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Current Staff

Management Team

Al Benarroch, BA (Hons), MA (Psych) - Executive Director
Shana Menkis, BA (Hons), MBA- Director of Operations
Cheryl Hirsh Katz, BSW, MSW, RSW - Manager of Adult Services
Steven Bernstein, B. Comm (Hons), CPA- Manager of Accounting 
Wade Bilodeau, BA - Child Protection & Family Service Supervisor
Shelley Garfield, B. Comm (Hons) - Manager of Financial Assistance Programs
Einat Paz-Keynan, BSW, MSW - Manager of Volunteer Services

Support Services

Meytal Lavy, BSc - Office Manager
Edith Freylejer - File Management
Irina Krassovitski, BA - Reception                                                                                                        Lori O’Neill - Night Reception

 

Professional Services

Counselling
Shelley Levit, BSW, MSW, RSW - Supervisor

Contract Counselling
Irene Boxer-Meyrowitz, M.Ed., CCC, MMFT
Murielle Jennings, MMFT, CCC
Bernie Migie, MSW, RSW
Craig Posner, MSW, RSW
Seijiro Tsuchi, B.Ed., M.Ed.
Brodin Anderson, MA ACP                                                                                                            Gabriela M. Fonseca, B.A, M.A, APC

Older Adult Services
Heather Mandell Kraut, BSW, RSW - Team Lead
Janelle Gulay, BSW, RSW
Adeena Lungen, BSW, MSW, RSW
Margarita Iskijaev, MA, BSW, RSW                                                                                                    Sonja Iserloh, ECEII, B.H.Ecol, MSW

Mental Health
Judy Plotkin, BA, BSW, RSW - Coordinator (on leave)
Heather Mandell Kraut, BSW, RSW
Marvin Hamm, MSW, RSW
Sandra Novak, BA                                                                                                                           Blaire Hyde, BSW, RSW

Case-Aide
Keith Elfenbein - Older Adults / Mental Health

Chaplaincy
Rabbi Yitzchok Charytan

Settlement & Integration Services
Iael Besendorf - Team Lead
Anna Schoichet, BSc
Einat Paz-Keynan, BSW, MSW
Carina Blumgrund, BA (Psych) - Employment Coordinator
Nafiya Naso                                                                                                                                      Dorit Kosmin,  MSW

Child Welfare
David Azuelos, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW
Randee Pollock, BSW, MSW, RSW - Adoption / Foster Care Coordinator
Yardena Zimmermann, BA, ECE II, BSW, MSW, RSW
Lindsay Feuer, BA, BSW, RSW

Addictions Services Coordinator
Ivy Kopstein, BSW, MSW, RSW                                                                                                            Carli Rossall, BA, P.B.C Mental Health and Substance Use Caseworker

Professional Consultants
Cara Kroft, MD, FRCPC - Psychiatric Consultant