About Us
LEADERSHIP
Staff Leadership
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Vanessa K. Russell Chief Executive Officer
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Stephanie Ungashick Senior Director of Mission Advancement
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Kate Walker, LMSW Director of Quality Improvement
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Melissa Chapman Controller
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Christie Crane Manager of Volunteer Resources
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Amy Fairchild Haer Senior Director of Immigration Legal Services Program
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Frances McBrayer, LMSW Senior Director of Refugee Resettlement Services Program
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Monifa Holman, MSW Senior Director of Family Stabilization Program
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Pauline Battaglia Senior Director of Engagement
Board of Directors
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Bishop Bernard (Ned) Shlesinger Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta
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Lisa Menendez, Chair Wells Fargo Advisors
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Joe Scollo, Vice Chair Partner, C&S Specialty Underwriters. LLC
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Mike Dowdle, Secretary Co-Founder, CPO Commerce
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Vanessa K. Russell CEO, Catholic Charities Atlanta
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Lori Clos Fisher Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Craig Faerber CFO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia
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Jeff Hogan Merrill Lynch, Bank of America
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Keith Donnelly Partner, Bain & Company
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Xavier Balderas Assistant General Counsel with CRH Americas
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David Stainback Principal, Forensic Services PWC
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Rocco Testani Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
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Justin R. Howard Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
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Jean Ann McCarthy
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Dave W. Markert
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Katy Walker Walker Group
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Kricket Harrison SMARTS Success, Inc.
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Mike Flanagan Great Southern Bank
LOCATIONS
CONTACTS
Administrative Office Contacts
Main number: 404-920-7725
- Volunteer Services 404-920-7785
- Development and Fundraising 404-920-7758
- Finance 404-920-7778
- Marketing and Communications 404-920-7759
Information and Referral Services
770-429-2369
- Certified, bi-lingual intake specialist provides confidential access to information, assistance, and referrals
- Callers are assisted in locating resources and services in the Metro-Atlanta region, in Georgia, and across the United States
Case Management Services
404-920-7748
- Case management is a service to facilitate coordination, communications, and collaboration with clients, providers, ancillary services, and others in order to achieve goals and maximize positive client outcomes based on individual and family assessments.
- Services include information and referral services, disaster response, benefits screening and application services, in-home parenting education, and veteran’s support services
Educational Services
770-790-3104
- Free classes are available to adults over the age of 18 who are interested in improving their English language skills. Interactive classes are taught by trained instructors and volunteers. Levels include Basic, Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.
- Classes include English language/civics classes and citizenship preparation classes.
Housing Counseling Program
770-790-3112
- Our bi-lingual staff helps families to stabilize their current living situation, providing services intended to help them achieve self-sufficiency. One major component of these services is our housing counseling program.
- This program includes homebuyer education seminars, pre-purchase counseling, financial literacy, mortgage default/delinquency counseling, and foreclosure intervention and prevention.
Counseling Services
404-920-7745
- The goal is to help clients gain the skills to effectively manage their issues and improve the client’s ability to cope with life’s challenges.
- Services include outpatient mental health services for individuals, children, adolescents, couples, and families addressing issues such as depression, family and marital discord, behaviors due to consequences of addictions, anxiety, sibling conflicts, parent-child relationships, adolescent issues, grief, and loss.
- We offer specialized services in the areas of play-therapy, psycho-educational workshops, and parenting seminars.
- Services are available at various Catholic parishes and Catholic Charities’ locations in English and Spanish.
Immigration Legal Services
678-222-3920
- A multi-lingual staff specializing in immigration law provides comprehensive immigration legal services.
- We assist eligible immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and their families obtain legal status, naturalization, and removal defense.
- We offer informational workshops about immigration law, public education, and advocacy, and we specialize in assisting victims of domestic violence, political asylum, trafficking, other crimes, detainees, and minors.
Refugee Resettlement Services
678-222-3921
- We provide Refugee Resettlement Services to refugee families arriving in the Atlanta area. The extensive resettlement services aid refugees in becoming self-sufficient as soon as possible.
- We receive and place refugees who have suffered persecution in their home country and are beginning a new life in the United States.
- We provide job readiness and employment services to help refugee families become economically self-sufficient and provide refugee parenting services.
FINANCIALS & EMPLOYMENT
Agency Financials
EIN: 58-1097003
Employment Opportunities
- Senior Lead Instructor/ Family Stabilization: Full Time
- Bilingual Mental Health Counselor/Therapist: Full Time
- Attorney Fellowship Immigration Legal Services: Full Time
- Lead Instructor Integrated English Literacy & Civics Education/ Family Stabilization: Part Time
- Legal Support and Victim Services Manager: Full Time