Local Advisory Committee

Greater Newark LISC is governed by a Local Advisory Committee (LAC) of key civic and corporate community members. LAC members serve as ambassadors for local communities by providing programmatic and financial guidance to the local LISC office.

Michelle Abel
Fmr. Community Development Marketing Manager
Citizens Bank

Nii Abladey Otu
Housing and Real Estate Development Manager
Clinton Hill Community Action

Sean Baptiste
Chief Human Resources Officer RWJBarnabas-Rutgers Medical Group
RWJBarnabas Health

Khadijah Bohannan
Director PGIM O&I, Investment Accounting
Prudential Financial Inc

Mariya Burnell
Regional Community Development Manager Metro PA/NJ
TD Bank, N.A.

Marilyn Davis
Senior Director
Altice USA

Tara Dowdell
President
Tara Dowdell Group

Heather Gershen
Senior Manager, Community Development Banking
Capital One

Stephanie Greenwood
Senior Strategy Officer
Victoria Foundation 

Diane Johnson
Field Office Director (Retired)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Samantha Kiley
Executive Director of Community Health Advancement
AlantiCare

Melissa McCormack
Senior Vice President
HTCER Manager, Bank of America

Citi Medina
President
Equal Space

Kenneth Myers
Place AVP, Community Development Market Manager
Synchrony Bank

Shante Palmer
Vice Chancellor of External & Government Relations
Rutgers University-Newark

Tomas Porturas
VP-Senior Social Impact & Sustainability Specialist
Wells Fargo

Gillian Sarjeant-Allen
President
Radical Solutions

Charles Venti
President
Inventive Strategies, LLC

Kimberly Willocks
President
Neighbors Improving Newark's Environment
The NINE - South 9th Street Block Association