• Yazmin Borrero, Assistant to Chief of Operations
• Cristobal G. Chavez, Building Maintenance Supervisor
• Helen Colon, Program Director of Beacon Leadership Center at JHS 50
• Theresa Doherty, Special Assistant for Programs
• Kathy Fernandez, Accounting Clerk
• Edda Figueroa, MCCAP Coordinator
  
• Asenhat Gomez, Program Director of the Bushwick Leadership Center
• Melinda Gonzalez, Education Coordinator, Williamsburg Leadership Center
• Katy Jaquez-Brito, Membership Coordinator, Bushwick Leadership Center
• Martha Laureano, Director, Community Health & Environment Institute
  
• Mariluz Lopez, Executive Associate to the President & Founder
• Leslie Martinez, Education Coordinator, Bushwick Leadership Center
• Melissa Medina, Membership Coordinator, Williamsburg Leadership Center
  
• William Orellana, Program Director of Williamsburg Leadership Center
• Rosa Piedra, Assistant Director, Beacon Leadership Center at JHS 50
• Richard Scott, Membership Cordinator, Beacon Leadership Center at JHS 50
  
• Mildred Vazquez, Executive Assistant to Executive Director
• Catherina Villafuerte, College Prep Coordinator
  
• Somos Arte: Webmaster

Helen Colon, Beacon Program Director
Helen Colón joined El Puente in 1999 as a youth worker helping young children with their homework.  Then she became an AmeriCorps intern for a year and was quickly promoted over four years from youth worker to Program Aide, to Assistant Coordinator to Assistant Director and finally to Program Director of the El Puente Beacon Program at MS 50 in Williamsburg.  While working at the organization, she continued going to school and recently received her B.A. in Psychology from the New School for Social Research. 

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Theresa Doherty: Special Assistant for Programs
Theresa Doherty joined El Puente in January 2006 as Special Assistant for Programs to oversee government and private contract management and reporting and to help facilitate organizational as well as program-specific initiatives. She will also be co-coordinating the development of a national leadership training institute to mentor other community and youth development practitioners in the El Puente approach to human rights-driven community action. Theresa comes to El Puente after nearly 5 years with New Settlement Apartments & Community Services in the Bronx, where she served as director of a 300-student elementary after-school program and a summer day camp. She subsequently served as contributing grant writer and special projects coordinator, overseeing such initiatives as the creation of a new after-school program, and participating in organization-wide community development, programming and outreach. She has a B.A. from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, an M.P.A. from Baruch College and has completed coursework for a PhD in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation from the University of Kentucky.

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William Orellana, Program Director
A life long resident from the Greenpoint/Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, William Orellana is the Program Director and Young Men's Group co-facilitator for the Williamsburg Leadership Center. Before joining El Puente William worked as a Beacon Program Director, a community service coordinator in Spanish Harlem, and a Legislative assistant to Senator Effrain Gonzalez in the Bronx. Orellana also co-founded a volunteer literacy program in a Youth Detention Facility in Highland NY and has worked in several non-profit organizations in South America. William is a trained modern dancer and brings many years of dance experience with him to the Leadership Center. William doubled majored in Finance and received his B.A. from New Paltz University in Latin American Studies.

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Somos Arte: Webmaster
Somos Arte, a creative services firm specializing in photography, print and web design. Contact Edgardo via email at ElPuente@SomosArte.com

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