Our Staff
Executive Team
Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor
Co-Founder & CEO
David Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Agency Operations
Samah Ahmed
Finance/Administrative Assistant
Rosalie Fransen
Data and Evaluation Manager
Bethany Goldszer
Senior Director of Programs & Development
Telisha Lee
Assistant to the CEO/Communications Coordinator
Deniro (Billy) Robinson
Outreach / Community Partnership Manager
Financial Fitness Program
Junaid Abdin
Financial Counselor
Pedro Hernandez
Financial Counselor
Victor Lee
Financial Coach
Maria Lopes
Financial Counselor
Andrade Newby
Financial Counselor, Jobs Plus
Pedro Salazar
Financial Fitness Program Manager
Tyrone Turner
Financial Counselor
Gil Valbuena
Financial Project Officer
Petra-Ann Younge
Financial Fitness Program Director
Workforce Development Program
Sabrina Garcia
Assistant Director
Ruth Taylor
Business Accounts Manager
Vismary Vargas
Career Counselor
Tax Prep
Ralph Torres
Tax Law Instructor
Angela Santos
Tax Preparer
Tatiana Williams
Director of Tax and Income Support
Far Rockaway Workforce Development
Brittany Bye
Outreach Specialist
Roni Wilson
Youth Pathways Success Coach
Barbara Taylor
Administrative Assistant
Jordan Ravenna
Employment Coordinator
Youth and Young Adult Program Youth Pathways
Shyvone Blunt
Youth Pathways Instructor
Adolpho Casillas
Employment Services Manager
Whitney Cooper
Career Pathways Manager
Bob Din
Youth Pathways Career Coach
Nia Freeman
Youth Development Coordinator
Angel Garrido
Employment Coordinator
Alex Hall
Employment Coordinator
Gwen Kincaid
Program Assistant
Roniel Perez
Senior Engagement Specialist
Nicole Perry
Assistant Director – Youth Pathways
Patricia Saenz
Director of Youth Pathways
Amanda Santiago
Employment Specialist
Chris Telesford
Career Counselor
Ciara Thomas
Youth Pathways Facilitator
Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union
Aurea Arias
Assistant Branch Manager
Chhanda Sutton
Branch Manager
Jenny Dilone
Member Services Representative
Jobs-Plus
Oliver Allen-Cummings
Cooperative Developer of Worker Cooperatives
Nicole Alicea
Community Ambassador
Lanish Alston
Assistant Director Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Enjoli Alvarez
Assistant Director Jobs-Plus Astoria
Janelle Ancrum
Community Ambassador
Sharice Avery
Community Ambassador
Nasizuri Benyehudah
Community Ambassador
Carlos Cano
Program Manager of Worker Cooperatives
Joseph Casiano
Community Ambassador Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Michael Creech
Accounts Manager Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Frederick Dore
Community Ambassador Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Natasha Edwards
Employment Coordinator Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Ayisha Edwards
Career Counselor Jobs-Plus
Tanya Finkley
Engagement Specialist
Chante Fortson
Career Counselor
Kevin Garcia
Community Organizer Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Tynassia Gardner
Community Ambassador
Timothy Holcomb
Community Engagement Coordinator
Jamal Khan
Director of Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Duvall Ledbetter
Computer Lab & Retention Specialist
Ashiana Mclamb
Community Ambassador
Bryan Mercado
Program Coordinator of Worker Cooperatives
Ismelda Perez
Program Assistant Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Aleika Sepulveda
Career Coach
Elyse Springer
Community Coach Jobs-Plus East Harlem
Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor
Co-Founder and CEO, Urban Upbound
Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Urban Upbound. Bishop Mitchell Taylor has lived in and around Queensbridge Houses for the past forty-three years. In 1991, he was installed as Senior Pastor of the Center of Hope International (COHI), a non-denominational church adjacent to the Queensbridge Houses. In 2004, convinced that a single church would not be able to mitigate the mammoth issues facing public housing residents, Bishop Taylor founded Urban Upbound, formerly known as the East River Development Alliance (ERDA). Bishop Taylor has been profiled by The New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio, and other leading media outlets for his leadership around public housing, and has received prestigious awards including the New York City Public Library’s Brooke Astor Award, NYC Neighborhood Achievement Leadership Award, and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York Martin Luther King Award. Bishop Taylor was also a participant in the United Way Executive Fellows Program and was chosen to participate in the highly competitive Achieving Excellence in Community Development program led by NeighborWorks and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Bishop Taylor is the author of Unbroken Promises, published by Whitaker House (2003). He currently serves as a Commissioner on the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Dave Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Dave Miller Is Urban Upbound’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Miller is accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company, to include the development of a financial and operational strategy, metrics tied to that strategy, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results. Mr. Miller has over two decades of experience in finance and operations in both the private and non-profit sectors and holds a B.A in Accounting from Hofstra University.