Catherine Mitchell,
Chief Transitional Family Services Officer The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing cmitchell@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Catherine joined the Friendship Place team as the Assistant Director of the Neighbors First division in August 2015 after working on a Housing-First Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team at Pathways to Housing in Washington, DC. Her professional experience includes working with children of incarcerated parents, inmates and ex-offenders, survivors of domestic violence, and chronically homeless adults. Catherine is also experienced with group work, including facilitating Anger Management groups in prison and volunteering with the Alternatives to Violence Project.
Catherine is an alum of the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers AmeriCorps program, where she served two years of national service in Baltimore, MD.
Catherine Stephens holds a Bachelor’s in Social Work from James Madison University and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington, DC.
Arnulfo Marquez, MSW,
Case Manager Supervisor The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing amarquez@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7742Ace Thompson,
Operations Manager The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing athompson@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Morris Queen,
Assistant Operations Manager The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing mqueen@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Orelia Lesh, LICSW,
Licensed Mental Health Professional The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing olesh@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Evelyn Velasquez,
Case Manager (Bilingual) The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing evelasquez@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Jasamine Harrington,
Case Manager The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing jharrington@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Kierica Carter,
Case Manager The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing kcarter@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Jacob Murphy,
Housing Navigator The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing jmurphy@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Lashunda Abrams,
Child & Youth Specialist The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing labrams@frienshipplace.org 202.414.7798Kelly Williams,
Residential Aide Coordinator The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing kwilliams@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Imani Grant,
Shift Supervisor The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing igrant@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Nicole Jenkins,
Shift Supervisor The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing njenkins@friendshipplace.org 202.414.4498Carrie Roberts,
Shift Supervisor The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing croberts@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Denise Polanco,
Shift Supervisor The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing dpolanco@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Chamoney Chase,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing cchase@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Bonita Moss,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing bmoss@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Angel McPhatter,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing amcphatter@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Tenytie Price,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing tprice@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Danielle Ambrose,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing dambrose@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Sharon Willis,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing swillis@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Ebonie Dawson,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing edawson@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Imonina Okedu-Itiveh,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing iokedu-itiveh@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Tanika Williams,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing twilliams@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Anthony Barnes,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing abarnes@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Regia Achaempong,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing rachaempong@friendshipplace.prg 202.414.7798Charles Odom,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing codom@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798Risdale Cookes,
Residential Aide The Brooks-Short Term Family Housing rcookes@friendshipplace.org 202.414.7798
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