Mike Feloney, Executive Director
Mike has served as Southwest Boston CDC's Executive Director since October 2007. Mike brings over twenty years of public and private sector experience in affordable housing and community development to his work at the CDC, having worked in several positions at the Cambridge Housing Authority and as a Senior Associate with Abt Associates Inc., a consulting firm based in Cambridge. Mike has a Master in City Planning Degree in from M.I.T. and earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College. mfeloney@swbcdc.org

Patricia Alvarez, Assistant Director
Pat holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut, School of Social Work, and is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years experience in community organizing, program development, management, and organizational development. She has served as an instructor and faculty advisor at Salem State College and Boston University Schools of Social Work. palvarez@swbcdc.org

Lauren Nadler, Project Manager
Lauren has a B.S. in Human Services from Lesley University and an M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University. She has worked for various CDC’s in the Boston area and was a research assistant for Henry Joseph and Associates. In her free time Lauren enjoys coaching and playing soccer. lnadler@swbcdc.org

Ana Rodriguez, Office Manager
Ana Rodriguez has an extensive background in office administration for non-profit groups, having volunteered and worked for many years at the Blackstone Community Center in Boston’s South End, where she grew up and where her son Anthony attends high school. Ana brings a personal as well as professional commitment to her work, with a particular passion for working for and with people of low and moderate income. arodrigez@swbcdc.org

Christopher Knoper, Community Organizer
Chris has a B.S. in Sociology and Criminal Justice from Grand Valley State University and recently earned a Master in Social Work degree at Salem State College. During graduate school he worked as a graduate intern for SWB CDC and the Department of Children and Families. He joined the staff in September 2009, with most of his work focusing on the Fairmount Greenway Initiative, part of Southwest Boston’s work with the Fairmount Indigo Collaborative. cknoper@swbcdc.org

Whitney Rudin, Graduate Intern
Whitney holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Georgia. She comes to the CDC with two years of experience in non-profit program development in metro Atlanta. Her area of focus this year is on assisting the CDC’s Hyde Park Community Resource projects. She is currently completing her MSW at Boston University and plans on pursuing an MPH as well. wmrudin@swbcdc.org

Marie Francine Gay, LISC AmeriCorps member
Marie has a B.S. in Psychobiology from Simmons College. She joined SWBCDC in November 2009 as a part-time LISC AmeriCorps member, working on the Hyde Park Green Team youth employment program and outreach for foreclosure prevention services in collaboration with the Codman Square NDC. Her background and experience in community development work in Haiti and connections to the Haitian community in Boston are of great help in outreach efforts to Hyde Park and Mattapan’s Haitian community. mfgay@swbcdc.org