PARSIPPANY — Community Hope announces three new members to its Board of Directors: Ann Mohamadi, CEO, Sapphire Associates, Brent Ragans, President, Ferring US, and John Stritehoff, a US Navy Veteran and Senior Sales Consultant, JCS Consulting, Sales Director, aia Translations.ย
โIt is a great honor to add these exceptional individuals to the Board of Directors,โ says John Iannetta, Community Hope Board President. Each of these individuals is dedicated to the work of Community Hope and the people we serve daily. It is an honor to have them as part of the leadership of this great organization. In addition, we are proud to announce that the Board has decided to elevate Carmine Deo, MBA, MSW, LCSW, Community Hope Executive Director to the title of Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Deo has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities as Executive Director since 2018 and we are proud to extend this title to him.โย
The current Board of Directors are:
John Iannetta, Presidentย
Laurie Becker, Vice Presidentย
Bruce Silver, Secretaryย
Nicholas Lorusso, Treasurerย
Karen Campbell, Directorย
Paul Cocja, Directorย
Lucy C. Del Gaudio, Veteran Advisorย
Ann Mohamadi, Directorย
Belinda Perichi, Directorย
Brent Ragans, Directorย
Todd Smith, Directorย
John Stritehoff, USN (Ret.), Directorย
Elias Tsepouridis, Directorย
David Wissert, Esq., Directorย
Jennifer Zimmer, Directorย
Carmine V. Deo, MBA, MSW, LCSW โ Chief Executive Officerย
Emeritus Board Membersย
Eileen Griffith, Director and past Presidentย
Carmela Lunt, Founder and past Presidentย
Eugene C. Holloway, III, Esq., Directorย
Jay Yarnis, DDS, Directorย
Community Hope, a NJ non-profit organization, provides housing and support services to hundreds of veterans, veteran families, and people living with mental illness each year. Since 1985, our team of over 150 employees has provided clinical case management, housing (emergency, transitional, and affordable), and homeless prevention services enabling thousands to recover from mental illness, homelessness, substance use, and poverty.
To learn more about Community Hope, visit communityhope-nj.org and follow us on Instagram: CommunityHope_NJ, Twitter @CommunityHopeNJ, and Facebook at facebook.com/CommunityHopeNJ


















