WHO WE ARE
OUR STAFF AND INTERNS
Holly joined CEJ as an intern in 2014 and remained with us as our Community Organizer and then stepped into the role of Executive Director in late 2019.
Holly Nowak,
ExecutiVE
Director
She/Her/Hers
Jamal is a Buffalo native has a Master’s in Economic Development and BA in Business from Daemen University. As well as joining CEJ as an organizer in 2022, he founded a Christian entertainment label, Brothers of Thunder, and is a proud husband and father of three.
Jamal Davis,
Transit Rider Organizer
He/Him/His
OUR BOARD
Regional Business Representative
IUPAT DC4 Local 660
He/Him/His
Michael Hogan,
BOARD CHAIR
Dennice is a longstanding community leader of numerous organizations such as Buffalo Parent Teacher Organization
She/Her/Hers
DenNice Barr,
Vice PResident
Shop Steward, CWA 1122
Lori Marranca, Board Secretary
She/Her/Hers
Associate, Creighton, Johnsen, and Giroux
Ian Hayes, Esq,
Treasurer
He/Him/His
Organizer, UFCW District Union Local One
He/Him/His
Roger Hemmit
Western New York Community Outreach Specialist,
New York State AFL-CIO
She/Her/Hers
Angela Blue
Business Agent/Field Rep, Laborers Local 210
He/Him/His
Jerome Shadwick
Executive Director, It Takes a Village
Beverly Newkirk
She/Her/Hers
President, WNY Chapter of the Coalition of
Black Trade Unionists
Charmaine Bowman
She/Her/Hers
Member, Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo
Sandra Dunbar
She/Her/Hers
Associate, Milestone Consulting
Sam Dolce-Powers
He/Him/His
Leader, Buffalo Transit Riders United