Our Team
Our team and board bring hundreds of years of combined, practice-informed experience across direct service, system leadership, and lived experience. We use that expertise to drive meaningful, statewide impact.
Staff
Behavioral Health Consultant
AmeriCorps Program Manager
GSL Project Coordinator
Capacity Building Specialist
Director of Operations
Associate Director
Connie Mercer
Chief Executive Officer
Policy Director​
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mary Gay Abbott-Young
Rescue Mission of Trenton- Retired
Zammeah Bivins-Gibson
Isaiah House
Susanne Byrne
York Street Project
Reverend Angela Fields
Gerard Gilliam
YMCA of Paterson
Jeffrey Wild
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Kent Pipes
Affordable Homes Group
Richard Uniacke
Bridges Outreach, Inc.
This is what love looks like. Love is not sentimentality, it’s not saccharine, it’s not words. Love is action. It’s service and sacrifice. That’s what love is, and that’s what makes communities truly strong.
- Senator Cory Booker (D)