Our Catholic Charities Team

Administrative Staff

Philomena Pereira, Chief Executive Officer
Eduardo Gloria, Chief Operating Officer
Helen Rombalski, Executive Assistant
Robert Wildermuth, Director of Finance
Erin Chokr, Director of Communications
Hilles Hughes, Development Coordinator
Alex Olivares, Project Manager
Angie Nickol, Accounts Payable
Jack Rutkowski, Accountant
Peggy Shaw, Accounts Payable Assistant
Adriana Lara, Grants Accountant

Regional Directors

Gloria Romero, Sarasota, Manatee, and DeSoto Counties

Program Directors/Coordinators/Managers

Clara Alvarez, Casa San Juan Bosco Education Programs
Veronica Barber, AFCAAM Mentoring Programs
Allegra Belliard, Judy Sullivan Family Resource Center
Alice Del Valle, Senior Support Coordination Program, SNAP & Infant Toddler Supply Program
Tatiana Fortune, Golden Gate Senior Center
Osmara Gonzalez, Housing Counseling
Kimi Harms, Boca Grande Child Preschool
Yuri Kaplun, Refugee Resettlement Program & Disaster Response Logistics
Pam Malafronte, AFCAAM After School Reading Program
Paulina Matias, Disaster Relief Services
Colleen McMenamin, Bethesda House
Jose Perez, Positive Youth Development Program
Joan Pierse, Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Sarasota & Manatee Counties
Erika Pineros, Human Trafficking Victims Assistance
Geri Poletti, Family Counseling Center
Peggy Rodriguez, Guadalupe Social Services
Joyce Scott, Our Mother’s House
Ruth Ross, Senior Case Management
Jamie Van Dyke, St. Martha’s Early Learning Center