Meet the Staff and Board

James J. Golden, Executive Director and President

James Golden is the Executive Director of the EGA Multi-Service Center & Residence. Mr. Golden also serves as the President of the Edwin Gould Housing Development Fund Corporation Board of Directors and the President of the East Harlem Residence Corporation Board of Directors. Over the past 19 years, Mr. Golden has held key positions at Edwin Gould Academy including Team Leader, Director of Intake & Assessment, Director of Development and Research, Director of Clinical Services, and Executive Deputy Director of Program Development and Evaluation. 

Mr. Golden is a graduate of the University of Maine. Mr. Golden completed a graduate internship at Children's Hospital in San Diego where he was awarded a nationally recognized credential in the Interdisciplinary Detection, Prevention, and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. Mr. Golden completed his graduate work in Educational Psychology at Seton Hall University and is a graduate of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management’s Executive Level Program at Columbia University Business School. Mr. Golden’s research projects included: Abuse and Neglect, Behavioral Medicine, Forensic Psychology, Learning Studies, Sports Psychology, and a publication in Psychological Abstracts on assessment. 

 

 

STAFF

James Golden

Executive Director

Gloria Lattimore, LMSW

Housing Specialist/Case Manager

Deborah Smalls, CASAC

Substance Abuse Specialist/Case Manager

Gabriel Felix

Coordinator of Career and Education Services/Case Manager

Reggie Pierce

Director of Residential Life Services

Joseph Jerome

Residential Life Aide

Irene Donohue

Residential Life Aide

Devin Hoosier

Residential Life Aide

Federico Aponte

Building Superintendent

 

It is the role of EGA’s Board of Directors to determine the mission, values, general direction, and strategic plan of the organization. As a whole, they are responsible for adopting the annual budget, authorizing new programs, and monitoring programs and program outcomes.  

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Thomas L. Webber                    

President

Dr. Scott Cone                                       

Vice President

Jacqueline McLeod                              

Secretary

Mark Bodden                                         

Treasurer

Jennifer Hagel                                       

Trustee

Anil Nayar                                             

Trustee

Dr. Bradley A. Connor                         

Trustee