Sanchez
Employment Services Specialist
Ann O’Brien
Director of Community Engagement
Arzoo Rohbar
Education Specialist
Ashley Makar
Community Liason
Bahati Kanyamanza
Manager of Youth Programs & Education Advocacy
Ben Kline
Paralegal
Bethany Delahunt
Housing & Donations Managerbdelahunt@irisct.org
Birtukan Ali
Assistant Case Manager
Bonny Amador-Lopez
Bookkeeping Assistant
Camille Kritzman
Case Manager
Carol Bonyai
Accounting
Daad Serweri
Senior Case Manager
Daniela Carranza
Case Manager
Danielle Combs
Juris Doctor 2020
Dennis Wilson
Director of Education
Fereshteh Ganjavi
Healthcare Coordinator
Greg Marino
Co-Sponsorship Manager
Jane McNichol
Grant Writer
Jennifer Fitzgerald
Family Literacy Program Project Manager
Jennifer Hartley
Education & Enrollment Specialist
Jennifer Klem
Reception & Placement Manager
Jennifer Pepe
Bookkeeper
Joanna Arpie
Early Childhood Education Teacher
John Kimenyi
R&P Case Manager
Katy Lawder
Volunteer Program Specialist
Lal Habib Delawar
IT Coordinator
Laurel McCormack
Acculturation Coordinator
Lauren Petersen
Attorney, Immigration Services
Leslie Koons
Health Promoter
Linda Bronstein
Senior Case Manager
Madeleine Lestrange
ESOL Instructor
Maegan Faistch Reed
Attorney, Immigration Legal Services
Mary Cyriac
Attorney, Immigration Legal Services
Mirka Dominguez-Salinas
Case Manager
Patricia Tynan-Krawczyk
Employment Services Specialist
Pema Bhutia
Health and Wellness Manager
Rachel Calnek-Sugin
After-School Program Co-Coordinator
Rachel Doft
Director of Immigration Legal
Sammy Colon
After-School Program Co-Coordinator
Sharon Rabera
PC Case Manager
Sharon Wise
Intensive Case Management
Sue Sobolewski
Receptionist
Tabitha Sookdeo
Development Manager
Tanya Kimball Genn
Youth Services Manager