Staff Directory

Executive Office
Kenneth J. Knuckles	President and CEO	kknuckles@umez.org 212-410-0030
Hope Knight	Chief Operations Officer	hknight@umez.org 212-410-0030
Ella Johnson	Executive Assistant	ejohnson@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 210
Program and Non-Profit Investments
Verdery Roosevelt	Senior Vice President	vroosevelt@umez.org 212-410-0030
Tracie Gilstrap	Program Officer, CIIF	tgilstrap@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 220
Aminah Yoba	Program Officer, CIIF	ayoba@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 222
Taryn Brymn	Associate Program Officer, CIIF	tbrymn@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 276
Workforce Development
Lisa Van Brackle	Manager, Workforce Development	Lvanbrackle@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 205
Business Investments
	Investment Analyst	212-410-0030 ext. 227
BRISC
Joseph Middleton	Director of Community Partners	jmiddleton@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 207
Finance and Administration
Bert Gibson	Chief Financial Officer	bgibson@umez.org 212-410-0030
	Senior Accountant	212-410-0030 ext. 228
	Grants Officer	212-410-0030 ext. 201
Margaret Wiltshire	Office Manager	mwiltshire@umez.org 212-410-0030
Carrie Coakley	Accounts Payable Clerk	ccoakley@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 271
Jenny Santiago	Receptionist	jsantiago@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 200
Information Technology
Gordon Lane	Information Technology Officer	glane@umez.org
Legal
Blair M. Duncan	General Counsel	bduncan@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 237
Valerie Paris Dent	Associate Counsel	vdent@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 233
Cedric Smith	Compliance Officer	csmith@umez.org 212-410-0030 ext. 225