about us
our mission
The mission of Community Action Lehigh Valley is to improve the quality of life in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas by building communities in which all people have access to economic opportunity, the ability to pursue that opportunity, and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
why community action?
Community Action Agencies (CAA) are private non-profit or public organizations whose development was encouraged by the federal government in 1964 to combat poverty in their local communities. They involve all sectors of the community—elected officials, public sector representatives, and especially low-income residents—in developing programs that address the causes and conditions of poverty in their communities.
MEET OUR COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD
The governing body of the Corporation is the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has supervision, control,
and direction of affairs of the Corporation.
At least one-third of the Directors represent organizations designated by the Board whose membership is predominately composed of low-income persons. They are chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they represent the income in the area served by Community Action. They need not be low-income themselves, but the selection procedure assures that they represent low-income persons.
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One-third of the Directors are either elected public officials currently holding office or their representatives. The remainder of the Directors are private individuals.
Lou Cinquino
Board President
Cinquino Direct
Jon Schwartz
Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee
Life Church Successor Designee Nazareth Location - Co-Campus Pastor
Charles Dertinger
Chair of Board Development Committee
Northampton County
Anna Barbosa
Pinebrook Family Answers
Sandra Bieber
Discover Lehigh Valley
Zachariah Cobrinik
Retired
Lidia Gonzalez
Lidia's Mobile Notary and Tax Services
Jack Gross
Chair of Personnel
Gross McGinley LLP
Alicia Miller Karner
City of Bethlehem
Shalanda Riddick
Visit Vans, LLC
Betty Wagner
Greater Shiloh Church
Chris Gulotta
Retired
Hilda Rivera
Board Vice President
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Linda Faust
Secretary
Retired
Justin Grimshaw
Chair of Youth Center Committee
IBEW Local Union #375
Karen Beck Pooley
Bethlehem Area School District
Kim Capers
State Farm Insurance
Yorman De La Rosa
Lehigh County
Tomika Gould
SSS Advisory Board
Mark Hartney
City of Allentown
Luis Perez
I am...Reciprocity
Stephanie Steele
Borough of Portland, Council President
Dr. Joseph Roy
Retired
COMMUNITY ACTION EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND DIRECTORS
Dawn Godshall
Executive Director
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Jessica Reimert, MPA
Deputy Executive Director for Operations
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Amy Boccadoro
Associate Executive Director for Planning
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
David Chevalier
Associate Executive Director for Information Technology
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 849-7701
Katherine Duque
Compliance Director
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 403-1710
Elesia Fowlin
Associate Executive Director for Human Resources
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Barbara Kochard
Associate Executive Director of Development
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Chris Hudock
Associate Executive Director for Business Development
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 893-1039
Ela Madrazo
Director of Marketing and Communications
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 893-1135
Robbie Matthews
Director
Sixth Street Shelter
219 North Sixth Street, Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 435-1490
Chuck Weiss
Associate Executive Director for Housing
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 893-1041
Stephen Broome
Deputy Executive Director for Finance and Administration
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Mike Austin
Director
Weatherization
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Daniel Bosket
Director
Community Action Development Allentown
523-525 North Seventh Street, Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 433-5703
Allison Czapp
Associate Executive Director for Second Harvest
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania
6969 Silver Crest Rd, Nazareth PA 18064
(484) 287-4015
Brian Fenstermaker
Director
Slate Belt Rising
197 Pennsylvania Ave, Bangor, PA 18013
(484) 523-0900
Susan Gottwald
Director
Housing Counseling
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 691-5620
Michael Handzo
Director of Housing & Real Estate Development
Housing Rehabilitation
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 893-1061
Jaana Kelley, MSW
Associate Executive Director for Community Services
Administration
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(484) 893-1030
Winslow Mason
Director
Racial and Ethnic Justice
1337 East Fifth Street, Bethlehem PA, 18015
(484) 893-1033
Anna Smith
Director
Community Action Development Bethlehem
409 East Fourth Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610) 807-9337