Staff

Harvey Gordon, Executive Director
Harvey Gordon has over 30 years of progressively responsible not-for-profit management experience. He is in his current position since August, 1996. He is a member of Queens Community Board 14, a member of the Board Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaway Peninsula, a board member of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, founder and president of the Coalition for Far Rockaway, a member the Community Advisory Board of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the treasurer of the Queens Jewish Agency Coalition, a member of the Jewish Advisory Board of the Queens District Attorney, and a board member of the Queens Jewish Historical Society.

For eighteen years, prior to coming to the JCCRP, he worked as Director of Training at the New York Association for New Americans, a refugee resettlement agency. In that position he created and implemented training programs in a variety of occupations for refugees from the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

He has a BA from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from Pace University. He received a certificate from the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management from the Columbia University School of Business. He resides in Far Rockaway, where he has lived since 1971, with his wife Lynne.
 

Shelly Twersky, Coordinator of Social Services
Shelly Twersky has worked at the JCCRP for the past eighteen years as social work coordinator and case manager. She coordinates all concrete services such HEAP, SCRIE, immigration applications, short tax forms, food pantry eligibility, furniture distribution, day camp scholarships, and completes FEMA applications. She counsels individual clients and make referrals to other agencies for services not offered at the JCCRP.

She has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baruch College in Industrial Psychology, and 12 credits towards a Masters Degree in Guidance and Vocational Counseling at Long Island University. Before working at the JCCRP, she worked for a market research firm developing and coordinating marketing techniques for the packaged goods industry where she assisted in development of a questionnaire to determine which advertisements sell more products. She enjoyed working at that end of the consumer spectrum. She worked at the New York State Employment Agency for five years as a guidance and job counselor and at JASA in Far Rockaway as a caseworker for senior citizens where she coordinated social and economic services including government entitlements.

She is proud to help the JCCRP in one of its core missions if helping our clients become self sufficient through the coordinating efforts of our staff and referring our clients to different agencies. She works hard to mainstream our clients via employment, housing and financial independence.
 

Kathy Rosenberg, Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program coordinator and Housing Preservation and Development consultant
Kathy Rosenberg has worked for the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula since May 2002 when she was hired for a grant for Project Liberty, assisting client’s affected by 9/11. Kathy began to work as the JCCRP’s Managed Care Consumer Assistance Program coordinator in 2003 and continues to do so today. In this capacity Kathy helps clients with pre-enrollment counseling to inform about health plans whether for Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Healthy NY or Medicare parts B and D. Kathy also assists clients in enrolling into the plan they choose and in correcting any problems that may occur with their insurance.
 
As a MCCAP coordinator Kathy has a wide network of resources that she can access in helping clients with insurance questions and problems.

Kathy Rosenberg is also the JCCRP’s Housing Preservation and Development consultant, working on a grant from the City of New York to inspect neighborhood homes for violations and to assist landlords and homeowners in correcting them. Kathy also assists clients in applying for HPD subsidized home improvement loans. 
 

Jacqueline Bascom, Nutrition Outreach and Education Program Coordinator 
Jackie Bascom has worked at the JCCRP since 1998. She assists clients in ascertaining their eligibility for food stamps and helping them with their applications. Jackie does extensive outreach into the Rockaway community informing people about the expanded guidelines for food stamp eligibility. She provides information about Food Stamp Program eligibility requirements to individuals/families who may be eligible for food stamp benefits. This is done by conducting communication activities, outreach, and assistance in filling out a food stamp application. 

 

Sruly Miller, Facilitated Enroller: Health Insurance Access Program
Sruly Miller has been with the JCCRP since June 2007. As a facilitated enroller Sruly is charged with assisting individuals with all help regarding government sponsored insurances. This includes enrollment into programs such as Medicaid, Family Health Plus, and Child Health Plus. Additionally Sruly is available to prove information regarding these programs, determine eligibility and assist with renewals. 

 

Inna Fiks, Translator/Case Aide
Inna works as a translator and interpreter. She helps clients complete application forms for government benefits. She escorts clients to government agencies to assist them with their needs.