Meet our Staff
Anastasia
Allen
Family Advocate
In September 2019, Ms. Anastasia Allen was hired as the Arthur Project Family Advocate. She works assiduously to provide resources and support to connect the whole family approach to youth development. Anastasia has over 16 years of experience working in the social and emotional development of youth and earned her Master of Social Work degree from Hunter College.
Anastasia is passionate about positively impacting the social and emotional development of youth and believes in a comprehensive approach, which prioritizes family involvement and empowerment.
In her personal time, Anastasia explores and develops her knowledge and skills in holistic healing, personal training and community outreach efforts that focus on disenfranchised groups.
Caroline
Fairchild
Director of Development
Caroline Fairchild brings years of experience and passion for the mission together in her role of Development and Communications Director for the Arthur Project. Caroline began her journey in the development and communications field 15 years ago. She has served on the Senior Leadership team for several nonprofit organizations and has successfully led several growing development offices. She is passionate about finding creative and strategic ways to invite people to invest in causes they care about.
In the Spring of 2021, Caroline was designated as a Certified Fund
Raising Executive (CFRE)by CFRE International. Individuals granted the CFRE credential have met a series of standards which include tenure in the profession, education, and demonstrated fundraising achievement. They have also passed a rigorous written examination testing the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a fundraising executive, and have agreed to uphold Accountability Standards and the Donor Bill of Rights.
Caroline lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three boys.
Jessica
Greenawalt
Co-Founder & Executive Director
In July 2017, Dr. Jessica Greenawalt was hired as our Program Director and has been instrumental in working with Liz and Jeff in bringing The Arthur Project from an idea to reality. Jessica is a licensed Social Worker and holds a doctorate in Social Work and Sociology from Boston University. She has worked in community-based organizations in public schools for over a decade, overseeing graduate students and providing direct services herself. Jessica also has dedicated experience teaching and advising social work students.
The only thing that Jessica cares about more than working with students of all ages is her daughter, Francesca. When Jessica is not overseeing the program, attending meetings, analyzing data or teaching anti-oppressive clinical skills to social work students, Jessica and her daughter love to spend time dancing, singing, baking and enjoying their neighborhood in the Bronx.
Teana
Martin-Tanner
Site Coordinator
Teana Martin-Tanner is a licensed Social Worker, from the Bronx, NY, who joined The Arthur Project as the first Site Coordinator in September 2018. Teana graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Child and Family Studies with minors in Psychology and Addiction Studies. Teana wanted an advanced degree that would allow her the opportunity to unite her previous work experiences and education, so she pursued a Master of Social Work degree at Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Teana has worked within the shelter system, the psychiatric emergency department and family support services providing direct individual and group services to clients.
Teana is very passionate about working with Social Work interns as well as the students and families who are a part of The Arthur Project but when she isn’t working, Teana enjoys traveling, cooking and spending time with her family and friends.
Diana
Melendez
Site Coordinator
Diana joined The Arthur Project at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. She was excited to join TAP as On-Site Coordinator. Diana is currently a doctoral student at the Social Welfare program at the Graduate Center (CUNY). Her research areas of interest are focused around integrating liberation based theory into social work education and practice. Diana has earned her MSW from NYU’s Silver School of Social Work and has since worked providing clinical direct services to youth and families through in-home therapy, school-based services, family therapy and hospital-based psychiatric and crisis services. During this time she also completed post-graduate training in family therapy at the Institute for Family Services and has worked as a trainer and organizer with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. Diana currently teaches as an adjunct lecturer at NYC schools of social work and is a fellow with the Social Change Agents Institute with a focus on community-based work in South Africa and Kenya.
Yanitza
Piedra
Administrative Assistant
Yanitza is a GIS Professional from Bronx, NY who joined The Arthur Project as an Administrative Assistant in July 2020 amidst the global pandemic. Since then, Yanitza has been providing administrative support in an array of logistical and organizational tasks. She is technologically savvy, goal-oriented, analytical, and meticulously organized.
Yanitza graduated from the State University of New York College at Geneseo with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography with minors in Environmental Studies and Anthropology. While the bulk of her professional experiences are with high-tech corporations in Silicon Valley, she enjoys and thrives in a variety of work and volunteer environments, and is happiest when partaking in humanitarian efforts, and/or helping others succeed and improve their quality of life.
Outside of her work with The Arthur Project, Yanitza is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Geographic Information Science. When she is not busy fulfilling her duties as a student or Administrative Assistant, she enjoys hiking, longboarding, camping, partaking in conservation efforts, and spending quality time with her loved ones.
