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This year HOME warmly welcomes five new board members. Each new board
member has a unique range of skills and abilities that will help further
the mission of HOME.
Mary Ellen Brockmyre is the Director of Funding
and Program Development for Community Services for the Developmentally
Disabled and has 20 years of experience working with and for the
developmentally disabled population. She is a former board member of the
Black Rock Riverside NHS, and has served on two school boards.
Diana Cooke teaches special education for the
Buffalo Public Schools. She has her Masters of Science in special
education from D’Youville College and a Bachelors of Science in Business
Administration from Empire State College. She wants to be a HOME Board
member so that she can make a positive impact on the Buffalo housing
situation. Among other skills and perspectives, Ms. Cooke brings
marketing and computer technology skills to the Board. She is also an
accomplished pianist.
Linda R. Hassberg, Esq.
is an attorney with
Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP. After
graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University at Buffalo School of Law
she clerked for US District Court Judge Curtin and practiced disability
rights and discrimination law with Bouvier O'Connor. Later she joined the
Western New York
Law Center as a public interest lawyer where she worked closely with HOME
on the Comer litigation.
Leah
R. Mervine, returns to the board after serving
as HOME’s Coordinator of Development and Member Relations. Ms. Mervine
currently attends the State University at Buffalo where she is earning her
Juris Doctor and Master of Social Work. She says, "The Civil Rights
Movement was a time where brave and bold people used the law to further
social justice, HOME carries this legacy into my generation and I am
honored to have a stake in this venture."
Yvette Veira works for the University at
Buffalo's Research Institute as a Project Director and is a past client of
HOME. Ms. Veira has volunteered for service with the National Inner City
Youth Organization and the Buffalo Zoological Gardens. She is active in
community service and is interested in program and workshop development.
Of her commitment to HOME, she says, “I believe that HOME is a very
important organization, and would like to help further the mission of HOME
in the community. It is great to know that an organization like HOME does
exist to help those who face housing discrimination even in this new
millennium.” |
