Nonprofit Westchester, NPW, is pleased to announce its new board of directors for 2022. New board members include Ron Abad, CEO of Community Housing
Innovations; Kathleen Macias-Torres, executive director of SPARC, Inc.; Lucria Ortiz, CEO of The Yonkers Family YMCA; Theo J. Oshiro,co-executive director
of Make the Road New York; and Henry Wilson, executive director of Youth Community Outreach Program (Y-COP) of Mount Vernon.
The new board vice president will be Allison Lake of Westchester Children’s Association, WCA. (WCA). She will be joining the NPW Executive Committee with
Board President Anahaita Kotval (Lifting Up Westchester), co-Vice President Rich Nightingale (Westhab), Treasurer Erica Martinson (Brown & Brown of NY
Inc.), and Secretary Heather Miller (Thomas H. Slater Center).
“We are thrilled to welcome these dedicated nonprofit professionals to the Nonprofit Westchester board in the New Year,” said Jan Fisher, executive director
at Nonprofit Westchester. “Each of their unique expertise and experiences will help us to advance NPW’s mission of fortifying the nonprofit sector in Westchester County, thereby strengthening social, personal and economic outcomes for all residents.”
Allison Lake became Westchester Children’s Association’s executive director in July 2018. She joined WCA in 1998 as the program coordinator for the Children’s Health Initiative. In 2008, she was promoted to deputy director, responsible for WCA’s programmatic initiatives, leading WCA’s advocacy partnerships and community mobilization efforts. She brings more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit and community work both in the U.S. and West Africa, as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Ron Abad, CEO of Community Housing Innovations joined this organization in March of 2021 to serve as the second CEO in the organization’s 30-year history.
Previously, Abad was the senior vice president for Acacia Network Housing, one of New York City’s largest homeless providers.
Kathleen Macias-Torres joined SPARC, Inc. as executive director in May 2019. Previously, she served as the associate executive director of Community
Resources Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc., where she was responsible for managing the organization’s operations providing clinical, community rehabilitation and residential services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Lucria Ortiz joined The Yonkers Family YMCA as CEO in November 2019. This organization distributes more than 250 hot meals a day to help feed families
and veterans in need. Previously, Ortiz served as the senior vice president of Strategic Advancement at Ridgewood YMCA, overseeing philanthropic and organization development, communications, and diversity and inclusion work.
Theo J. Oshiro, co-executive director of Make the Road New York, MRNY, joined this organization in 2005 and is currently responsible for overseeing their
services departments, including Adult Literacy and Health Advocacy, and serves as the organization’s lead health policy expert. He has been recognized for his
contributions to immigrant communities and has won the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest’s Felix A. Fishman Award.
Henry Wilson joined the Youth Community Outreach Program of Mount Vernon in June of 2011 and has since taken on the role of executive director. He
has more than 35 years of professional experience serving disadvantaged, under-represented, at-risk populations, which include the youth, the homeless and
the incarcerated.
Nonprofit Westchester would like to thank the outgoing 2021 board members for their wonderful service. Members of the 2021 board include Carola Bracco, executive director, Neighbors Link; Maria Imperial, CEO, YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester; Tracy Kay, former CEO, Westchester Children’s Museum; and Marjorie Madfis, founder and president of Yes She Can Incorporated. For information on how to get involved in Nonprofit Westchester’s
initiatives in 2022, please visit www.npwestchester.org.
