Our Staff

Administrative Team

Dania Jekel, MSW Executive Director (617) 393-3824, ext. 13 dania.jekel@aane.org	Brenda Dater, MSW, MPH Associate Director (617) 393-3824, ext. 22 brenda.dater@aane.org
Patricia R. Schissel, LMSW New York Director (617) 393-3824, ext. 74 pat.schissel@aane.org	Diane Burke Business Manager (617) 393-3824, ext. 27 diane.burke@aane.org
Annalisa Barrett Receptionist/Office Coordinator (617) 393-3824, ext. 10 annalisa.barrett@aane.org	Mary Ann Medlar Database Manager (617) 393-3824, ext. 42 maryann.medlar@aane.org
Patricia R. Schissel, LMSW New York Director (617) 393-3824, ext. 74 pat.schissel@aane.org	Diane Burke Business Manager (617) 393-3824, ext. 27 diane.burke@aane.org
Marcia Robinson, M.Ed., CAGS Volunteer Coordinator & Coordinator of Speaker’s Bureau (617) 393-3824, ext. 29 marcia.robinson@aane.org

Adult Services

Michele Cantara Co-Director of Adult Services (617) 393-3824, ext. 71 michele.cantara@aane.org	Nancy Schwartz, MSW Co-Director Adult Services, and MRC/Employment Project Coordinator (617) 393-3824, ext. 26 nancy.schwartz@aane.org
Grace Myhill, MSW Director of The Peter M. Friedman Neurodiverse Couples Institute, Director of Couples and Partner's Services (617) 504-3116 grace.myhill@aane.org	Leslie Feinberg New York Resource & Referral Specialist (617) 393-3824, ext. 75 Leslie.feinberg@aane.org
Christa Flanagan, M.Ed. Consultation Specialist (617) 393-3824, ext. 73 christa.flanagan@aane.org	Nick Gallop Coordinator of Adult Services (617) 393-3824, ext. 72 nick.gallop@aane.org
Kelly Urban, MA, LMHC Consultation Specialist (617) 393-3824, ext. 11 kelly.urban@aane.org	Allyson Linehan Consultation & Coaching Specialist Adult Services (617) 393-3824, ext. 24 allyson.linehan@aane.org

Child and Teen Services

Nancy Parker, MSW, LICSW Director of Child and Teen Services (617) 393-3824, ext. 14 nancy.parker@aane.org	Stephanie Loo, M.Ed. Senior Family Support Specialist (617) 393-3824, ext. 17 stephanie.loo@aane.org
Laura Perez, MSc Director of Programs for the Latino Community (617) 393-3824, ext. 63 laura.perez@aane.org	Amanda Bailey Family Support Specialist (617) 393-3824, ext. 18 amanda.bailey@aane.org

LifeMAP

Nataliya Poto, MA LifeMAP Program Director (617) 393-3824, ext. 19 nataliya.poto@aane.org	Cynthia DeFerrari LifeMAP Operations Manager 617-393-3824, ext. 21 cynthia.deferrari@aane.org
Sangeeta Verma, SLP LifeMAP Coach Supervisor (617) 393-3824, ext. 15 sangeeta.verma@aane.org	Jean Sandler, MSW LifeMAP Clinical Supervisor (617) 393-3824, ext. 34 jean.sandler@aane.org
Jennifer Green, MSW LifeMAP Clinician (617) 393-3824, ext. 28 jennifer.green@aane.org	Suzanne Zents LifeMAP Partner Relationship Manager 617-393-3824, ext. 63 suzanne.zents@aane.org
Nicholas Haslam LifeMAP Administrative Assistant (617) 393-3824, ext. 20 nicholas.haslam@aane.org	Eileen Johnson LifeMAP Accountant (617) 393-3824, ext. 12 eileen.johnson@aane.org
Aaron Levinger LifeMAP Office/Data Specialist aaron.levinger@aane.org	Arlene Duelfer LifeMAP Outreach arlene.duelfer@aane.org

LifeNet

Jay O'Brien, MPA LifeNet Program Director (617) 393-3824, ext. 60 jay.obrien@aane.org	Melissa Regan, MS, OTR/L LifeNet Clinical Case Manager/Personal Advocate (617) 393-3824, ext. 50 melissa.regan@aane.org
Betsy DeLorenzo LifeNet Support Partner. (617) 393-3824, ext. 66 betsy.delorenzo@aane.org	Catie Ryan, MS, OTR/L LifeNet Clinical Case Manager/ Personal Advocate (617) 393-3824, ext. 68 catie.ryan@aane.org
Marion Calabro LifeNet Support Partner 617 393-3824, ext. 40 marion.calabro@aane.org

Marketing and Communications

Cathy Aikman, MBA Director of Marketing and Communications (617) 393-3824, ext. 30 cathy.aikman@aane.org	Samantha Halliday Diez New York Director of Programming (617) 393-3824, ext. 77 samantha.hallidaydiez@aane.org
Stephanie Birkdale Program Manager (617) 393-3824, ext. 32 stephanie.birkdale@aane.org	Sonia Janks Marketing Coordinator (617) 393-3824, ext. 46 sonia.janks@aane.org
Miyako Miki Website Specialist (617) 393-3824 miyako.miki@aane.org