EIIC STAFF
Anderson, Orion – ESL/Citizenship Instructor
Baber, Liz– Education & Outreach Manager
Boyle, Sandra – Deputy Director
Breheny, Ethel – Bronx Reception DFTA Volunteer
Ceron, Victoria – ESL Class Assistant
Dennehy, Siobhan – Executive Director
Estrella, Liliana – Part-Time Outreach Worker
Escurra, Milagros – Office administration/ Acc Payable
Fritts-Penninman, Shannon – Bilingual Lawyer
Gomez, Manny – Queens Bilingual Immigration Counselor
Garcia, Raymond – ESL/Citizenship Instructor
Grajeda, Juan – Bilingual Program Manager
Harmon, Debra – Bronx Reception DFTA Volunteer
Herrera, Rogelio – Education Outreach Assistant
Hernandez, Ana – Queens Reception DFTA Volunteer
Jones, Jennifer – Queens Client Facilitator/Office Assistant
Katis, Renee – Assistant Social Service
Kelly, Ruth – J1 Trainee
Kerins, Maire – Immigration Counselor
Khatana, Eva – ESL/Citizenship Instructor
Murphy, Sally – Queens Receptionist Part-Time
O’Brien, Laura – Psychotherapist (Consultant)
Olympio, Debora – Bilingual Receptionist
Rose, Carmel – Immigration Counselor
Stahl, John – Director of Legal Services/Immigration Attorney
Wilches, Andrea – ESL/Citizenship Instructor
John A. Stahl, Esq. currently serves as the Immigration Legal Services Director at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC). He oversees all immigration legal services staff at the EIIC Queens and Bronx offices. He has worked at the EIIC since 1995, when he joined as a part-time citizenship counselor while studying law at St. John’s in Jamaica, New York. In 1998, he became a full-time immigration counselor and, when admitted to the New York State Bar, the first staff attorney. He has held the position of Immigration Legal Services Director for the last ten years. A Queens native, Stahl has a BA in Political Science from Binghamton University. Prior to heading legal services at EIIC, Stahl was an associate counsel at Mark N. Fish & Associates and has also worked as an immigration counselor at the Hellenic-American Neighborhood Action Committee. John Stahl is a member of the National Immigration Law Project, the New York City Bar Association Immigration committee and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York Chapter. He has attended numerous immigration trainings with the New York Immigration Coalition, Practicing Law Institute and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network on various immigration topics and attends bi-monthly liaison meetings with the local USCIS District office coordinated by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC).
Olympio, Debora – Bilingual Receptionist
VOLUNTEERS
The time, dedication and effort donated to us by our volunteers is literally priceless and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped us out by donating their time.
We are extremely grateful to all our volunteers for their help!