Paul Anderson-Winchell, Executive Director
Paul Anderson-Winchell joined Grace Community Center as Executive Director in August 2005. Prior to this appointment, he served as Licensed Nursing Home Administrator of the Fishkill Health Center in Fishkill, New York, managing a Certified Home Care Program, an Adult Foster Family Care Program and a 62-bed Skilled Nursing facility.

He received his Master’s in Public Administration from Marist University in 1997 and a Bachelor’s degree from Brown University. In 2004, he received his Nursing Home Administrator’s License.

Mr. Anderson-Winchell’s career began in residential treatment for abused, neglected and emotionally disturbed children. Moving to the Hudson Valley in 1982, he began a 13-year period of working with Developmentally Disabled Children and Adults with United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County, including eight years as Director of Residential Services. Prior to this, he administered a Title XX funded School Age Day Care Program in inner city Philadelphia.

He was the founding Executive Director of Boys and Girls Club in Orange County, which serves at-risk children through after-school and summer day-camp youth development programs. He has since become Vice President of the Board of Directors and Program Committee Chair, helping to expand its services and secure local, state, corporate and federal grants.

Phone: (914) 949-3098 x 110
e-mail: pandersonwinchell@gcccares.org

Sister Alice Conrad, RDC, Director of Administrative Services
Sister Alice Conrad's responsibilities include overseeing the Day Care, the Soup Kitchen, the Rainbow Outreach & Drop-In Center for disabled adults, volunteers and in-kind donations. She has a Masters in Elementary Education, a B.A. in English, French and Secondary Education, and is an accredited early childhood education instructor. She has had 32 years of experience as an educator; 17 years as a teacher and 15 years as an elementary and high school principal. She has also held positions as a lower school librarian at the Rye Country Day School and campus administrator of the Good Counsel Complex.

Phone: (914) 949-3098 x 100
e-mail: AConrad@gcccares.org

Ada Raiford, Rainbow Outreach & Drop-In Center Coordinator
Ada Raiford has been employed by Grace Church Community Center for 18 years, and for the past seven years, as a Shift Supervisor/Senior Client Care worker at the Open Arms men's shelter. Ada has many years of Social Service training in substance abuse, mental health, crisis intervention, case management documentation and non-profit time management. As Director of our Drop-In Center, Ada draws upon her extensive background as a volunteer with developmentally disabled individuals.

Phone: (914) 948-5044
e-mail: adarai@msn.com

Barbara Bento-Fleming, Director of Housing Services
Barbara Bento-Fleming possesses both a Bachelors' Degree in Education as well as years of experience in the field of Human Services. During her 1921-year career, while progressively increasing her responsibilities, she has provided direct services to the administration of multiple government contracts. And, through Ford Foundation funding, she served as a transitional housing consultant to non-profit community agencies in Connecticut, New Jersey, Michigan and Massachusetts.

Barbara has dedicated the past 11 12 years to the development of housing programs and services for special-needs populations. These have included the working poor, homeless individuals and families, recovering substance abusers, chronically mentally ill ex-offenders, pregnant and parenting teenagers and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Phone: (914) 949-0925 ext. 3
e-mail: bbento-fleming@gracecommunitycenter.org

Lesma Howard-Zepeda, Director of Neighbors Home Health Care
Lesma Howard Zepeda joined GCCC in 1986 as Assistant Director before becoming Director of the Neighbors Program. Drawing upon her long record of experience in the fields of health care and management, Lesma has been instrumental in making the Neighbors Program what it is today. Under her leadership, the program became licensed by the NYS Department of Health, assumed a more aggressive role as advocate for the elderly and applied for Medicaid approval. Prior to her work at the Neighbors Program, she was Director of GCCC's Daily Bread and Soup Kitchen programs. Additionally, Lesma has acted as Executive Director of the Center on two separate occasions.

Phone: (914) 949-3112
e-mail: elderneeds@aol.com

Tasha Pine, Day Care Coordinator

Tasha Pine, the new Day Care Coordinator, has a BA in Liberal Studies and seven years of experience in preschool to high school education.  Most recently, Ms. Pine held the position of Preschool Assistant Supervisor at the YWCA of Southern Westchester.  She was also head teacher in the toddler room at Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry.

Phone:  (914) 949-3098 ext. 100

John Rubin MSW, Director Open Arms & Samaritan House
John Rubin has had 16 years of experience working with substance abusers and the mentally ill. He currently supervises operations at the 38 bed Open Arms men’s shelter since 2003 as well as the 19 bed Samaritan House women’s shelter. Formerly, Rubin was the director of a 107 bed residential substance abuse treatment program and its aftercare component. He implemented and supervised a Ryan White funded program for mentally ill substance abusing individuals suffering from AIDS at Elmhurst Hospital. In addition, he served as a program supervisor at ARCS (AIDS Related Community Services).

Phone: (914) 948-5044
e-mail: Openarms86@optonline.net Back to Top

Maggie Serrano, Soup Kitchen Coordinator
Maggie Serrano has been the program coordinator and cook at the GCCC Soup Kitchen since 2002. She coordinates and accepts inventory for the Soup Kitchen and is available to receive or pick up contributions of food.

Phone: (914) 949-2874 x 24
e-mail: information@gcccares.org

Eileen Torres, Director of Summer Day Camp and Mentoring Programs
Eileen Torres is a Certified Social Worker (CSW) who has practiced in the Yonkers School System for the past eight 10 years. She has coached basketball and softball in the Yonkers and Mamaroneck (NY) school systems for the past six years. Presently, she volunteers in a mentoring program at the White Plains Presbyterian Church, which helps families of homeless children and is active in Special Olympics. Eileen has been Director of the Summer Day Camp program since 1992.

Phone: (914) 949-3098
e-mail: etpepsi@hotmail.com

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