Our team is driven by love and compassion

Our team holds an unwavering belief in the capacity for change

Meet Alethea

Dr. Alethea Taylor, Executive Director

Dr. Alethea Taylor, RhD, CRC was most recently a distinguished lecturer with Hunter College School of Education in the department of Educational Foundations and Counseling. Dr. Taylor also served as the Executive Director with Greenhope Services for Women, helping women with substance use and mental health disorders who were formally incarcerated. She has 27 years of professional experience including management coaching, staff development, university teaching, serving women and youth, and providing advocacy within the criminal justice community. In 2013, Dr. Taylor was selected as a Fellow of the New York University’s Research for Leadership in Action’s inaugural IGNITE Fellowship for Women of Color in the Social Sector. Dr. Taylor has served as an adjunct professor at New York University, NYACK College, and The College of New Rochelle teaching courses such as research methods, statistics, career counseling, and medical aspects of disabilities. As an educator, Dr. Taylor has conducted many presentations and seminars addressing topics such as strategic planning, substance use disorders, mental health, women and incarceration, reentry services and criminal, racial and social justice reform.

Dr. Taylor is a committee member of The Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform which is responsible for helping with New York City’s decision to close Rikers Island jail. She is currently serving a member of the Correctional Association of New York’s advisory council. Dr. Taylor partners with New York Women’s Foundation on their Justice Initiative.

Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Rehabilitation from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, her Master’s Degree from New York University, and she is a certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor.

ataylor@hourchildren.org

347-497-3308 ext. 312

Hour Children’s Staff

Patricia Chambers Daly
Senior Director of Development
718-433-4724 ext. 305
pdaly@hourchildren.org

Kimberly Cason
Director, Hour Working Women Program
718-433-4724 ext. 409
kcason@hourchildren.org

Rubernette Chavis
Senior Director of Program Services
718-433-4724 ext. 309
rchavis@hourchildren.org

Cesar Colindres
Maintenance Supervisor
ccolindres@hourchildren.org

Patricia Gallo
Manager of Thrift Shops
718-433-4724 ext. 315
pgallo@hourchildren.org

Stephanie Gonzalez
Education Manager
718-249-7385
sgonzalez@hourchildren.org

Fran McMurry
Thrift Pick-up Coordinator
718-433-4724 ext. 320
fmcmurry@hourchildren.org

Kellie Phelan
Community Engagement Manager
718-433-4724 ext. 317
kphelan@hourchildren.org

Debra Rigano
Senior Director of Justice Initiatives
347-326-3610
drigano@hourchildren.org

Emily Travers
Director, Rikers Program
718-433-4724 ext. 404
etravers@hourchildren.org

Hour Children’s Board of Directors

Amanda Ziegler
Board President
Blackstone

Abenai Sanders
Vice-President
Health & Hospital Corp.

Jeanne Martowski
Board Treasurer

Karina Saltman
Board Secretary
Webster Bank

Cannon Quigley Campbell
Attorney, private practice

Sr. Annelle Fitzpatrick, CSJ, PhD
Sisters of St. Joseph

Sharon Katz
Retired attorney, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Elaine Lord
Retired Superintendent, Bedford Hills
Correctional Facility

Claudette Monsier
Everest Insurance

Jane Stanicki

Mahua Guha Thakurta
John Wiley & Sons

Mark Stein
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP