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Aaron Ginsberg

Fair Housing Coordinator
Fair Housing Program, Housing Supports
Phone: 978-654-5736
Email

Alkenly Ortiz

Project Manager
Common Ground
Phone: 978-654-4953
Email

Ancel Tejada

Director
Entrepreneurship Center
Phone: 978-654-5783
Email

Ani Vong

Small Business Development Coordinator
Entrepreneurship Center
Phone: 978-654-8129
Email

Ann Sirois

Chief Administrative Officer
Administration
Phone: 978-654-7142
Email

Anna Jabar-Omoyeni

YouthBuild Culinary Arts Supervisor
YouthBuild
Phone: NA
Email

Avi Glaser

Monitor of 40B Projects
Housing Provider Services, Housing Supports
Phone: 978-654-5802
Email

Barbara Warren

Vice President of Energy and WIC
Energy, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Phone: 978-654-5803
Email

Bob Seymour

Vice President of Information Technology
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5728
Email

Brenda Jimenez

Senior Financial Education Coordinator
Financial Education, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Phone: 978-935-6505
Email

Carl Howell

Chief Executive Officer
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5766
Email

Catherine Tammany

Coordinator
Home Modification Loan Programs
Phone: 978-654-5741
Email

Child and Family Services

Child and Family Services
Coordinated Family & Community Engagement, Early Learning: Head Start/Early Head Start Learning Programs, Family Child Care, School Age
Phone: 978-454-5100
NA

Chris Cole

Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Coordinator
Coordinated Family & Community Engagement, Family Resource Network
Phone: 978-418-9306
Email

Christina Santos-Gordon

Vice President of Community Resources
Community Resources
Phone: 978-654-5675
Email

Christina Shanahan

YouthBuild Construction Supervisor
YouthBuild
Phone: NA
Email

Christine DeFeo

Senior Program Coordinator
Common Ground
Phone: 978-459-0551
Email

Community Resource Programs

Community Resources Admin
Community Resources
Phone: 978-6544-5643
Email

Constance Martin

Vice President of Energy and Community Resources
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5636
Email

Cynthia Perrone

Senior Corps Staff Specialist
AmeriCorps Seniors Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Phone: 978-654-5685
Email

Daniel Dessin

Vice President of Housing and Homeless Services
Housing Supports
Phone: 978-995-0374
Email

Debra Hill

Weatherization
Appliance Management Program (AMP) Services, Energy, Heating System Weatherization Repair and Replacement Program (HEARTWAP), Weatherization and Conservation
Phone: 978-654-4904
Email

Emergency Shelter

Emergency Shelter Admin
Emergency Housing Assistance
Phone: 978-654-5726
Email

Energy Conservation Programs

Energy Conservation Programs Admin
HEAP, Heating System Weatherization Repair and Replacement Program (HEARTWAP)
Phone: 866-584-0653
Email

Entrepreneurship Center

Entrepreneurship Center Admin
Entrepreneurship Center
Phone: 978-654-5731
Email

Eric Rosario

Senior Financial Education Coordinator
Entrepreneurship Center, Financial Education
Phone: 978-654-5769
Email

Evelyn Crespo

Program Manager/Director
Financial Education
Phone: 978-459-0551
Email

Farmers Market


Entrepreneurship Center
Phone: 978-654-5858
Email

Home Energy Assessment Program

Fuel Assistance (HEAP)
Energy
Phone: 978-459-6161
Email

Fuel Assistance Programs

NA
Energy, HEAP, Heating System Weatherization Repair and Replacement Program (HEARTWAP)
Phone: 978-459-6161
Email

Gladys Santiago

Administrative Assistant, Financial Education Center
Financial Coaching, Financial Education, Financial Literacy Academy, Home Modification Loan Programs, Housing Supports, Representative Payee, Secure Jobs
Phone: 978-654-5673
Email

Griselle Dubey

Family Child Care Director
Family Child Care
Phone: 978-654-7173
Email

Heather Cicciarelli

Director of Planning and Resource Development
Administration, Planning and Resource Development
Phone: 978-654-4987
Email

James Eichorst

Director of Transportation
Transportation Department
Phone: 978-970-1900
Email

James Houlares

NA
Early Learning: Head Start/Early Head Start Learning Programs
Phone: 978-454-5100
NA

Janise Rosario

YouthBuild Case Manager
YouthBuild
Phone: Cell: 978-770-8543
Office: 978-446-9803
Email

JoAnn Howell

Director of CTI Resource Center
Community Resources
Phone: 978-654-5607
Email

Kathleen Plath

Vice President of Communications and External Affairs
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5640
Email

Kayombo Kamawu

Chief Program Officer
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5806
Email

Kristen Tremblay

Compliance Director
Early Learning: Head Start/Early Head Start Learning Programs
Phone: 978-654-7153
Email

Larry Bevere

Director Weatherization
Energy, Weatherization and Conservation
Phone: 978-654-4923
Email

Linda DeLouchrey

Program Manager Fuel Assistance
Energy
Phone: 978-654-4914
Email

Lisa Wholey

Chief Human Resource Officer
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5670
Email

Margot Regan

Director of Development
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5813
Email

Meghan Siembor

Vice President of Child and Family Services
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5635
Email

Melanie Bixby

Vice President of Child and Family Services
Family Child Care, School Age
Phone: 978-654-7171
Email

Melissa Centeno

Program Manager Housing and Consumer Education (HCEC)
Housing Supports
Phone: 978-654-5761
Email

Melissa Joyce

Vice President Facilities and Property, Program Administration, Facilities, Property
Administration
Phone: 978-735-5143
Email

Melissa Rost

Outreach and Small Business Development Coordinator
Entrepreneurship Center
Phone: 978-654-5858
Email

Merrimack Valley Senior Housing (MVSH) Center

NA
Merrimack Valley Senior Housing (MVSH) Center
Phone: 978-459-0551
Email

Michele Horn

Program Manager
AmeriCorps Seniors Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Phone: 978-654-5679
Email

Mildred Sena De Disla

Senior Financial Education Coordinator
Financial Education, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Phone: 978-995-0739
Email

Mill You and LAB

Mill You and LAB Admin
Youth Services
Phone: 978-905-7385
Email

Nancy Van Alst

Chief Financial Officer
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5620  
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Nicholas DiGiammo

Director of Youth Services
Youth Opportunity Center, Youth Services
Phone: 978-856-5864
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Rachelly Bartolotta

Director
Common Ground
Phone: 978-654-9943
Email

Rental Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) Information

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RAFT
Phone: NA
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Rental Assistance/Subsidized Housing Admin

Rental Assistance/Subsidized Housing Admin
Family Self Sufficiency (FSS), MRVP Self Sufficiency Program (SSP), Section 8, State Rental Vouchers (MRVP), Supporting Neighborhood Opportunity in Massachusetts (SNO Mass), Targeted & Other Programs
Phone: 978-654-5726
Email

Sarah Seguin

Director
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Phone: 978-654-4929
Email

Sean Wilson

Vice President of Homeless Services
Housing and Homeless Services, Housing Supports
Phone: 978-935-0731
Email

Senior Companion Staff Specialist

Senior Companion Staff Specialist
Americorps Senior Companion Program (SCP)
Phone: 978-654-5683
Email

Shawna Doran

Vice President of Child and Family Services
Early Learning: Head Start/Early Head Start Learning Programs
Phone: 978-654-7153
Email

Siobhan Sheehan

Program Manager YouthBuild
YouthBuild
Phone: 978-905-7373
Email

Sonia Ruas

Chief Executive Assistant
Administration
Phone: 978-654-5766
Email

Tanya Gary

Family Access Director
Early Learning: Head Start/Early Head Start Learning Programs, School Age
Phone: 978-654-7178
Email

Vanessa Galarza Hernandez

Vice President of Leased Housing
Housing and Homeless Services, Housing Supports
Phone: 978-856-5615
Email

Volunteer Center

NA
AmeriCorps Seniors Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Foster Grand Parent Program, Spindle City Corps, State Rental Vouchers (MRVP)
Phone: NA
Email

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)

NA
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Phone: 978-454-6197
Email

WIC at 45 Kirk St. Lowell

WIC at 45 Kirk St. Lowell
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Phone: 978-454-6397
Email

WIC at Lowell Community Health Center

WIC at Lowell Community Health Center
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Phone: 978-221-6821
Email

William Ma

School Age Director
School Age
Phone: 978-654-7129
Email

Youth Services

Youth Services
Youth Services
Phone: 978-905-7385
Email

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Community Teamwork is celebrating Bill Lipchitz’s retirement after a legendary 51-year career. He currently serves as the Director of Real Estate Operations for Common Ground Development Corporation, a Community Teamwork subsidiary that develops affordable housing for low-income families in northeast Massachusetts. He oversees several other Community Teamwork subsidiaries, including Merrimack Valley Housing Services, Inc. and Mechanics Hall Corporation, and serves as a Special Assistant to the Executive Director working with the Community Teamwork Board on Board Development and Governance.

Bill’s career at Community Teamwork started in 1971 when he was hired as a Community Planner. Initially, Bill was assigned to the Town of Dracut to assist the Town in identifying and applying for grants. Bill was quickly promoted to Deputy Director of the Agency and served in that position for many years. Bill transitioned to oversee the Agency’s subsidiary, to assist Common Ground in implementing its vision of building and managing a portfolio of affordable housing. Common Ground has grown, and now supports family and senior housing in Methuen, Lowell, Acton, and Westford. Common Ground is currently working on new developments in Acton and Dracut and is assisting Community Teamwork and its partners in developing at least 300 units of permanent housing for homeless individuals.

Bill has devoted his life’s work to Community Action and to the City of Lowell, not only at Community Teamwork but in his many other roles including serving as Clerk of the Lowell Development and Financial Corporation, President of the Center City Committee, and on the Boards of the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA), Lowell Heritage Partnership, and the National Community Action Foundation. Bill was also deeply involved with the Friends of Lowell High School and Shedd Park Baseball (where he served as Baseball Commissioner!)

Bill has also mentored many staff at Community Teamwork and beyond. His love of his family, City, and work all centered Bill’s life and career. Passing on his passions and knowledge has helped move the career path forward for many staff and community members over the years.

Bill holds a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Lowell Technological Institute (now UMass Lowell), a Master’s in Organic Chemistry and a Master’s in Urban Affairs from Boston University.  We are all fortunate that Bill left his first career teaching at the college level. Bill is the proud father of Rebecca and Will and grandfather of five.

Pam Houlares is a native Bostonian born into a large Greek family.  She grew up in a large extended family with aunts, uncles and cousins in the Boston area.  Both sisters, including her twin, experienced a strong bond with their Greek culture and identity.  After graduation from UMass Amherst, Pam’s older sister became a nun in Greece and has lived there for about 50 years. Her twin sister, Natalie, is a real estate broker with Sotheby’s in Boston.

In Pam’s 37 years in education, she began as a Spanish teacher, Curriculum Coordinator, and ultimately, a Principal of Jonas Clarke Middle School in Lexington, MA.   After retirement, Pam worked in two colleges as an Adjunct Professor instructing courses in administration and continues as a Spanish tutor in her home -town.

During 2016 – 2020, Pam served as the President of the Hellenic Women’s Benevolent Association, a non-profit that oversees the Hellenic Nursing Home in Canton, MA.  In fact, Pam’s mother, Jennie, was one of the founders of the nursing home in 1973.  Pam continues to serve on the Board of Directors at the Hellenic Home.

Pam and Jim have four grandchildren, James, Conor,  Catherine and Theodore, who live nearby,  Aside from some babysitting, Pam and Jim feel very fortunate that they are very close and celebrate holidays and family events together.

Pam’s husband, James, has devoted his entire career to early childhood education.  Jim displays that same enthusiasm and love of children to this day, and is adored by his children and grandchildren, alike.  Both Pam and Jim are pleased that to continue to be a part of the CTI family and have contributed greatly to the Early Education programs at Community Teamwork.

James Houlares was born and raised in Auburn, Maine, He has a twin sister and also married a twin who has a twin sister as well. James has an older and younger brother as well. James and Pam have been married since 1974 and lived in Wellesley and now South Natick. They have two children, Nathaniel and Elena, named after my father-in-law and mother.   Nathaniel and Christina have two children, Catherine  (2.5 years old) and Theodore (7 months).  Elena and John have two children, James (9) and Conor  (7).

In1962, Jim arrived in Boston to attend the Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology to earn a Bachelors and an advanced degree.  His studies continued at the University of MA in Amherst where he earned his Masters. Jim’s first job with Head Start was as a teacher in Lewiston, Maine 1969 – 1971.  After earning his Masters, in 1973, he was hired as an Education Coordinator at the Head Start program at Community Teamwork.  At that time, CTI served 120 children in six classrooms.  When Jim retired in 2005, the Agency served more than 516 Head Start and Early Head Start children.

During Jim’s 32 years at Community Teamwork, he was involved with many challenging and exciting initiatives including:

MA Education Coordinators Association
CDA Advisor and Instructor
State Supplemental Funding for Head Start Programs
Planned and designed the James A Houlares Early Learning Center in Lowell
Chaired the State Head Start Association
Hiring the First Executive Director of the MA Head Start Association
Chaired the New England Head Start Association

Jim presently serves on the following boards: New England Head Start (NEHSA), National Head Start (NHSA), and the Thom Child and Family Services.

Jim is forever grateful to Community Teamwork Inc. for the opportunities it offered to him in the field of early learning and care for children and families, and Community Teamwork is forever grateful to Jim for his contributions to the field of Early Learning and his additional contributions to Community Teamwork over the past few years.

 

Aleksandra Tugbiyele (née Ward) is a Development professional turned Executive Assistant that builds relationships to make positive change. Her Lowell story began when she transferred to UMass Lowell and earned her BA in English. Since then, Aleksandra has helped raise nearly $100M for local and national non-profit organizations including the Children’s Trust Fund, UTEC, Acre Family Child Care, and Jumpstart for Young Children.

Aleksandra is a passionate advocate and volunteer in our community. She is currently serving on the Board of Trustees for Community Teamwork, Inc,; is a member of the DEI Consortium- Lowell, and was recently appointed to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Black Men and Boys. In her current role within the Office of the President at Middlesex Community College (MCC), Aleksandra provides administrative and operations support. She is also a part- time student! Above all, her favorite “job” is “Best Friend and Wife” to Bobby, and “Mom” to Sammuel and Ellis.

Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, Aleksandra is from a family of heroes. She is the proud daughter of a teacher and a fire-fighter, and is the big sister to a nurse. She adores bagpipes, describes fire truck sirens as a “lullaby”, and drinks mostly Polar seltzer and Bustelo coffee . In her spare time she enjoys supporting small businesses, and together with her children practicing Kung-Fu and tending their plot at the Rotary Park community garden.

Bobby Tugbiyele (2-B-L-AY) is the Founder and CEO of The Leap Network, LLC, a multi-specialty recruitment firm specializing in the staffing and placement of medical professionals and administrators. Prior to launching his firm in 2017, Bobby was the Recruiting Manager for Lowell Community Health Center and oversaw the career services and job development arm of Community Teamwork Inc.’s Workforce Development division.

He currently serves on the Board of Corporators for Lowell General Hospital, a board member for the Massachusetts Workforce Association, and is a member of the Middlesex 3 Coalition, which is focused on economic development, job growth and retention in Middlesex County. He is an advisory board member for UMass Lowell’s College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS) as well the Entrepreneurship-For-All (EForAll) business accelerator program.  He is a former Trustee of the Merrimack Repertory Theatre and former President of the Center City Committee, which advocated and spearheaded public-private collaborative projects for the betterment of the downtown area. He is a Co-Founder and organizer of The Foundation Mixer, a networking event series for ascending professionals to foster greater connections, engagement and collaboration.

In 2018, Bobby was awarded Young Professional of the Year by the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce. Bobby has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minor in History from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from Boston University.

Last year, Bobby was a first time City-Wide candidate for Lowell City Council who placed 4th place with over 4100 votes. He currently resides in Downtown Lowell with his wife, Aleksandra, and two sons, Samuel and Ellis.