Our Staff

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Colleen Merced

Executive Director

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Wendy Lansing

Chief Financial Officer

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Patricia Usherwood

Development Specialist

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Dana Walk

Executive Assistant

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Merideth Buza

Data Entry Specialist

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Theresa Curley

Receptionist

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Christine Larkin

Child Fatality Review Team Facilitator

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Erin Yeager

Director of Advocacy

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Essence Williams

CSEC Victim Advocate

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Danielle Bishop

Lead Victim Advocate

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Ally Latour

Victim Advocate

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Alysia Clary

Outreach & Education Specialist

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Tebo Cossa

Victim Advocate

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Maureen Foran-Mocete

Director of Outreach & Education

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Lauren Penizotto

Community Outreach & Education Specialist

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Derek Tefft

Community Outreach & Education Specialist

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Jacquie Goettel-Strecansky

Community Outreach & Education Specialist

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Danielle Pira

CSEC Victim Advocate

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Nicole Earnshaw

Victim Advocate

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Samantha Ciciarelli

Victim Advocate

Our Board of Directors

The McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center is honored to have an active, engaged, volunteer Board of Directors, committed to achieving its mission of ending child abuse in our community.

Thomas McMahon Toshiba Business Solutions
John Harris M&T Bank
Mark Fuller United Radio, Inc
Joni Steigerwald C&S Engineers
Barry Weiss District Attorney’s Office
Travis Bort ABC Creative Group
Danielle Fogel Fager Amsler Keller & Schoppmann LLP
Kenneth Gardiner Dannible & McKee
Jack Hoppenstedt Onondaga County Probation
Stacey Hotaling ENV Insurance Agency
Laurie Liechty CPS Recruitment
Honora Marceau Course Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unite/SU Health Service Department
Nell McMahon Upstate University Hospital
Derrick Murry Syracuse Community Health Center, Inc
Dr. Mark Paciorek Paciorek Orthodontics
Nancy Premo Center State CEO
Elena Romano Owner of Romano Car Dealerships
Joseph Silino TIAA – Cref
Ryan Suser Bousquet Holstein
Jarrett Woodfork Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office
Desiree Castaldo PAC & Associates, Inc
Tracy DiGenova