Meet Our Team
Board of Directors
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Thomas LippieVice President
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Dr. Kevin Cope
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Anne Solar
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Gwendolyn Ossenkop
Supervisors/Administrative Staff
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Kathleen PatonActing Executive Director
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Alice BurgadoOffice CoordinatorMontgomery County Site
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Cynthia PollardSecretary
Montgomery County Site
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Rita BravoPerry Street Community Residence Program Director
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Tressa RossiWashington Street Community Residence Program Director
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Alice BurgadoFood Pantry Coordinator
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Denise BentonYouth Services Program Director, Advancing Tobacco Free Communities
Fulton County
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Noelle SmrticYouth Services Program Director
Montgomery County
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Kelley GilliganDomestic Violence and Crime Victims Services Program Director
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Vanessa CareyCommunity Resources Coordinator
Our Mission
Catholic Charities, a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, is committed to active witness on behalf of the Scriptural values of mercy and justice.
Catholic Charities, recognizing human need at all stages of life, responds to all persons regardless of race, creed, or lifestyle, with special emphasis on the economically poor and the vulnerable.
Catholic Charities serves and empowers persons in need, advocates for a just society, calls forth and collaborates with women and men of good will in fulfillment of its mission.