Meet Our Board
Executive Committee
Thomas E. McInerney
Board Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Bluff Point Associates
Martha Hirst
Treasurer
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Fordham University
Patricia A Castel, Esq.
Secretary
Attorney at Law
Board of Directors
Stephen J. Bujno
Retired Managing Director
Citi
Dr. Dorothy E. Habben, Ph. D
Vice President and Secretary of the University Emerita
St. John’s University
Rev. Donald J. Harrington, CM
President Emeritus
St. John’s University
Honorable Sylvia Hinds-Radix
Associate Justice
New York State Supreme Court
Jackie Lochrie
Associate Dean for Student Service
St. John’s University
Ms. Helen T. Lowe
Nonprofit Strategist and
Development Consultant
Rev. John T. Maher, C.M.
St. John’s University
Sayan Palchowdhury
Glencore
James P. Pellow, Ed.D.
President and CEO
CIEE
Mr. Fred Pytlak
Founder and Chief Client Officer (retired)
Connexin Software, Inc.
Kevin F. Reed
Retired Managing Director
Citigroup Asset Management
Rev. Astor Rodriguez, CM
Pastor
St. John the Baptist
and Our Lady of Good Counsel
Dr. Jerrold Ross
Dean Emeritus
The School of Education
St. John’s University
Colleen Kelleher Sorrentino
CFA, Managing Director
Wall Street Access
Sr. Julia Ann Upton, R.S.M., Ph.D
Provost Emerita
St. John’s University
Mr. Richard Weston
Retired Educator
Retired NYPD
Directors Emeriti
Honorable Joseph Bellacosa
Retired Chief Administrative Judge
New York State Court of Appeals
Sr. Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, S.C., Ed.D.
Congregational Leader
Sisters of Charity – Halifax
Sr. Judith Garson, RSCJ
Mr. Joseph Martino †
President
Hess Miller Funeral Home
Mr. Thomas Nedell
Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Northeastern University
Mary Tobin †
Membership
Rev. John Kettelberger, CM
Provincial Director
Daughters of Charity
St. Louis, Missouri
Mrs. Paula McInerney
President
Bluff Point Associates
Dean Michael Simons
School of Law
St. John’s University
Meet Our Staff
Executive Team
Sr. Caroline Tweedy, RSM
Executive Director
718-574-0058
ctweedy@breadandlife.org
Sr. Marie Sorenson, MSW, SC
Associate Executive Director
718-574-0058 x125
msorenson@breadandlife.org
Volunteer Program
Executive Assistant
Management Team
Al Diefenbach
IT/MIS Director
718-574-0058 x106
aldiefenbach@breadandlife.org
Emmy Nunez Afiz
Director of Finance/Human Resources
718-574-0058 x116
enunezafiz@breadandlife.org
James Poisal
Director of Development
718-574-0058 x110
Emergency Food Programs
Henry Torani
718-574-0058
htorani@breadandlife.org