Senior Management

Christine McMahon joined Fedcap in 2009 and has championed the organization’s strategic growth, significantly increasing the nonprofit’s size as well as its service delivery and reach among people in need throughout the Northeast. Ms. McMahon has more than 25 years’ experience in social and mental-health services in New York and ...
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Michael Kurtz joined Fedcap in October 2010. Responsible for the agency’s fiscal operations, he establishes and maintains financial controls to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting and the efficient use of resources. Mr. Kurtz previously served as CFO of Common Ground Community Corporation, a nonprofit focused on housing for low-income...
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Joe Giannetto, who joined Fedcap in January 2011, oversees the organization’s day-to-day operations and the integration of its divisions in the execution of Fedcap’s strategies and mission. Previously, Mr. Giannetto devoted more than 20 years of service to New York City. As an officer of the New York City Police Department, he held sev...
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Lorrie Lutz, who oversees program development and strategic planning, joined Fedcap in 2009. An expert in child welfare and juvenile justice, Ms. Lutz has extensive national experience serving children and youth. She has served as Commissioner of Child Protection and Juvenile Justice Services for the state of New Hampshire; Bureau Chief for Adult S...
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Maureen Bentley oversees Fedcap’s assessment, skills training, job placement, case management and follow-up services. Ms. Bentley, who joined Fedcap in 1974 as Director of Rehabilitation Services, developed the agency’s system of delivering vocational skills training programs and job placement—the largest such system under contrac...
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Steve Coons supervises more than 600 employees with employment barriers at more than 60 locations throughout New York and New Jersey, and in Washington, D.C. He joined Fedcap in 1988 following a distinguished career with the U.S. Navy as an expert in aviation maintenance and an in-flight safety engineer, and was honorably retired in 2003 after 25 y...
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John Hughes, who joined Fedcap in May 2006 as Director of Development, designs and oversees the nonprofit’s philanthropic and advancement efforts. His more than 20 years of fund-raising experience also includes The Central Florida Zoo, The Palm Beach Zoo, Ballet Florida, the New York Blood Center, Village Care of New York and Bon Secours New ...
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Aisha Lucas manages Fedcap’s home health training and employment business, which trains 165 aides each year and currently employs close to 400. Ms. Lucas previously worked for 12 years at Partners in Care and joined Fedcap in 2005 as a manager. She studied computer science at Hunter College, The City University of New York.
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In the spring of 1935, a chance meeting of three men with physical disabilities in New York City’s Times Square led them to change a world.Michael Bertero, Ralph Rice and Robert Boster had struggled to make ends meet during the Great Depression. Shut out of the workforce by a society that did not believe people facing barriers c...
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Barbara Rosen joined Fedcap in March 2011 to design and oversee internal and external communications strategies that further the nonprofit’s mission and objectives. Previously, Ms. Rosen was Executive Director of Communications at The Conference Board, Director of Communications at The American School in London, speechwriter to two U.S. Ambas...
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Rich Matist oversees Fedcap’s technology and infrastructure development. During 10 years with the agency, he has redesigned and extended its technological infrastructure from two locations to more than 30 sites across three states. Previously, Mr. Matist was a partner at an IT consultancy in Manhattan for 10 years, meeting the IT demands of d...
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