Contact CARES of NY, Inc.
Executive Staff
Planning Department Staff
Aubrie Graves
Associate Director of Planning
agraves@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x753
Shashanna Ross
Regional Planning Lead
sross@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x703
Sidney Allen
Regional Planning Lead
sallen@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x715
Mashama Lipscomb
Planning Lead & Systems Coordinator
mlipscomb@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x712
Lori Rhodes
Planning Lead
lrhodes@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x726
Taylor Gillespie
Planning Lead
tgillespie@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x725
Haley Conner
Planning Lead
hconner@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x754
Kathy Germain
Regional Systems Coordinator
kgermain@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x728
Melanie Degraw
Planning Lead
mdegraw@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x768
Joseph DelSignore
Coalition Builder
jdelsignore@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x775
Jeff Lurie
Planning Lead
jlurie@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x777
Sarah Lokker
Social Media & Events Coordinator
slokker@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x774
Special Initiatives Department Staff
Liz Mosier
Director of Special Initiatives Department
emosier@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x748
Karrilyn Bristol
Intake and Support Specialist
ktaylor@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x766
Bri Phillips
Albany Navigates Team Lead
bphillips@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x740
Leon Middleton
Pre-Housing Navigator
lmiddleton@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x765
David Davis
Intake and Support Specialist
ddavis@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x743
Indra Naul
Health and Housing Case Navigator
Inaul@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x746
Ricardo Glorie
Housing and Community Engagement Navigator
rglorie@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x758
Katie Lehmann
Coordinated Entry Specialist
klehmann@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x761
Youth Homeless Systems Initiative (YHSI) Department Staff
Tess Sweeney
YHSI Program Lead
tsweeney@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x751
Kylle Proper
YHSI Program Coordinator
kproper@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x722
Jessica Dearstyne
YHSI YAB Coordinator
jdearstyne@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x752
HMIS Department Staff
Kelli Clark
Associate Director of HMIS Department
kclark@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x707
Cathy Johnstone
HMIS Team Lead
cjohnstone@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x718
Colleen Hayter
HMIS Data Associate
chayter@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x739
Patrick Tallon
HMIS Data Associate
ptallon@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x735
William Robson
HMIS Team CoC Technology and Training Specialist
brobson@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x723
Rachel Simpson
HMIS Coordinator
rsimpson@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x704
Coordinated Entry Department Staff
Matthew Clough
Associate Director of CE Department
mclough@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x736
Allison Marshall
Coordinated Entry Systems Data Associate
amarshall@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x731
Savannah Elkins
NY-511 Coordinated Entry Systems Data Associate
selkins@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x737
Jason Agostino
Coordinated Entry Systems Data Associate
jagostino@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x717
April Buechner
Coordinated Entry Systems Data Associate
abuechner@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x772
Eric Waterhouse
CE Systems Data Associate
ewaterhouse@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x770
Sanjana Chitoor Mahender
Coordinated Entry Data Associate
schitoormahender@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x773
Data Analytics Department Staff
Matthew Coleman
Director of Data Analytics Department
mcoleman@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x711
Vera-Mae Kraev
Data Integration & Reporting Associate
vkraev@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x720
Terrence O’Brien
Data Associate
tobrien@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x708
Grants & Contracts Department Staff
Karen Pashby
Director of Grants and Contracts
kfollett@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x749
Jacob Lebediker
Grant Management Specialist
jlebediker@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x771
Ashley Borden
Grants Management Specialist
aborden@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x764
Jennifer Hillman
Compliance Associate
jhillman@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x734
Asia Casino
Senior Operations Contract Specialist
acasino@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x721
Randy Wasniski
Social Care Network Screener & Navigator
rwasniski@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x755
UFA Department Staff
Troy Filburn
Director of UFA Department
tfilburn@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x742
Taylor Washburn
UFA Team Associate
twashburn@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x705
Kaarina Wirkki
UFA Team Lead
kwirkki@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x745
Megan Clark
UFA Team Associate
mclark@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x750
Finance Department Staff
Shane Wiebicke
Staff Accountant
swiebicke@caresny.org
(518) 430-2111
Destini Frisby
Accounts Payable Associate
dfrisby@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x710
Pete O’Keeffe
Staff Accountant
pokeeffe@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x731
Megan Kestler
Grant Accountant
mkestler@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x757
Communications Department Staff
Erin Reale
Director of Communications Department
ereale@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x713
Rebecca Rosenberg
Communications Associate
rrosenberg@caresny.org
(518) 489-4130 x741