Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen
Development/Campaign Inquiries
Luis Olmo-Rivera, Development Director
(203) 624-6426
lolmorivera@deskct.org
Volunteer Inquiries
Ashley Burkell, Volunteer Coordinator
(203) 624-6426, ext. 6170
aburkell@deskct.org
Program & Services Inquiries
Tina Paolillo, Program Director
(203) 624-6426, ext. 0516
tpaolillo@deskct.org
Media Inquiries
(203) 624-6426, ext. 8557
info@deskct.org
Food, Clothing, & Other In-Kind Donation Inquiries
(203) 624-6426, ext. 6137
donate@deskct.org
Financial Contributions
(203) 624-6426, ext. 8778
donate@deskct.org
HR Inquiries
hr@deskct.org
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1478
New Haven, CT 06506-1478
– STAFF –
- Steve Werlin | Executive Director – ext. 8557
- Tina Paolillo | Program Director – ext. 0516
- Meagan Howard | Food Services Manager – ext. 6137
- Evan Serio | Program Manager – ext. 8961
- GiGi Levesque | Office Administrator – ext. 8778
- Wendy Mcleod | Data Administrator – ext. 2133
- Ashley Burkell | Volunteer Coordinator – ext. 6170
- Angela Lewis | Food Services Specialist
- David Wilfong | Maintenance Specialist
- Valerie Lawler | Drop-in Center Site Specialist
- Norm Clement | Drop-in Center Site Specialist
Main phone line: (203) 624-6426
Drop-in & Resource Center Staff line: (475) 227-3009
info@deskct.org
– BOARD OF DIRECTORS-
- Timothy Opstrup | President | Finance & Administration, Yale University
- Alyse B. Sabina, M.P.H. | Vice President | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Sofia I. Morales, M.P.H., C.P.H. | Secretary | Yale School of Public Health
- David Norman-Schiff, Esq. | Treasurer | Wiggin and Dana, LLP
- Scott McLean, Ph.D. | Immediate Past President | Quinnipiac University
- Natalie Judd | Development Chair | Big Voice Communications
- Denise Dean | Program Chair | Fair Haven Community Health Care
- Joy Gary, Esq. | at-large | Conn. State’s Attorney Office, Division of Criminal Justice
- Tom Goldenberg, M.B.A. | at-large | McKinsey & Company
- Amelea Lowery | at-large | Yale School of Medicine, Health Equity
- Laurie Scheiner, M.D. | at-large | Community Health Center
- Pastor Kelcy Steele | at-large | Varick AME Zion Church
- Justin Nguyen | ex officio, non-voting | Yale Community Kitchen
Watch this video with DESK’s Executive Director, Steve Werlin, to learn more about our history, our programs, our culture, and our vision.