We have over 50 staff between our three office locations in Bridgeport and Norwalk:
Agency-wide Management
- A. Stephen Lanza - Executive Director and Clinical Director
- William Brezovsky - Manager of Human Resources
- Rosa J. Correa - Manager of External Relations and Business Development
- Jeffrey W. Earls - Director of Development
- Lindsay Smythe - Director of Contracts and Program Administration
- Cristina Vencer - Director of Finance
Program Directors
- Randy Braren - Senior Director of Reentry Initiatives
- Claudette Renzulli - Director of Fresh Start Reentry Programs
- Kenneth R. Jackson - Director of Beacon Mentoring Programs
Program Managers & Coordinators
- Phylicia Brown - Intake Coordinator and Court Liaison for the Bridgeport Community Justice Programs
- Walt Cichocki - Manager of Sales and Operations for Fresh Start Enterprises
- Cenita Cruz - Clinical Manager of the Behavioral Health Network
- Carlah Esdaile - Bragg - Fresh Start Enterprise Training and Program Manager
- Esteban Estrada - Community Service Coordinator for the Fresh Start Community Reentry Program
- Melissa Haffner - Manager of the Bridgeport Community Justice Programs
- Fred Hodges - Manager of Fresh Start Enterprise House
- Daee McKnight - Reentry Coordinator for Fresh Start Enterprises
- John Mele - Mentoring Coordinator, Transitions Program - Male Youth
- Andres Roman - Group Facilitator and Coordinator of the Domestic Violence Programs for Norwalk and Stamford
- Rhonda Teel - Case Manager and Education Coordinator for the Fresh Start Community Reentry Program
- Ginger Wilk - Mentoring Coordinator, Transitions Program - Female Youth
Staff
- Lisa Benton - Court Liaison and DV Program Facilitator
- Maria Cambareri - DV Administrative Assistant and Alternate Facilitator
- Melissa Coda - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Rosanne Esposito - EVOLVE Facilitator/Marital and Family Therapist
- John Filip - Clinician, Behavioral Health Network
- Tricia Finitsis - Administrative Assistant
- James Ghant - Case Manager, Fresh Start Enterprise House and Community Reentry Program
- Aga Gonzalez - Bookkeeper/Accounting Assistant
- Christine Hall - Day - Administrative and Program Assistant
- Philip Hamilton - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Amanda Hliva - Program and Research Associate, Fresh Start Community Reentry Program
- Jay Hill - Behavioral Health Specialist
- Tonye Jeffries - Office Assistant
- Jessica Kaplan - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Devin Maffett - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Rebecca Martorella - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Eugene McKnight - Crew Chief for Fresh Start Enterprises
- Sarah Miller - Desimini - Development Associate
- Deanna Morabito - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Ike Okwuosa - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Michelle Rivera - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Denise Rollinson - Clinician and Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- George Thompson - Associate, Beacon Mentoring Program
- Luis Vidal - Group Facilitator, DV Programs
- Jeff Von Kohorn, Ph.D. - Clinical Consultant for Family ReEntry’s Department of Correction Behavioral Health Program For more information, he can be reached at www.vonkohorn.com/drjeff
