MEET THE TEAM
Leonard Jahad
Executive Director
"I wanted to be a part of CTVIP because although I've been working with troubled youth for years, I wanted to start a program that wasn't based on current best practices but those that we knew were effective locally. I wanted to recruit and train the most passionate staff and make change on the most vulnerable population, our disengaged youth."
Leonard Jahad
Executive Director
Alivia Langley
Program Manager
"I wanted to join CT VIP because I love the mission and work we do. The process of disrupting, preventing, and stopping the spread of violence allows all to connect to the New Haven community at a closer level by reaching our youth."
Alivia Langley
Program Manager
Teryn Jasmin
Operations Manager
"I wanted to be a part of CTVIP because I admire all that this organization does for the youth in the community. Being born and raised in New Haven, I just wanted to be a part of the movement and assist in any way possible."
Teryn Jasmin
Operations Manager
William Outlaw
Lead Violence Prevention Professional
"I believe this work is my calling in life, so with me believe that I want to do my very best at CTVIP for the community and it's youth."
William Outlaw
Lead Violence Prevention Professional
Erika Blake
Program Coordinator
I wanted to be a part of CTVIP because although I've been working with troubled youth for years, I wanted to start a program that wasn't based on current best practices but those that we knew were effective locally. I wanted to recruit and train the most passionate staff and make change on the most vulnerable population, our disengaged youth.
Erika Blake
Program Coordinator
Jaleisa Brannic
Hamden JRB Case Manager
"I wanted to join CTVIP to support my community in growth and breaking cycles of violence or miseducation. We deserve the best quality of resources, regardless of our zip code."
Jaleisa Brannic
Hamden JRB Case Manager
Mary Hall
Program Coordinator
"10 years ago I started my career as an intern working in a violence prevention program, it’s an honor to be working at CT VIP, along side several of the same guys who inspired me to do violence prevention work way back then."
Mary Hall
Program Coordinator
Amir Mack
Violence Prevention Professional
"I wanted to join the team so I can give back to the community and give my players kids and kids of the community good mentors to look up to."
Amir Mack
Violence Prevention Professional
Frank Redente
Violence Intervention Professional
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples."
-- Mother Teresa
Frank Redente
Violence Intervention Professional
Michaela Reilly
Marketing, Research, and Technology
"I wanted to be a part of CTVIP because I saw the passion and greatness in the team but also within the community. This organization slowly became my own passion of wanting to help youth in ways that the system does not."
Michaela Reilly
Marketing, Research, and Technology
Omar Ryan
Violence Prevention Professional
"Since I was released from prison in 2001, I wanted to do something to give back to my community, a community that I felt, I had a hand in bringing it down. I’ve been doing it for 17years…Message to the black man. Who will rise up for me against the workers of iniquity."
Omar Ryan
Violence Prevention Professional
Tyrone Whitaker
Violence Prevention Professional
"I joined CTVIP because it’s my calling to save our children lives. This work is my passion."