Toni L. Caldwell is Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer for the corporation. She has over 30 years of community development, child advocacy and management experience. Ms. Caldwell has held leadership positions in a vast number of community and professional organizations and has received numerous awards for her community work. She holds a B.S. in Management and a M.S. in Contemporary Management from Caldwell College, and she is pursuing a doctorate in Applied Management and Decision Science from Walden University. As an adjunct instructor, Ms. Caldwell teaches Principles of Finance, Macroeconomics, Organization Management and other business courses.

Jorge L. Abreu Deputy Director, Family Development, has spent all of his adult life in the human service and mental health fields.
He began his career working with children in New York City serving as a master tutor with public school children in the Queens sector of the city.  Years later he would continue this path, by assuming the role of a psychoanalytic counselor at the Children’s Storefront, in East Harlem.  Jorge’s life passion is the provision of a consistent impact and leadership in leading social service and health organizations.  

As a consultant Jorge has been certified as an expert witness, providing testimony as a Forensic Clinical Consultant in death penalty and major crime cases – rendering expert witness testimony in jurisdictions throughout the U.S. since 1992.

In the field of academia, Jorge has served as an Adjunct Professor at Hostos Community College; City College of New York; Marymount Manhattan College, Boricua College, Universidad Autonoma, and Pedro Henriquez Ureña (Dominican Republic). 

Jorge is a native of Cuba, migrating to his adoptive home, the United States, at the age of 11.  He has a deep devoted love for his wife, parents and two children: David and Adan. Jorge is also a life-long student of philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, science, poetry and the martial arts.

Experience and Areas of Professional Interest

Ample clinical and management experience in the fields of mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation and forensic clinical matters – specializing in staff and program development, as well as the treatment of hard-to-reach individuals; chronic relapsers; violent offenders, and trans-cultural issues of care.
Experience and interests include behavioral physiological research in the areas of motivation and substance abuse, as well as the subjectively felt utility of substance abuse and criminality, in clients with chronic involvement with dependence and the criminal justice system.
Developed grass root organization of small merchants in the Upper Manhattan sector; innovating commercial revitalization initiatives, and instituting grants programs for local businesses. Presently working on a proprietary model of staff development and linked treatment for chronically homeless individuals with mental illness, and MICA history and diagnoses. Also interested in developing a unified association of Community Based Organizations with common interests and goals, located in urban settings. Demonstrable expertise in the areas of fund and organizational development, as well as human resources, financial management, and team building.

Additional Interest

Using his experiences growing up and living in the tough streets of New York City, Jorge and his wife are developing an integrated system of self-defense, specifically for women.  Through this medium him and his wife will help women become more self-sufficient and adept at safely protecting their lives, with dignity and integrity, while using the aggressive combat tactics perfected by warriors ranging from feudal samurais to modern day special force commandoes, mixed martial artists and street fighters.

Renita Aughburns Deputy Director of Community Development and Family Support Services is a graduate of Lincoln University and holds a Master of Human Services Degree.  Ms. Aughburns has over twenty years of experience as a prevention specialist in youth development; behavioral therapy and ten years of drug and alcohol treatment experience. Ms. Aughburns has held several supervisory positions in the following areas: pregnancy prevention, substance/alcohol treatment and prevention; runaway youth; homeless services; residential group homes; and community organizing.

Ms. Aughburns has peer reviewed published research on drug/alcohol treatment in the BioMedical journal. She has received several awards under her leadership in the Human Services field including The Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Program Award from the Center of Substance Abuse Prevention. Ms. Aughburns is a member of the Alpha Lambda Graduate Chapter of  Pi Gamma Mu (International Honor Society in Social Sciences) and a Hall Of Fame Alumni officer/member of the Boys & Girls Club. <%

  Joan Reeves Director of Family Support Services. Ms. Reeves has over thirty years of experience. She has a BA in Sociology from Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, N.J. and a Masters in Social Work/Casework from Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work. Ms. Reeves is a licensed social worker (LSW) with the state of New Jersey; School Social Worker (Certified by N.J. Dept. of Education); Certified Public Manager (N.J. Dept of Human Services/Rutgers Graduate School of Public Administration). Ms. Reeves retired from the N.J. Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) as the Essex County Service Specialist on January 1, 2000. During her thirty years at DYFS she also held other positions as case manager, supervisor and District Office Manager. Ms. Reeves is a past president of the Montclair-North Essex YWCA board of directors, former trustee of Family and Children Services of North Essex and past president of the Montclair Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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