As Chief Operating Officer, Tony oversees LIFT’s field operations nationwide, ensures quality national training and technical assistance support to local offices, and guides the organization’s ongoing program impact and evaluation efforts. Tony joined the LIFT team in 2007, bringing with him over 13 years of experience in counseling and social work, business development, IT management, and service to low-income communities in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to joining LIFT, Tony helped to establish Jordan House, a residential stabilization program for individuals in psychiatric crisis in Washington, DC, operated under the umbrella of the renowned non-profit So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.). In addition to helping establish the program, Tony provided direct therapy and case management support to Jordan House residents. Tony also spent several years working as an IT consultant with Community IT Innovators (CITI), a Washington, DC, based IT company committed to helping nonprofits effectively use technology. Tony consulted DC area non-profits in all aspects of IT strategy, planning and implementation. Abroad, Tony worked in Haiti with Beyond Boarders, a nonprofit focused on education and work promoting the rights of children.
Tony is an AmeriCorps alum and has conducted years of service with the Franciscan Center, a community based social service agency in Baltimore and with Clean and Sober Streets, a residential drug and alcohol recovery program for homeless and low income individuals in DC. In addition to his current work with LIFT, Tony is actively serving on the boards of the Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps and the Rolling Ridge Foundation, an environmental conservation and education foundation.
Tony is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and received his M.S. in Counseling from Loyola College in Maryland. Tony completed his undergraduate work from, and is proud alum of, the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
