Board of Directors

Pictured top row, left to right: Corday Silva, Kendyll Ramos, Isabel DaSilva, Elizete Perry, Shai Spinola-Ramos, Patt Garcelon, Vivian Smith-Barnes, Genesis Galan, Jamilyn Gordon, Gail Fortes Bottom row, left to right: Emily Iskandar, Lindsay Carter-Monteiro, Mia Correia, Mali Lim

 

President
Lindsay Carter-Monteiro - Administrative Coordinator, Mayor's Housing Task Force

Vice-President
Patricia Garcelon - Managing Partner, Longhorne Steak House/Darden Restaurants (ret).

Treasurer
Kendyll Ramos, MSW -Assistant Regional Director, Southeast Key Program, Inc.

Assistant Treasurer
Corday Silva- Adjustment Counselor New Bedford Public Schools

Clerk
Shai Spinola-Ramos - Program Coordinator, Lifestream Employment and Training Division

  • Mia Correia - K-12 Curriculum, Data and Assessment Manager for World Languages at New Bedford Public Schools
  • Mali Lim, Coordinator for Community Education, City of New Bedford
  • Jean Lim Cudjoe - Director, Alkermes, Inc.
  • Isabel DaSilva - Lifesteam, Inc./Realtor
  • Jamie Fortes - Realtor and Real Estate Investor
  • Genesis Galan - Director of Community Impact, PACE
  • Ine Ogagan, LCSW - Senior Director of Scholar Services, Wiley Company
  • Elizete Perry - Deputy Director, Mass Hire Greater New Bedford Career Center
  • Jamilyn Gordon - Youth Program Co-Director, MassHire Greater New Bedford Workforce Board
  • Vivian Smith-Barnes - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy Director, Child and Family Services
  • Isaura Tavares - Assistant Vice President/ Cash Management Officer, Bristol County Savings Bank

 YWCA Board President, Lindsay Carter-Monteiro

Lindsay Carter-MonteiroLindsay Carter-Monteiro is an Administrative Coordinator for the Mayor’s Neighborhood Task Force with the City of New Bedford. She is a proud graduate of Bristol Community College. In 2016, she graduated from Bridgewater State University with a B.S. in Psychology after deciding to finish her degree as a working mother. She is a board of director with the YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts. Lindsay participates on various committees within the YW including Governance, Women of Distinction, and the Red Dress Committee.
She is a parishioner and lector with the Our Lady of Assumption Parish. Lindsay is the President of the Martha Briggs Educational Club, one of New Bedford’s oldest organizations for woman of color. She volunteers with the Womxn’s Alliance, Your Theatre Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, and the Friends of Cape Verdean Cultural Committee.
She lives in Fairhaven with her husband Nathan and four children, Nathan Jr., Nile, Elena and Julielys. In her spare time, she enjoys performing with Your Theatre Inc. and traveling with her family and sister friends.

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