Common Ground | Who We Are


	Who we are WHO WE ARE Board of Directors W. Frank Mitchell, Chair. Cultural Historian, University of the Arts. Michael Doolittle, Vice-Chair. Photographer/Photojournalist. Kim Futrell, Treasurer. City of New Haven. Claudia Merson, Secretary, School Committee Chair. Yale Office of New Haven & State Affairs. Wendy Battles. Health and Nutrition Consultant. Jennifer Burke. Common Ground High School Teacher Representative. Benjamin Gardner. Pollen - Urban Farming & Beekeeping. Enroue Halfkenny. Clinical Social Worker, Clifford Beers Guidance Clinic. John Jessen. New Haven Free Public Library. Arthur Latimer. Reverend and Past Federal Court Judge. Jane Lee. Yale University Business Operations. Tia Lott. Common Ground High School Parent Representative Robert Parker. Area Cooperative Educational Services. Myles Rey. Common Ground High School Student Representative Melissa Spear. Executive Director, Common Ground. Common Ground board meetings are open to the public. View a schedule of meetings. Staff Melissa Spear, Executive Director Betsy Sneath, Director of Business & Administration Liz Cox, School Director Rebecca Holcombe, Director of Community Programs Joel Tolman, Director of Development and Community Engagement Marvin Bivens, Maintenance Jennifer Burke-Adams, English Kimball Cartwright. Campaign Manager Amy Champagne, Assistant Director of Student Affairs Karen Climis, Mathematics Rhonda Deloach, Chef/Culinary Instructor Larry Dome, Mathematics David Edgeworth, Science Monique Frasier, English Tom Gaudioso, Green Jobs Corps Rachel Gilroy, Environmental Leader & Sustainability Coordinator Melvin Griffith, Custodian Michael Horbachuk, Chemistry Madeleine Janover, Social Sciences Iris Jimenez, Educational Aid Maureen Jackson, Mathematics Patricia Johnson, Science Keith Johnston, Spanish & French Jill Keating, Environmental Education Program Manager Jane Kovel, College & Career Planning Keith Lambert, English, Travelling Fulbright Scholar Joe Lesiak, Site Manager & Social Worker Carla Lia, After-School Programmer Melvin Morales, Instructional Assistant Joan Malerba-Foran, English Inge Osborne, Nurse Jessica Pressley, Art Erin Price, Technology Integration Specialist Jason Pryor, Social Sciences Shannon Raider, Farm Manager & Director of Agricultural Programs Ana Rosa, Office Manager Amy Ruotolo, Special Education Camille Seabury, Academic Enrichment Coordinator Miriam Sheffield, Assistant Dean of Students Jeremy Stone, Social Sciences Sarah Tracy-Wanck, After-School Program Coordinator Faythiya Williams, Assistant Chef