Catholic Charities
Providing help. Creating hope.

Meet the staff 

Administrative Staff

Peter Routsis-Arroyo, Chief Executive Officer
Silvia Suarez, Executive Assistant
Robert Johnson, Chief Financial Officer
Lucille Acken, Grants and Program Development Director
Catherine Baumer, Director of Development
Lou Baumer, Foundation Director
Andrea Herigodt, Performance, Quality Improvement and Compliance Director
Judy Bokorney, Public Relations Coordinator
Julie Blount, Database Administrator
Betsy LaSorsa, Accounting Clerk
Angie Nickol, Accounts Payable
Sister Cathy Buster, Housing Consultant
Bob Sullenberger, Disaster Response Coordinator

Regional Directors

Robert Saunders, Collier County Director
Christine Nolan, Lee County Director

Program Directors/Coordinators

Manatee County

Iraida Contreras, Director of Immigration and Catholic Charities of Manatee County

Sarasota County

Derick Fabien, Bethesda House and Joseph's Place
Deacon Francis Horan, Casa San Jose
Mary Koctur, Financial Assistance 
Joyce Scott, Our Mother's House
Elizabeth Williams, St. Martha's Early Learning Center
Yolanda Garcia, Refugee Employed And Productive
Slav Tkach, Refugee Services
Yuri Kaplun, Refugee Resettlement 

Lee County

Eileen McIltrot, Community Counseling Services
Chris Harnden, Catholic Charities Community Services
Pierrette Faustin, Haitian Center of Catholic Charities
Michael Everett, Hispanic Services of Catholic Charities, Fort Myers
Martha Vivas, Hispanic Services of Catholic Charities, Bonita Springs

Collier County

Fred Stuart, Clinical Supervisor Counseling Center
Allegra Belliard, Family Resource Center
Ninfa Drago, Guadalupe Social Services
Sharon Kirkpatrick, Refugee Youth and Family Services

DeSoto County

Andrea Herigodt, Catholic Charities of DeSoto County

Hendry County

Maria Guadalupe Depaz, Neighbors to the Rescue

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