People
Senior Staff
Roderick L. Jones, Ed.D, MPA
Executive Director
rjones@goddard.org
(212) 873-6600 Ext 1001
Andrea Cain Lawson, Ed.D, MBA, MS
Chief Operating Officer
acain@goddard.org
(212) 873-6600 Ext 1002
May Wong, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
mwong@goddard.org
(212) 873-6600, Ext. 1030
Susan Matloff-Nieves, LMSW
Deputy Executive Director
smatloff-nieves@goddard.org
(212) 874-0860 Ext 4901
Merrill T. Dobson, PHR
Associate Deputy Executive Director, Talent & Organizational Development
mdobson@goddard.org
212) 873-6600, Ext 1040
Beth Dunphe
Chief Resource Office
bdunphe@goddard.org
(212) 873-6600, x. 1020
Aaron Rooney
Associate Vice President – Aging Services
arooney@goddard.org
Ph: 212-360-7620 x114
Damion Samuels
Senior Director of Youth Services and Community Engagement
dsamuels@isaacscenter.org
212.360.7620 Ext. 212
Khristel Simmons
Senior Director of Food and Nutrition Services
ksimmons@isaacscenter.org
212.360.7620 x158
Casie Kimbrough
Associate Deputy Executive Director of Housing Operations
ckimbrough@goddard.org
(212) 873-6600, x. 1006
Board Of Directors
As of August 2021
Christopher Auguste, President
Marcia Bystryn, Secretary
Todd Clegg, Vice President
Howard S. Stein, Treasurer
Paul Klepetko
Junior Board
Established in 2017, the Isaacs Center Junior Board consists of young professionals with excitement to drive the mission of the Isaacs Center forward through philanthropy, volunteerism, and ambassadorship for the organization.
In addition to monthly meetings, the Junior Board volunteers, and hosts events and peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, as well as our Virtual Scholar-Mentor program. Run in concert with the Isaacs Center alumni services coordinator, this program engages interested Junior Board members as mentors for high-school and college-aged recipients of Isaacs Center scholarships to help them on their education and career paths.
Ideal candidates for the Junior Board are young professionals who are interested in committing time and energy to help raise awareness and support fundraising for the Isaacs Center.
Questions? Please contact development@isaacscenter.org.
Current Junior Board Members:

Heather Gidaly
Co-founder, Joined 2017, Finance

Ashley Higgins Dieck
Co-founder, Joined 2017, Finance

Alana Pilar Cantillo
Joined 2019, Public Policy

Olivia Elee

Jamie Berghorn
Joined 2021, Marketing

Sam Weinberger
Joined 2020

Tanisha Jackson
Joined 2021, Science

Billy Freeland

Anthony Ford
Joined 2019, Life Sciences Software