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
BETHANY DELAHUNT
Housing & Donations Manager
BISMILLAH ENSAFI
Education & Enrollment Specialist
CAMILLE KRITZMAN
SUN Co-Manager
CYNTHIA DUNN
Community Sponsorship Developer
DAAD SERWERI
Community Sponsor Coach (New England)
DANIELA CARRANZA
SUN Case Manager
DANIELLE COMBS
Juris Doctor 2020
ELDINA MURATOVIC
Community Engagement Assistant (Hartford)
ELISABETH NEITERMAN
Volunteer Coordinator (Hartford)
FAIZ MANDOZAY
Co-Sponsorship Case Manager
GLADYS (NDENGO) MWILELO
After School Coordinator
GUILLERMO SERRANO
Housing Acquisitions Coordinator
JENNIFER HARTLEY
Education & Enrollment Specialist
Jennifer Milano
Board Member
LAUREL MCCORMACK
Youth Leadership Coordinator
LAUREN PETERSEN
Senior Staff Attorney
LINDA BRONSTEIN
Senior Case Manager
MAMAN COOPER
Education & Enrollment Specialist (Hartford)
MARTHE ANNAN KINGSLEY
Co-Sponsorship Case 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
SARAH EPPLER-EPSTEIN
Law Fellow
SHARON WISE
PC Case Manager
SUE SOBOLEWSKI
Receptionist
SYED AHMED
Employment Specialist (Outreach)
TANYA KIMBALL
Hartford Office Director
ZAKER SULTANI
R&P Case Manager
ZEENIE MALIK
Community Engagement & Events SpecialistSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- AITI RAI | Case Manager (Hartford)
- ANDERSON MERISE | Employment Services Specialist (Hartford)
- BEN KLINE | Paralegal
- BIRTUKAN ALI | Bookkeeper
- BONNY AMADOR-LOPEZ | Bookkeeping Assistant
- CAROL THOMSON | Accountant
- CATHERINE MUKEMWEMA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- DEBRA RIDING | Director of Education Services
- DENNY FERNANDEZ | Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
- ELI CALHOUN | Paralegal
- IMANI JEAN-GILLES | Education & Advocacy Services
- JEAN-FRITZ GUERRIER | Director of HR AND DEI
- JEF WILSON | ASP co-Director AND Instructor
- JENNIFER FITZGERALD | Family Literacy Coordinator | Wellness Coordinator
- JENNIFER PEPE | Bookkeeper
- JOANNA ARPIE | Family Literacy ELP Coordinator
- JOHN KOZAK | Housing & Donations Coordinator (Hartford)
- JULIE DAVIS | Development Manager
- 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
- RONA ROHBAR | Health Coordinator
- SARAH TRACY-WANCK | Housing Acquisitions Coordinator
- TARA MISHRA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- ZARA AHMADI | Assistant Case Manager
- ZOE ALLISON | Case Manager (Hartford)
- ZULEIKHA ZADRAN | Health Coordinator (Hartford)
Case Management
ALEXINE CASSANOVA
Senior Director of Programs ANDREA SANCHEZ
Employment Services Specialist ANIKO SZABO
Employment Specialist Manager BETHANY DELAHUNT
Housing & Donations Manager CAMILLE KRITZMAN
SUN Co-Manager DANIELA CARRANZA
SUN Case Manager GUILLERMO SERRANO
Housing Acquisitions Coordinator LINDA BRONSTEIN
Senior Case Manager MIRKA DOMINGUEZ-SALINAS
SUN Co-Manager PATRICIA TYNAN-KRAWCZYK
Employment Services Specialist PEMA BHUTIA
Health and Wellness Manager SHARON WISE
PC Case Manager SYED AHMED
Employment Specialist (Outreach) ZAKER SULTANI
R&P Case ManagerSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- AITI RAI | Case Manager (Hartford)
- ANDERSON MERISE | Employment Services Specialist (Hartford)
- CATHERINE MUKEMWEMA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- DENNY FERNANDEZ | Housing & Donations Coordinator (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
- RONA ROHBAR | Health Coordinator
- SARAH TRACY-WANCK | Housing Acquisitions Coordinator
- TARA MISHRA | Assistant Case Manager (Hartford)
- ZARA AHMADI | Assistant Case Manager
- ZOE ALLISON | Case Manager (Hartford)
- 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
- JULIE DAVIS | Development Manager
- KARINA RIVERO | Grants Manager
- KATY LAWDER | Volunteer Program Specialist
- KELLY BEE | Events Manager
Education
BISMILLAH ENSAFI
Education & Enrollment Specialist GLADYS (NDENGO) MWILELO
After School Coordinator JENNIFER HARTLEY
Education & Enrollment Specialist LAUREL MCCORMACK
Youth Leadership Coordinator MAMAN COOPER
Education & Enrollment Specialist (Hartford)STAFF NOT PICTURED
- DEBRA RIDING | Director of Education Services
- IMANI JEAN-GILLES | Education & Advocacy Services
- JEF WILSON | ASP co-Director AND Instructor
- JENNIFER FITZGERALD | Family Literacy Coordinator
- JOANNA ARPIE | Family Literacy ELP Coordinator
- LAL HABIB DELAWAR | IT Coordinator
Operations, Budget & Human Resources
ALEM NUGUSE
Custodian AMY LYNN
Director of Operations ANA CARDENAS
Operations Manager SUE SOBOLEWSKI
ReceptionistSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- BIRTUKAN ALI | Bookkeeper
- BONNY AMADOR-LOPEZ | Bookkeeping Assistant
- CAROL THOMSON | Accountant
- JEAN-FRITZ GUERRIER | Director of HR AND DEI
- JENNIFER PEPE | Bookkeeper
- LAL HABIB DELAWAR | IT Coordinator
Immigration Legal Services
DANIELLE COMBS
Juris Doctor 2020 LAUREN PETERSEN
Senior Staff Attorney MICHAEL DOYLE
Senior Staff Attorney RACHEL DOFT
Director of Immigration Legal Services SARAH EPPLER-EPSTEIN
Law FellowSTAFF NOT PICTURED
- BEN KLINE | Paralegal
- ELI CALHOUN | Paralegal
- RAHATGUL TAKOOR | Translator
Hartford Office
TANYA KIMBALL
Hartford Office Director ELISABETH NEITERMAN
Volunteer Coordinator (Hartford) MAMAN COOPER
Education & Enrollment Specialist (Hartford)STAFF NOT PICTURED
- DENNY FERNANDEZ | Housing & Donations Coordinator
- ANDERSON MERISE | Employment Services Specialist
- AITI RAI | Case Manager
- CATHERINE MUKEMWEMA | Assistant Case Manager
- JOHN KOZAK | Housing & Donations Coordinator
- TARA MISHRA | Assistant Case Manager
- ZOE ALLISON | Case Manager
- ZULEIKHA ZADRAN | Health Coordinator