Staff

Clementina Chéry

Founder, President and CEO

Danielle Bennett

Project Manager

MarcCawley Bercy

Community Outreach Coordinator

Stefany K. Boston

Survivor Outreach & Support Manager

Evandissa Cabral

Survivor Case Coordinator

Winston Commock Jr.

IT Specialist

Heather Dabreu

Senior Survivor Support Coordinator

Elaina DeStefano

Training and Technical Assistance Manager

Alexandra Chéry Dorrelus

Co-Executive Director

Iris Evans

Survivor Case Coordinator

Kali Geddes

Healing Support Services Coordinator

Shamika Gumes

Survivor Support Coordinator

Ruth Henry

Gen Peace Teaching Artist-in-Residence

Janice Johnson

Development Events Manager

Milton Jones

Director of Reentry Services

Jenine Lindsey

Administrative Assistant

Tashema Lindsey

Assistant to Co-Executive Directors

Taylor Lee

Content Producer

Pace McConkie Jr.

Policy and Advocacy Manager

Kyle Metzger

Grants and Data Manager

Beth Nagy

Board Liaison

Kamal Oliver

Reentry Services Coordinator

Damaris Ortiz

Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator

Alethea Pratt

Administrative & HR Manager

Mario Rodrigues

Facilities Coordinator

Rachel Rodrigues

Co-Executive Director

Njeri Rue

Assistant to the CEO

Shakita Stafford

Accounting Manager

Carolyn Thomas

Finance / HR Assistant

Luis Antonio Thompson

Senior Producer

Portia Williams

Administrative Assistant

Chaplain Clementina Chéry
Founder, President and CEO

Chaplain Clementina Chéry is the founder, President and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute (LDBPI), a center of Healing, Teaching, and Learning for families and communities impacted by murder, trauma, grief and loss. Chéry founded the LDBPI in 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts after the murder of her 15-year-old son Louis. For more than 25 years, Chéry has used her experience as a survivor to serve families impacted by murder, advocate for survivors of violent crimes, and develop best practices for homicide response.

Through the LDBPI, Chéry’s vision is to create and sustain an environment where all families can live in peace, and to transform society’s response to homicide. With the support of elected officials, including Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), the LDBPI and Chéry have equipped the City of Boston with resources and guides, including The Survivors’ Burial and Resource Guide: A Step by Step Workbook for Regaining Control, Always in my Heart: A Workbook for Grieving Children and co-authored The PeaceZone: A Program for Social Literacy.

Chéry is on a quest to spread the LDBPI’s knowledge and success nationally, and form new partnerships in peace to support survivors in all walks of life. Chéry has presented at the National Office for Victim Assistance, Harvard University’s Schools of Divinity and of Medicine, Boston College’s Schools of Social Work and of Law, Temple Israel, Trinity Church Boston and to multiple police departments including Boston and Miami. She is a founding member of the National Coalition for Survivors of Violence Prevention.

Chéry has received awards in recognition of her courageous leadership, tireless peacemaking work and service to her community. In the last ten years, Chéry was named one of Boston’s 100 Most Influential Leaders of Color, was awarded the 2016 Impact Award by Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University, received the Champion of Peace Award from Salem State University and was named Citizen of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers.

In February of 2012, Chéry was ordained as a senior chaplain with the International Fellowship of Chaplains, Inc. She also holds honorary Doctorate Degrees from Regis College, Mount Ida College and the College of the Holy Cross. Chéry was born in Honduras and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts where she currently lives. Her proudest accomplishment is being a mother to Louis, Alexandra, and Allen, and grandmother to Alexander.

Staff

Clementina Chéry

Danielle Bennett

MarcCawley Bercy

Stefany K. Boston

Evandissa Cabral

Winston Commock Jr.

Heather Dabreu

Elaina DeStefano

Alexandra Chéry Dorrelus

Iris Evans

Kali Geddes

Shamika Gumes

Ruth Henry

Janice Johnson

Milton Jones

Jenine Lindsey

Tashema Lindsey

Taylor Lee

Pace McConkie Jr.

Kyle Metzger

Beth Nagy

Kamal Oliver

Damaris Ortiz

Alethea Pratt

Mario Rodrigues

Rachel Rodrigues

Njeri Rue

Shakita Stafford

Carolyn Thomas

Luis Antonio Thompson

Portia Williams

Chaplain Clementina Chéry Founder, President and CEO

Danielle Bennett Project Manager

MarcCawley Bercy

Community Outreach Coordinator

Stefany K. Boston Survivor Outreach & Support Manager

Evandissa Cabral Survivor Case Coordinator

Winston Douglas Commock Jr. IT Specialist

Heather Dabreu Survivor Support Coordinator

Elaina DeStefano Training and Technical Assistance Manager

Alexandra Chéry Dorrelus Co-Executive Director

Iris Evans

Survivor Case Coordinator

Kali Geddes

Healing Support Services Coordinator

Shamika Gumes Survivor Support Coordinator

Ruth Henry Generation Peace Artist Teaching-in-Residence

Janice Johnson Healing Support Services Manager

Milton Jones Director of Re-entry Services

Jenine Lindsey Administrative Assistant

Tashema Lindsey

Assistant to Co-Executive Directors

Taylor Lee

Content Producer

Pace McConkie Jr. Policy and Advocacy Manager

Kyle Metzger

Grants Manager

Beth Nagy Board Liaison

Kamal Oliver Reentry Services Coordinator

Damaris Ortiz Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator

Alethea Pratt Administrative and Human Resources Manager

Mario Rodrigues Facilities Coordinator

Rachel Rodrigues Co-Executive Director

Njeri Rue Assistant to the CEO

Shakita Stafford Accountant

Carolyn Thomas Finance / HR Assistant

Luis Antonio Thompson

Senior Producer

Portia Williams Administrative Assistant

Chaplain Clementina Chéry
Founder, President and CEO

Danielle Bennett
Project Manager

Stefany K. Boston
Survivor Outreach & Support Manager

Evandissa Cabral
Survivor Case Coordinator

Winston Douglas Commock Jr.
IT Specialist

Heather Dabreu
Survivor Support Coordinator

Elaina DeStefano
Training and Technical Assistance Manager

Alexandra Chéry Dorrelus
Co-Executive Director

Shamika Gumes
Survivor Support Coordinator

Ruth Henry
Generation Peace Artist Teaching-in-Residence

Janice Johnson
Healing Support Services Manager

Milton Jones
Director of Re-entry Services

Jenine Lindsey
Administrative Assistant

Pace McConkie Jr.
Policy and Advocacy Manager

Beth Nagy
Board Liaison

Kamal Oliver
Reentry Services Coordinator

Damaris Ortiz
Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator

Alethea Pratt
Administrative and Human Resources Manager

Mario Rodrigues
Facilities Coordinator

Rachel Rodrigues
Co-Executive Director

Njeri Rue
Assistant to the CEO

Shakita Stafford
Accountant

Carolyn Thomas
Finance / HR Assistant

Portia Williams
Administrative Assistant