Staff Directory
Citizen Action of New York — Staff Directory
Capital District
Amy Jones
Community Organizer
518.542.6854
ajones@citizenactionny.org
Shawn Young
Community Organizer
518.369.0063 syoung@citizenactionny.org
Central New York
Kristina Andreotta
Regional Director
315.360.2441
kandreotta@citizenactionny.org
Chelsea Arcuri
Community Organizer
315.281.4939 carcuri@citizenactionny.org
Jose Manzano
Regional Director
jmanzano@citizenactionny.org
Jodi Risper
Movement Politics Director
484.892.2915jrisper@citizenactionny.org
Hudson Valley
Shalawn Brown
Office Assistant
845.802.0199 sbrown@citizenactionny.org
Sheilah Davidson
Field Director
845.633.2614 sdavidson@citizenactionny.org
Fanon Frazier
Community Organizer
845.750.0295
ffrazier@citizenactionny.org
Long Island Progressive Coalition
Nia Adams
Community Organizer
516.541.1006 x 12
nadams@lipc.org
Ryan Madden
Sustainability Organizer
516.541.1006 x 13 rmadden@lipc.org
Lisa Tyson
Director
516.541.1006 x 11
ltyson@lipc.org
New York City
Paul Frank
Regional Director
347.276-8138 pfrank@citizenactionny.org
Stanley Fritz
Political Director
347.208.4919 sfritz@citizenactionny.org
Courtney Miller
Community Organizer
cmiller@citizenactionny.org
Rochester
Remi Dobbs
Community Organizer
rdobbs@citizenactionny.org
Mercedes Phelan
Lead Organizer
585.698.7413 mphelan@citizenactionny.org
Stevie Vargas
Community Organizer
321.318.1287 svargas@citizenactionny.org
Southern Tier
Mary Clark
Regional Director
607.723.0110 cabing@citizenactionny.org
Amber Johnson
Community Organizer
607.723.0110 ajohnson@citizenactionny.org
Western New York
Christian Parra
Community Organizer
347.499.7892
cparra@citizenactionny.org
Jude Wicksell
Community Organizer
716.250.7746
jwicksell@citizenactionny.org
Central Staff
Charlie Albanetti
Managing Director
518.465.4600 x 121
calbanetti@citizenactionny.org
Blue Carreker
Campaigns Manager
518.465.4600 x 126
bcarreker@citizenactionny.org
Bob Cohen
Policy Director
518.465.4600 x 104 bcohen@citizenactionny.org
Sherry Crescini
Finance Coordinator
screscini@nexusmanagement.org
Lisa Dahdah
Grants Manager
ldahdah@citizenactionny.org
Aidan Faiella
Operations Coordinator
518-465-4600 ext 122 afaiella@citizenactionny.org
Rebecca Garrard
Statewide Organizer
845.797.9210
rgarrard@citizenactionny.org
Erin George
Civil Rights Campaigns Director
408.691.7372 egeorge@citizenactionny.org
Clyanna Lightbourn
Statewide Civil Rights Organizer
305.798.5992 clightbourn@citizenactionny.org
Anthony Lloyd
Finance Director
518.465.4600 x 026 alloyd@nexusmanagement.org
Roberto LoBianco
Communications Director
917.287.6422
rlobianco@citizenactionny.org
Ravi Mangla
Political Education Program Manager
585.507.1204 rmangla@citizenactionny.org
Tasha Mitchell
Communications Manager
646.801.6728 tmitchell@citizenactionny.org
Samantha Rini
Political Education Program Manager
518.929.9077
srini@citizenactionny.org
Rosemary Rivera
Co-Executive Director
585.520.6542 rrivera@citizenactionny.org
Karina Roman
Communications Associate
518.698.1940 kroman@citizenactionny.org
Andrew Tarwerdi
Data and Membership Coordinator
518.925.1316 atarwerdi@citizenactionny.org
Ryan Test
Technology Coordinator
rtest@citizenactionny.org
Tanique Williams
Communications Manager
518.488.9580 twilliams@citizenactionny.org
Jessica Wisneski
Co-Executive Director
845.901.0264 jwisneski@citizenactionny.org