Who We Are

Leadership Staff
Elissa Brown, Ph.D.
PARTNERS, Executive Director, Founder
browne@stjohns.edu
Tel: 718-990-2355
Fax: 718-990-8228

Vanessa Rodriguez, Ph.D.
BRIDGES Project/ Latino Coalition Coordinator
rodrigv2@stjohns.edu
Tel:  718-990-5479
Fax: 718-990-8228

Komal Sharma-Patel, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Research
sharmak@stjohns.edu
Tel:   718-990-5545
Fax: 718-990-8228

Program staff includes post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate volunteers.

Students

• Felicia Corbett, M.A.
• Beryl Filton
• Jennifer Herring
• Ashwin Mehra, M.B.A.
• Valentina Nikulina, Ph. D.
• Nazli Rodriguez
• Mary Russell
• Candice Siu, M.A.
• Alison Tebbett
• Jennifer Yedlin, M.A.
• Natalie Zervas, M.A.
• Deborah Zlotnik

Advisory Council

• Lois Beekman Oliveira, Chair
• Elissa Brown, Ph.D., Executive Director      
• Ed Bobrow
• Esther Calzada, Ph.D.
• Esther Deblinger, Ph.D.
• Carrie Epstein, L.C.S.W.-R
• Robin Goodman, Ph.D.
• Amanda Hack, M.B.A.
• Cathy Lancellotti
• Amanda Salzhauer, M.S.W.
• Glenn Schalk
• Mel Schneiderman, Ph.D.
• Alan Schwarz
• Eyal Shemesh, M.D.
• Les Silverman
• Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Ph.D.
• Leda Dunn Wettre, J.D.