Staff Directory
Citizen Action of New York — Staff Directory
Capital District

Gabriel Silva
Community Organizer
Central New York

Kristina Andreotta
Regional Director
kandreotta@citizenactionny.org

Chelsea Arcuri
Community Organizer
Hudson Valley

Shalawn Brown
Office Assistant

Alim Flowers
Lead Organizer
aflowers@citizenactionny.org

Fanon Frazier
Community Organizer
ffrazier@citizenactionny.org
Long Island Progressive Coalition

Nia Adams
Community Organizer
nadams@lipc.org

Ryan Madden
Sustainability Organizer

Lisa Tyson
Director
ltyson@lipc.org
New York City

Stanley Fritz
Political Director

Symone Green
Community Organizer

Kylynn Grier
Lead Organizer

Saye Joseph
Campaigns Manager for Civil Rights

Michelle Ming
Campaigns Manager for Fair Elections & Worker/Gender Justice

Jason Salmon
Regional Director

Emily Verdugo
Project Coordinator
Rochester

Jalil Muntaqim
Community Organizer

Mercedes Phelan
Lead Organizer
Southern Tier

Mary Clark
Regional Director

Salka Valerio
Community Organizer
607.322.6261 svalerio@citizenactionny.org
Western New York

Christian Parra
Community Organizer
cparra@citizenactionny.org
Central Staff

Charlie Albanetti
Managing Director

Dana Balter
Worldview Strategist

Bob Cohen
Policy Director

Sherry Crescini
Finance Coordinator

Lisa Dahdah
Grants Manager

Sheilah Davidson
Director of Mobilization

Aidan Faiella
Operations Coordinator

Rebecca Garrard
Campaigns Manager for Housing Justice
rgarrard@citizenactionny.org

Anthony Lloyd
Finance Director

Roberto LoBianco
Communications Director
rlobianco@citizenactionny.org

Samantha Rini
Worldview Organizer
srini@citizenactionny.org

Jodi Risper
Movement Politics Director

Rosemary Rivera
Co-Executive Director

Karina Roman
Communications Associate

Andrew Tarwerdi
Data and Membership Coordinator

Dana Willbanks
Digital Campaigns Coordinator

Tanique Williams
Media Strategist
twilliams@citizenactionny.org

Jessica Wisneski
Co-Executive Director