General ACT for Youth Contact

Act for Youth
Family Life Development Center
Beebe Hall ~ Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
act4youth@cornell.edu
(607) 255-7736

Participating Community Development Partnerships

1 Erie County
2 Cattaraugus County
3 Jefferson County
4 Onondaga County
5 Otsego County
6 Capital District (Albany, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties)

Cornell Cooperative Extension of NYC

Jackie Davis-Manigaulte
Program Leader
Phone: (212) 340-2945
E-mail: jad23@cornell.edu
Pardeice Powell-McGoy
Regional Technical Assistance Coordinator
Phone: (212) 340-2986
E-mail: pp248@cornell.edu
Lucinda Randolph-Benjamin
Extension Associate
Phone: (212) 340-2964
E-mail: lr26@cornell.edu

Cornell University College of Human Ecology

Amy Breese
ACT Administrative Coordinator, FLDC
Phone: (607) 255-7736
Fax: (607) 255 -8562
E-mail: ass38@cornell.edu
Administration, communication, PR, marketing and design.
Jutta Dotterweich
ACT Training and Technical Asst. Coordinator, FLDC
Phone: (607) 255-4108
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: jd81@cornell.edu
Strengthening communities, working with youth
Stephen Hamilton
ACT Co-Principal Investigator, Human Development
Phone: (607) 255-8394
Fax: (607) 255-3769
E-mail: sfh3@cornell.edu
School, work and community as contexts for the transition into adulthood
Mary Agnes Hamilton
Senior Research Associate
Phone: (607) 255-3129
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: mah15@cornell.edu
Ecology of youth development, socialization in service/work, adult mentoring of youth at work, resilience of non-college young adults.
Jane Powers
Director, ACT for Youth, FLDC
Phone: (607) 255-3993
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: jlp5@cornell.edu
Evaluation
Amanda Purington
Research Assistant, FLDC
Phone: 607-255-1861
Fax: 607-255-8562
E-mail: ald17@cornell.edu
Research and evaluation
Karen Schantz
ACT Communications Coordinator, FLDC
Phone: (607) 254-6509
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: ks548@cornell.edu
Web site and publications, sexual health
Jennifer Tiffany
ACT Research and Evaluation Coordinator, FLDC
Phone: (607) 255-1942
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: jst5@cornell.edu
HIV/AIDS Education, participatory action research
Janis Whitlock
Evaluation Coordinator, FLDC
Phone: (607) 254-2894
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: jlw43@cornell.edu
Evaluation, school and community connectedness
Heather Wynkoop-Beach
ACT Youth Engagement Coordinator, FLDC
Phone: (607) 255-7456
Fax: (607) 255-8562
E-mail: haw48@cornell.edu
Youth engagement, community organizing, conflict resolution

NYS Center for School Safety

Julliet Coxum
Regional Technical Assistance Coordinator
Phone: (845) 255-8989
Fax: (845) 255-3836
E-mail: jcoxum@mhric.org
Mary Jalloh
ACT Principal Investigator
Phone: (845) 255-8989
Fax: (845) 255-3836
E-mail: mjalloh@mhric.org
School violence prevention, health education, school policies and regulations re: HIV, discipline, strategic planning
Beth Mastro
Director of Special Programs
Phone: (845) 255-8989
Fax: (845) 255-3836
E-mail: emastro@mhric.org
Skills-based health education, school/community collaboration, school violence prevention
Sheryl Post
Resource Information Specialist
Phone: (845) 255-8989
Fax: (845) 255-3836
E-mail: spost@mhric.org
Technology, resource management
Felicia A. Watson
Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Phone: (845) 255-8989
Fax: (845) 255-3836
E-mail: fwatson@mhric.org
Public relations, diversity, social marketing, gangs, suicide and youth engagement

University of Rochester

Hans DeBruyn
Regional Technical Assistance Coordinator
Phone: (585) 273-4522
Fax: (585) 242-9733
E-mail: hans_debruyn@urmc.rochester.edu
Community organizing, parent engagement, community/government collaboration, engaging the business community
Caryn Graff Havens
Project Coordinator
Phone: (585) 275-1527
Fax: (585) 242-9733
E-mail: caryn_graffhavens@urmc.rochester.edu
Evaluation, community needs assessments
Jonathan Klein
ACT Co-Investigator, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Phone: (585) 275-0168
Fax: (585) 242-9733
E-mail: jonathan_klein@urmc.rochester.edu
Preventive health services, teen pregnancy and tobacco, health services research, program evaluation
Richard Kreipe
ACT Principal Investigator, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Phone: (585) 275-7844
Fax: (585) 242-9733
E-mail: richard_kreipe@urmc.rochester.edu
Adolescent development, adolescent health, family functioning, chronic illness, community collaboration, interdisciplinary training