Christopher Community, Inc. has announced the appointment of four new staff positions at its Syracuse corporate offices. CHRIS QUINN joins Christopher Community as senior development project manager after running his own real-estate brokerage and investment firm based in Boston for several years. Quinn is a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School and the Wharton School of […]
Christopher Community, Inc. has announced the appointment of four new staff positions at its Syracuse corporate offices. CHRIS QUINN joins Christopher Community as senior development project manager after running his own real-estate brokerage and investment firm based in Boston for several years. Quinn is a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
JENNA MCCLAVE joins Christopher Community as development project manager, after a decades-long history of working for local nonprofit organizations. Most recently, McClave worked for Home HeadQuarters, Inc., where she started as senior lending administrator before moving into its Home Ownership Department to run the pre-purchase home buyer education program. McClave is a HUD-certified housing counselor and spent the last three years as manager of the Syracuse Financial Empowerment Center ,leading a team of counselors to assist more than 1,000 CNY residents to achieve many outcomes, most notably reducing their debt by more than $2.6 million.
TONY GALLEGOS has been appointed controller at Christopher Community, after working previously as an accounting manager at the Arizona Humane Society, a nonprofit based in Tempe, Arizona. Gallegos, who just recently moved to Phoenix, New York with his wife and son, has a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Northern Arizona University, with a certificate in entrepreneurship.
SHANE STEPIEN has joined as marketing & communications director, where he will oversee and manage the organization’s branding, public relations, and marketing initiatives. Stepien, who resides in Minetto, is also president of Step One Creative, an advertising and PR firm that he founded in 1996, and continues to operate alongside his position at Christopher Community. A graduate of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, Stepien holds a bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism.