Board Members do not collect a salary for their services

Leadership Team

  • A man with long white hair and glasses, wearing a clerical collar and black suit with lapel pins, standing indoors.

    Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM, LCSW-R, ACSW, DCSW

    Founder - Executive Director, CEO

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  • A smiling elderly man with gray hair, wearing a suit and a red tie, standing indoors with musical instruments in the background.

    Charles Russo

    Chairman of the Board

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  • Picture of Dr. Steve Rabeno

    Dr. Steve Rabeno

    Associate Director

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Board of Directors

  • Fr. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM, LCSW-R, ACSW, DCSW

    Hope House Ministries

  • Charles Russo

    Chairman of the Board;
    Russo Karl Widmaier & Cordano, PLLC

  • Gerard Cruse, CPA, COO

    Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP

  • Jeannetta Alexander

    Russo Karl Widmaier & Cordano, PLLC

  • James Altebrando

    Sound Private Wealth

  • James Barker

    Roanoke Sand and Gravel Corp.

  • Thomas A Callahan

    President & Business Manager, International Union of Operating, Engineers (Local 15)

  • Robert Coughlan

    Tritec Real Estate Company

  • Kathryn Frey

    Frey Family Foundation

  • Dr. Robert J. Frey

    (Chairman) Endowment Committee, (President) Harbor Financial Management, LLC

  • Timothy McNulty

    Hulse McNulty, PLLC

  • Bill Reitzig

    Director of Business Development, Fabco Industries, Inc.

Honorary Members

  • Robert Curley

    MEMBER EMERITUS
    President – Charter One Bank

  • Charles Rampone

    MEMBER EMERITUS (1926-2015)
    President – Ramp Motors

  • Rev. Gerald Fitzsimmons, SMM

    MEMBER EMERITUS (1948-2024)

  • Richard A. LoNigro, Sr.

    MEMBER EMERITUS (1942-2024)
    CEO – Port Jeff Sports Realty, LLC

  • Mark S. Rose

    MEMBER EMERITUS (1942-2023)
    Chairman Emeritus – Clare Rose, Inc.

  • Very Rev. Thomas Poth, SMM

    MEMBER EX OFFICIO
    Provincial Superior – Montfort Missionaries U.S.A.

  • Rev. Joseph Putra Dwi Darma Watun, SMM

    HONORARY MEMBER
    Superior General – Montfort Missionaries Rome, Italy

Advisory Board

  • Frank Barker

    The Barker Organization

  • John Bruckner

  • James Bunster

    Talent Link Group

  • Anna Coccaro

    Suffolk Plastic Surgeons PC

  • Jan Coughlan

  • Jim Coughlan

    Tritec Real Estate Company

  • Jenise Craig

    Jennie Rose Realty

  • Deborah A. Diroma

    Creative FX Graphic Design

  • Kevin Griffin

    JRM Construction Management, LLC

  • Carl Hall

    Echo Interiors, Inc.

  • Matthew R. Inductivo

  • Tomislav Kundic

  • Debbie Lombardi

    Villa Lombardi Catering

  • Shauna Lonigro-Kerr

  • Matthew Lonigro

    (1971-2023)

  • Patrick O'Brien

    (1954-2021)

  • Shanna O'Brien

    O’Brien Group, LLC

  • Joel Posner

    Compass Greater NY LLC

  • Jim Pace

    Pace’s Steak House

  • Teresa Polster

  • Wayne Jr. Rampone

  • Sally Rose

  • Robert Rosenthal

    The Carnegie Corporation of New York

  • Michael Vandenburg

    Renu Contracting & Restoration

    Milburn Flooring