Our Team

Andy Pond
President

Andy, President and CEO of Justice Resource Institute (JRI), has served as the agency's leader since September 2006.  He holds Master's Degrees in… Read more

Mia DeMarco
Chief Operating Officer

Mia began working in the human service field in 1992 as a Direct Care Staff for JRI. She received her MPA from Suffolk University and completed… Read more

Bisser Dokov, CFO
Chief Financial Officer

Bisser joined JRI in 1996 as an assistant accountant and was promoted into several finance positions over the past 20 years. Bisser held the… Read more

Dr. Kerry-Ann Williams
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Kerry-Ann Williams is a board-certified Psychiatrist with a specialization in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is a medical director at… Read more

Roody Herold
Chief Information Officer

Roody joined JRI as Chief Information Officer in January 2016. He is a highly accomplished Information Technology (IT) executive with over… Read more

Kari
Executive Vice President

Kari Beserra, LMHC, is an Executive Vice President for JRI.  In this role, Kari directly oversees the Massachusetts Residential and Group Home… Read more

Jenn Miguel
Executive Vice President

 Jennifer has worked in the human service field for over 20 years with children and families in residential, community and hospital settings and… Read more

Deirdre
Senior Vice President, JRI Developing Abilities

Deirdre came to JRI in 1991 to manage the start up of a community group home for women transitioning from institutional settings. She's grown… Read more

Mark Schueppert
Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Mark joined JRI in 2005 and has more than 25 years of experience as an attorney and business leader.    He is responsible for JRI's legal and HR… Read more

Dani Silcox
Vice President

Dani joined JRI in 2011 as the Contracts and Budget Manager for the JRI Health Division.  She received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, a… Read more

Robert Gervais
Vice President of Operations

Robert joined JRI in 1997 and since this time, he performed in escalating leadership capacities across an array of congregate treatment models.… Read more

Deb Oliviera
Vice President

Deb holds her Master's degree in Psychology and is a LMHC.  She has been working for JRI since 1999, developing and leading several large… Read more

Ed Powell
Vice President for Community Engagement

Ed was named Vice President for Community Engagement at Justice Resource Institute (JRI) in May 2014. He builds community relationships that allow… Read more

Senior Director of Quality and Compliance

Meredith began her career at JRI in 2005 as a clinician and since then has held various clinical and program leadership positions including her… Read more

Lindsay Savageau
Vice President / Superintendent of Day Schools

Lindsay joined JRI in 2006 and has more than 20 years of experience in education. She holds her educational license in moderate disabilities,… Read more

Stephanie Sladen
Vice President

Stephanie holds her Master's degree in social work and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.  Stephanie joined JRI in 2017 when… Read more

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JRI Service Navigator

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Rachel has been a part of the JRI team since January, 2000. For over 20 years, Rachel has been working in the field of human services assisting families with accessing and navigating services. Rachel received her Bachelors degree in psychology and Masters Degree in Public Administration from Bridgewater State University. She was promoted in July 2005 to Family Networks Program Director where she closely worked with the Department of Children Families for 10 years ensuring that children and families received the highest quality of individualized services ranging from community based through residential care. Rachel is very dedicated to helping the individuals she works with and is committed to improving the lives of children and families. Rachel’s passion for creative service programming inspires her in her role as JRI Service Navigator.