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

    CEO

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  • Portrait of CFO Zach Bublitz, a smiling man with short dark hair, light skin, wearing a blue checkered shirt. He is facing forward against a plain black and purple background.

    Zach Bublitz

    CFOO

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  • A picture of Michael Calonita - a man with a beard and short dark hair, wearing a black polo shirt, smiling at the camera.

    Mike Calonita

    VP of Institutional Effectiveness, Transportation, and Facility Management

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  • Portrait of Danielle Lazo, a young woman with dark hair in a high bun, wearing a black chef's jacket with silver trim, smiling slightly.

    Danielle Lazo

    VP of Employment Services

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  • A picture of Kate Keiser, a woman with long reddish-brown hair smiling, wearing a colorful patterned blouse with a v-neckline.

    Kate Keiser

    VP of Marketing and Communications

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Board of Directors

Chairman

Christy Shapard

Vice President Human Resources,
North Point Hospitality

Vice Chairman

Andrew Cosey

Realtor,
Corcoran Austin Hill Realty

Secretary

LeAndrea Mikell

Assistant Vice President for Governmental Relations, 
Savannah State University

Treasurer

T. Chase Matthews, CFE

Senior Accountant, Jerry McNair, CPA

Frederick D. Gregory, Ph.D.

Neuroscientist, 
U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Keyan Karimi

President,
Valor Credit

Jared Downs

VP Governmental Affairs, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce

John Garceau, PLA

Principal/Landscape Architecture Group Leader,
Thomas & Hutton

Brian E. Sopp, Esq.

Labor & Employment Attorney, HunterMaclean

Dr. Rhonda Glover

Educator, Retired 
Glynn County

Melissa Cole

Executive Director, Child Care Resource & Referral Savannah Technical College 

Cynthia Cradduck

Asst. Vice President for PR & Marketing Savannah Technical College 

Elizabeth Summerell, CPA

Assurance Director
CBIZ

Azsha Handerson

Sr. Specialist Government & Regulatory Affairs Comcast