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Nature in Israel, and he is a member
of the New York City Bar Association's Ad Hoc Committee
on the Legal Problems of the Homeless and theCommittee
on International Environmental Law. He is currently Chair
of the Government Relations Committee for the Human Services
Council, has served as the first Chair of the Board of Managed
Care Innovations, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation organized
to provide managed care to chronically mentally ill Medicaid
recipients, and was President of the Coalition of Voluntary
Mental Health Agencies. Most recently, the Brooklyn College
Alumni Association conferred on him its Distinguished Achievement
Award in Human Development. Ed was the recipient of the
United Way's first annual Joseph Weber award for the Best
Managed Social Service Agency. His publications include
a report on New York City policies toward homeless people
for the Association of the Bar of New York, an article on
the selection of housing sites for alcohol and drug addicted
people for the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's
Manual on Housing, and a chapter on alcoholism and the homeless
in Health Care of Homeless People .
MARK HURWITZ, Deputy Director
Mark joined Project Renewal in 2007 after a long career advocating and working with the homeless population in a number of multifaceted organizations. Most recently, Mark was the Deputy Commissioner for the City of New York’s Department of Homeless Services and managed the Adult Services Division. Prior to joining DHS, Mark worked at the Urban Justice Center and implemented the Mental Health Project helping homeless, mentally-ill people gain access to housing and support services. He is now in charge of all of the direct services Project Renewal provides to its clients, including the mental health, addiction and employment programs. He has a bachelor degree from Harvard College and a law degree from Columbia University.
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SUSAN E. CANTER, ESQ., General Counsel and Secretary
Susan joined Project Renewal in 2004 and oversees a wide array of legal matters that arise within the diverse programs and facilities that make up Project Renewal Inc. Before joining Project Renewal, Susan gained extensive experience in corporate law and litigation from her positions at a major New York City law firm and a Fortune 50 company. Susan is a graduate of New York University School of Law and Queens College of the City University of New York. Susan is admitted to both the New York and Connecticut Bars. Susan currently serves on the Mental Health Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
STEPHANIE
COWLES, Associate Director
With more than
30 years of experience in social service, Stephanie has
been Associate Director of Project Renewal since 1984 having
started here in 1976. She oversees all of the organization’s
addiction programs, including our ‘housing first’ program
for chronically relapsing addicts -- In Homes Now; a transitional housing program for homeless
men on methadone; two shelter-based residential treatment
programs; our Crisis Center; our Outpatient Clinic and our
year-long residential treatment program – Renewal House.
She also started and runs the organization’s award-winning
Culinary Arts Training Program and Renewal Farm. From these
two programmatic successes, she created three of the organization’s
social purpose ventures which she also oversees: Comfort
Foods, Renewal Landscaping, as well as the Farm’s sales
arm -- selling Renewal Farm produce at New York’s greenmarkets.
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SUSAN
DAN, Associate Director
Susan, who runs
all of Project Renewal’s mental health programs, started
out as an outreach worker to mentally ill New Yorkers in
1983. Four years later, she became the program’s director
and five years after that, became director of all Project Renewal’s outreach programs, including A-PLUS Intensive
Case Management, one of only eight National Institute of
Mental Health Demonstration programs in the country. In
1998, she was named Associate Director and runs all our
outreach, emergency shelter, transitional and permanent
housing programs for mentally ill New Yorkers. Susan helped
develop and implement several new initiatives, including
the Parole Support and Treatment Program -- the first
program of its kind -- helping mentally ill parolees reintegrate
successfully into the community. In addition, Susan was
involved in all aspects of planning, designing, and developing
our newest residences -- the LeonaBlanche house with 53
apartments, and the St. Nicholas House with 94 apartments.
ROSLYNN GLICKSMAN, Medical Director
Prior to joining Project Renewal in 2007, Roslynn supervised the Site Medical Directors and clinical staff as Rikers Island Prison Health Service’s Regional Deputy Medical Director. Her previous work and accomplishments in community medicine include establishing an on-site clinic at Flushing Shelter for homeless women and working as Medical Director at Settlement Health, a community health center in East Harlem. Also, Roslynn served as Regional Peace Corps Medical Officer, providing comprehensive healthcare in Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda (1984-1985). Roslynn has a Bachelor’s degree from Boston University, a medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and a Master’s of Public Health from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She is board certified in internal medicine.
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STEVEN JONES, Chief Financial Officer
Steve joined Project Renewal in 2004 and is responsible for all functions of the Finance Department. Before joining Project Renewal, Steve spent ten years serving not-for-profit organizations at one of the nation’s leading professional services firms. Steven attended Boston University and Queens College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
ELIZABETH
OUDENS, Director of Psychiatric Services
Elizabeth started
working with Project Renewal in 2000 as the primary psychiatrist
at Fort Washington. She has been Director of Psychiatric
Services since 2003, overseeing all of the organization’s
psychiatric programs while still continuing to see the clients
at Fort Washington. Before joining us, she had a Fellowship
in Public Psychiatry from Columbia University after completing
medical school and residency training in psychiatry at the
University of California, San Francisco. Her previous work
with homeless people included setting up a program for homeless
youth in Ulster County NY while a fellow, and co-founding
a student-run medical clinic within a shelter in San Francisco.
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JASON
SHAPLEN, Associate Director
Since joining Project Renewal in 2003, Jason has led all of
the organization's education and employment programs. This
includes its adult education program, job training program,
job placement agency, money management program, job transportation
agency, retention & alumni program etc. He also oversees
the organization's award winning Job Links program, which
provides employment training services to our mentally ill
clients. In 2006, Jason founded Project Renewal's most recent
social purpose venture, IMPRINTS, which doubles as state-of-the-art
digital print company and training program for Project Renewal
clients. Prior to joining Project Renewal, Jason worked in
a variety of capacities, including as a journalist at Newsweek
and Dow Jones, a speechwriter on the Bill Bradley for President
Campaign, and a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton. From 1995-1999, he served in an appointed diplomatic
capacity working on issues related to North Korea's nuclear
program. He was a
Thomas J. Watson Fellow (Malaysia and Israel, 1988) and a
Fulbright Scholar (Philippines, 1989-1990). His work has been
published in numerous newspapers and journals.
FENELLA THORNTON, Development Director
Fenella joined Project Renewal in 2003 to expand fundraising outreach to individuals, and became Development Director in 2007, directing fundraising strategies that raise over $2 million annually from private sources. Fenella has been in Development since 1984, most recently with Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn and National Audubon Society before that. Fenella grew up in New York City and received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University.
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