OUR TEAM
Our dedicated employees and Board members along with hundreds of committed volunteers are the people who “make it happen” at Building One Community. They are the essence of the services we provide and the immigrants we support.
Staff
Executive
Executive Director:
Anka Badurina, PhD
(203) 674-8585 ext. 104
ABadurina@B1C.org
Program Director:
Fanny Ferreira
(203) 674-8585 ext. 145
FFerreira@B1C.org
Development & External Relations
Development and External Relations Director:
Elena Perez Moreno
(203) 674-8585 ext. 105
eperezmoreno@B1C.org
Communications Director:
Suzanne Wind
(203) 674-8585 ext. 136
SWind@B1C.org
Grants Manager:
Valeta Prendergast
(203) 674-8585 ext.141
VPrendergast@B1C.org
Events & Communications Coordinator:
Andrea Hunt
(203) 674-8585 ext. 142
AHunt@B1C.org
Development Coordinator:
Gina Atanasoff
(203) 674-8585 ext. 131
GAtanasoff@B1C.org
Volunteer Director:
Margarita Zimmerman
(203) 674-8585 ext. 120
MZimmerman@B1C.org
Adult Education and Workforce Development
ELL Director:
Gretchen Anderson
(203) 674-8585 ext. 107
GAnderson@B1C.org
Workforce Development Manager:
Olga Lopez
(203) 674-8585 ext. 116
OLopez@B1C.org
ELL Manager:
Suzanne Vega
(203) 674-8585 ext. 103
SVega@B1C.org
ELL Training Coordinator:
Patrice Morley
(203) 674-8585
PMorley@B1C.org
Skills Development Coordinator:
Jessica Stone
(203) 674-8585 ext. 137
JStone@B1C.org
Employment Coordinator:
Isabelle Riou
(203) 674-8585 ext. 143
IRiou@B1C.org
Workers Outreach Coordinator:
Jonnatan Tovar
(203) 674-8585 ext. 102
JTovar@B1C.org
Technology Specialist:
Miguel Carnero
(203) 674-8585 ext. 138
MCarnero@B1C.org
Family and Individual Services
Family and Individual Services Director:
Lorely Peche
(203) 674-8585 ext. 119
LPeche@B1C.org
Family and Individual Services Case Manager:
Fernanda Moreno Soto
(203) 674-8585 ext. 134
FMorenoSoto@B1C.org
Education Support Coordinator:
Bernadette Sotomayor
(203) 674-8585 ext. 135
BSotomayor@B1C.org
Family and Individual Services Case Manager:
Nijole Vileikis
(203) 674-8585 ext. 122
NVileikis@B1C.org
Immigration Legal Services
Immigration Legal Services Affirmative Practice Director:
Adriana Podesta, Esq.
(203) 674-8585 ext. 112
APodesta@B1C.org
Immigration Legal Services Removal Defense Director:
Jennifer Williams, Esq.
(203) 674-8585 ext. 129
JWilliams@B1C.org
Affirmative Practice Attorney:
Cathy Butcher
(203) 674-8585 ext. 130
CButcher@B1C.org
Removal Defense Attorney
Paola Idrovo, Esq.
(203) 674-8585 ext. 121
PIdrovo@B1C.org
Immigration Legal Services Paralegal
Eva Lopez Reyman
(203) 674-8585 ext. 140
ELopezReyman@B1C.org
Immigration Legal Services Paralegal
Leni Borges
(203) 674-8585 ext. 144
LBorges@B1C.org
Immigration Legal Services Assistant:
Jenny Ramirez
(203) 674-8585 ext. 115
JRamirez@B1C.org
IJC Fellow
Noor Sheikh
(203) 674-8585 ext. 124
NSheikh@B1C.org
Operations
Operations Manager:
Valeria Verdejo
(203) 674-8585 ext. 132
VVerdejo@B1C.org
Office Manager:
Lupita Figueroa
(203) 674-8585 ext. 117
LFigueroa@B1C.org
Data and Systems Manager:
Sophia Corsaro
(203) 674-8585 ext. 147
SCorsaro@B1C.org
Data and Systems Coordinator:
Estefania Serrano
(203) 674-8585 ext. 113
ESerrano@B1C.org
Outreach and Marketing Coordinator:
Lina Rojas
(203) 674-8585 ext. 123
LRojas@B1C.org
Facilities Coordinators:
Fernando Castellanos,
Leonel Restrepo,
Yenny Rodriguez,
Doris Victorino
(203) 674-8585 ext. 110
Board of Directors
• Eleanor Riemer, Chair
• Mary Sommer, Vice Chair
• Ellen Williams, Secretary
• Susan Adamsen, Treasurer
• Sonia Alcantarilla
• Aldo Cabrera
• Adhlere Coffy
• David Cohen
• Josephine Fulcher Anderson
• Angelica D. Gorrio
• Talay Hafiz
• Belle Horwitz
• Laura Jordan
• Noah Lapine
• Dr. Tamu Lucero
• Douglas R. Penn
• Arisleyda Riehl
• Patrick de Saint-Aignan
• Andy Schau
• Terrie E. Wood
• Christopher Geotes, Esq., Pro-Bono Counsel
Past Board Members
• Jeannette Ayerza
• Ana Maria Badash*
• Bia Bettamio
• The Rev. Jean-Luc Charles
• Jorge Chiluisa
• Beatrice Chodosh*
• Angeles Dam
• Melanie Danisi
• Carmen Domonkos
• Anne Downey
• Ginny Fox
• Sarita Hanley*
• Ellen Isidro
• The Rev. Tommie Jackson
• Maryann Kann
• Earl Kim
• Bruce Koe*
• Peter Krane*
• Hana Lane
• Rev. Mark Lingle*
• Robie Livingstone
• Mary Luvera
• Mary Maarbjerg*
• Eilish Main
• Eva Maldonado*
• Alex Martinez
• Mike Meyer*
• Ted Michelfelder
• Caroline Murray*
• Cathy Ostuw*
• Rev. Juan David Paniagua*
• The Rev. Edward Pardoe
• Diane Rosenthal*
• Maria Sandoval
• David Smith*
• Aleksandr Troyb
• Mirellise Vazquez
• Kathleen Walsh*
• Arthur Wit
• Ximena Velasquez
• Jose Luis Zepeda
*Founding Board Members
• Catalina Samper Horak, Founding Executive Director
• William Malpica, Esq., former Pro-Bono Counsel
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
We are currently looking for a:
Immigration Legal Services Director
Facilities Coordinator
Community Services Manager
Education Enrichment Manager
Evening Custodian
To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to Jobs@b1c.org. No telephone calls, please.
OUR PARTNERS
Because It Takes a Village to Build One Community.
Our partners are essential to the success of our work at Building One Community and to the advancement of our mission.
From devoted volunteers who share their time and skills, to the generous donors providing financial or in-kind support, to the community and program partners that work with us hand in hand to make our life-changing programs a reality. Together we act as a beacon of hope to the immigrant community.
The deep appreciation we have for our partners is boundless. Without you, we simply could not be the Center for Immigrant Opportunity.
Our Community and Program Partners include:
- 4-CT
- All Our Kin
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, CT Chapter
- Americares
- ASISTA
- Avon Theater
- Bruce Museum
- Cancer Care
- Catholic Charities of Fairfield County
- Catholic Legal Immigration Network
- Center for Children's Advocacy
- Center for Wellbeing/Centro Bienestar
- City of Stamford
- Child Guidance Center
- Children’s Learning Center
- Community Groups: Crisol, Quetzal, HACGS
- Community Health Center
- Congregation Shir Ami
- Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut
- ConnCAN
- Connecticut Department of Children and Families
- Connecticut Fair Housing Center
- Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI)
- Connecticut Legal Services
- Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
- CT Data Collaborative
- CT Private Schools: Brunswick School, Greens Farms Academy, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich Country Day School, King School, New Canaan Country School, Rye Country Day School, Sacred Heart High School
- CT Public High Schools: AITE, Brien McMahon, Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford, Staples, Westhill, Weston
- CT Students for a Dream
- DOMUS
- Domestic Violence Crisis Center
- East Side Partnership
- Fairfield University
- FaithActs for Education
- Family and Children's Agency
- Family Centers Inc
- Ferguson Library
- Filling in the Blanks
- Future Five
- Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut
- Grace Church
- Greater Stamford Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Green of Greenwich
- Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC)
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
- INDEED
- Inspirica
- Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS)
- Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut
- Kids Helping Kids
- Lower Fairfield County Immigration Collaborative (LFCIC)
- Make the Road CT
- Members Credit Union
- Neighbor to Neighbor
- New Canaan Community Foundation
- New Covenant Center
- Norwalk Art Space
- Norwalk Community College
- Open Door Shelter
- OPTIMUS Health Care
- Orchestra Lumos
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
- Pacific House
- Parent Leadership Training Institute
- Person-to-Person
- Pro-Bono Partnership
- Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition
- Qualitas of Life Foundation
- RAGETIME CT
- River House Adult Day Center
- Rowan Center
- Rye Country Day School
- Saint Joseph Parenting Center
- St. Luke’s Parish Darien
- Salvation Army
- SCORE
- SimplifyCT
- Social Venture Partners
- SoundWaters
- Springboard Collaborative
- Stamford Cradle to Career (SC2C)
- Stamford Health and Social Services
- Stamford Hospital
- Stamford Police Department
- Stamford Public Education Foundation
- Stamford Public Schools / Office of Family and Community Engagement / Stamford Adult & Continuing Education
- Stamford Senior Center
- State Education Resource Center
- Talmadge Hill Community Church
- Temple Beth El
- Trinity Church
- Unitarian Church in Westport
- United Methodist Church of Darien
- United Parents and Students
- Vera Institute of Justice
- Vita - The Stamford Community Collaborative
- Waterside Coalition
- Women's Business Development Council
- Youth Community Fund of Darien
