CARITAS Leadership Team

Karen Stanley
President and CEOPhone: (804) 887-1577
E-mail: kstanley@caritasva.org
Karen has been working in the non-profit sector for more than 30 years as both a volunteer and a staff member. She began the role of Executive Director for CARITAS in 2000. In 2007, Karen took on the dual role as Executive Director for The Healing Place, a long-term residential recovery program for men struggling with substance use disorders. Effective July 1, 2012, she guided the efforts to merge the organization with CARITAS making CARITAS the largest homeless services organization in the metro Richmond area. She is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond, a recipient of the Stettinius Award for Non-Profit Leadership, United Way’s “Champion for Change” of 2008, a 2010 YWCA Outstanding Woman Award winner and the 2010 Better Housing Coalition’s “Creative Collaborator.” She has served as an appointed member of the Governor’s Advisory Board on Service and Volunteerism and on the boards of Homeward and Leadership Metro Richmond. In October 2012, Karen was inducted in the Virginia First Lady’s FLITE Hall of Fame for Women in Business. She currently serves on the vestry of St. James's Episcopal Church.

Elly Flippen, CPA, SHRM-SCP
Chief Financial Officer and Director of Human ResourcesPhone: (804) 612-1728
E-mail: eflippen@caritasva.org
Elly is a licensed CPA and a Society of Human Resource Management, Senior Certified Professional. She holds an MBA from Columbia University, where she focused on strategy and operations, and a BA in Psychology from Vassar College. Elly brings a valuable blend of knowledge and nearly three decades of experience with non-profit organizations. She has demonstrated success growing organizations, managing turnaround, and advising startups. Elly provides strategic insight to the CARITAS leadership team by focusing on the financial picture.

Tara Lloyd
Program Manager for The Healing Place for WomenPhone: (804) 401-8669
E-mail: tlloyd@caritasva.org
Tara Lloyd will help bring The Healing Place for Women in the new CARITAS Center to life. Tara graduated with a communications degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has work experience specializing in emotional intelligence, assertive communications, leadership training and women’s advocacy programs. She will lead the launch of the first long-term residential recovery program for women in the area. The program will be customized in ways that will support needs specific to women.

Marilyn Milio
Director of Workforce Programs and TrainingPhone: (804) 612-1752
E-mail: mmilio@caritasva.org
Marilyn has more than 25 years of experience in education and training, program development and management, non-profit leadership and community development. She is passionate about and dedicated to adult education, social justice and equality, and uniting resources to strengthen the community. Marilyn is very active throughout the Richmond community and is a 2019 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond. She served as a past president of the Historic Jackson Ward Association. She enjoys the arts, the outdoors--most notably the James River Park System--food, and spending quality time with family and friends.

Sandy Morris
Furniture Bank Program Manager and Customer Service SpecialistPhone: (804) 887-1591
E-mail: smorris@caritasva.org
Sandy has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 15 years in a variety of roles. She is passionate about helping people and building relationships. As Furniture Bank Manager, Sandy coordinates our collaboration with 100+ community partners. In addition, she helps manage the complex logistics of working with thousands of case managers and clients. Sandy is an active community volunteer outside of CARITAS as a mentor to young women within VCU's alumni organization, as a big sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and much more. Sandy is a 2011 graduate of the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program.

Karen O’Brien
Chief Operating OfficerPhone: (804) 887-1572
E-mail: kobrien@caritasva.org
Karen has been a leader at CARITAS for more than 10 years. She has helped drive the growth and vision of the agency, including founding the CARITAS Furniture Bank and turning the CARITAS Center project (opening 2020) into a reality. She leads and oversees the operations for all of CARITAS's programs and facilities. She is passionate about effective leadership, powerful partnerships, and sustainable change.
Karen graduated with a BS in Business Management and a minor in math from Hartwick College. While her business background started at a Fortune 500 company, Karen’s entrepreneurial spirit and expertise sharpened as a co-owner of a GE distribution center in Richmond, VA. Karen is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond, a 2016 Stettinius Leadership Award winner and recipient of Boomer Magazines “IT” list award for 2013. As the founder of WINGS, a 17-year-old woman's faith group in Chesterfield County, she is thrilled to be breathing life and hope into The Healing Place for women.

Clara Stokes
Chief Development OfficerPhone: (804) 887-1571
E-mail: cstokes@caritasva.org
Clara was born and raised in Charlotte, NC and has lived in the Richmond area for the last 13 years. In Charlotte, Clara worked in the nonprofit field for 10 years. She served on several local boards, participated in Leadership Charlotte and was very active in her church and children’s schools. A job relocation sent the Stokes family to Richmond. Clara returned to the nonprofit arena five years ago as the Chief Development Officer for CARITAS. She is a 2016 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond.

Quelina Jones
Director of Community EngagementPhone: (804) 887-1594
E-mail: volunteer@caritasva.org
Quelina “Que” Jones studied Business Management and has a wide range of volunteer experience, most of which she gained during her fifteen years at Altria. While there, Que led enterprise-wide volunteer programs and partnered with non-profit organizations in order to meet the needs of the underserved. Additionally, she was a member of the YWCA Young Women’s Leadership Alliance, where the mission was to empower women and eliminate racism. In 2014, Que received the President’s Volunteer Service Award through Points of Light. Her professional background includes human resources and regulatory affairs. When not working or volunteering, Que enjoys spending quality time with her family She is a Richmond native and mother of two girls and has ten sisters and one brother. Family, faith, service, and community is the fabric that makes her who she is and Que is thrilled that CARITAS is now an extension of that.

Stephen Vicoli
Program Manager for The Healing Place for MenPhone: (804) 887-1595
E-mail: svicoli@caritasva.org
Stephen is an alumnus of The Healing Place. Before becoming the Program Manager, Stephen served as a peer mentor and Transition Coordinator. Stephen is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and earned the James E. Ukrop Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Scholarship to attend the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program. He was awarded a Manny Award from My Brothers’ Keeper, one of CARITAS’s long-time nonprofit partners.
Administration
Emily Millhiser, Director of Development Operations (804) 887-1578
Deja Olds, Office Operations Coordinator (804) 887-1589
Dominique Harvey, Accounting Manager (804) 887-1585
Susan Carminucci, AmeriCorps Program Manager, (804) 887-1727
Megan Wilson, Marketing and Communications Manager (540) 894-6245 (cell)
Food Service and Facilities
Paul Start, Senior Director of Food Service and Facilities (804) 801-5083
Jackie Wilson, Kitchen Coordinator (804) 714-5602
Ray Porter, Facilities Manager (804) 887-1582
Mark Barbee, Facilities Assistant
Kenny Davis, Housekeeping and Janitorial Supervisor
Shelter
Amanda Stephan, Men’s Program Manager (804) 887-1575
Jenn Patterson, Women’s Program Manager (804) 887-1598
Wayne Meredith, Men’s Emergency Shelter Supervisor (804) 887-1583
Diana Thomas, Women’s Emergency Shelter Supervisor (804) 887-1588
Galene Williams, Team Lead
Michael Fleming, Women’s Shelter Team Lead
Penny Dortch, Men’s Shelter Team Lead
Steven Bush, Men’s Shelter Team Lead
Megan Corbitt, Housing Coordinator (804) 888-8674
Furniture Bank
Michael Gordon, Program Coordinator (804) 887-1593
Huey Gordon, Warehouse Coordinator (804) 822-9902
Lori Schmiege, Warehouse Manager (804) 887-1592
Rodney Green, Driver
Works
Vicki Mollenauer, Career Development Coordinator (804) 887-1587
The Healing Place
Justin Woods, Recovery Program Coordinator (804) 887-1586
Patricia Saunders, Men’s SOTS Coordinator (804) 230-1184
Bonnie Woolridge, Women’s SOTS Coordinator (804) 418-3049
Shavone Allen, Women’s SOTS Team Lead
Tyrone Bates, Men’s SOTS Team Lead
Michael McFadden, Program Data Assistant
Anna Murphy, Child and Family Resource Coordinator (804) 401-8671
Property Management/Sober Living
Benjamin Carr, Transition Manager (804) 801-5084
Community Engagement/ Volunteer
Quelina Jones, Director of Community Engagement, (804) 887-1594
Media Inquiries: Megan Wilson, Marketing and Communications Manager: mwilson@caritasva.org or (540) 894-6245