Driven to Empower

EmployAbility’s Staff, Program Directors, and Board of Directors are dedicated to creating programs that create a variety of opportunities for our program participants to develop independence, confidence, and connections with others – in their lives and in the workplace!

  • Brendan Ferrara CEO and President of EmployAbility

    Brendan Ferrara

    President

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  • Zach Bublitz

    CFOO

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  • Shenequa Gresham

    VP of Developmental Disability Operations

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  • Mike Calonita

    VP of Institutional Effectiveness, Transportation, and Facility Management

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  • Danielle Lazo

    Director of Programming

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  • Renee Floyd

    Manager of Supported Employment

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  • Kate Keiser

    Director of Marketing and Organizational Advancement

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Board of Directors

Chairman

Christy Shapard

Vice President of Human Resources, Northpoint Hospitality

Secretary

LeAndrea Mickell

Executive Director Governmental Relations, 
Savannah State University

Treasurer

T. Chase Matthews, CFE

Senior Accountant, Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC

Frederick D. Gregory, Ph.D.

Neuroscientist, 
U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Keyan Karimi

Director, 
Plug and Play Tech Center

Andrew Cosey

Realtor,
Corcoran Austin Hill Realty

Brian E. Sopp, Esq.

Labor & Employment Attorney, HunterMaclean

Dr. Rhonda Glover

Educator, Retired 
Glynn County

Jared Downs

VP Governmental Affairs, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce

Elizabeth Summerell, CPA

Assurance Director
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