Driven to Empower

EmployAbility’s Staff, Program Directors, and Board of Directors are dedicated to creating programs that create a variety of opportunities for our program participants to develop independence, confidence, and connections with others – in their lives and in the workplace!

  • Brendan Ferrara CEO and President of EmployAbility

    Brendan Ferrara

    CEO / President

  • Zach Bublitz

    CFO

  • Shenequa Gresham

    VP of Developmental Disability Operations

  • Mike Calonita

    VP of Institutional Effectiveness, Transportation, and Facility Management

  • Danielle Lazo

    Day Services Manager

  • Renee Floyd

    Manager of Supported Employment

  • Kate Keiser

    Director of Marketing and Organizational Advancement

  • EmployAbility Jenny Grusheski

    Jenny Grusheski

    Director of Development

Board of Directors

Chairman

Lee Beckmann

Governmental Affairs, 
Georgia Ports Authority

Treasurer

T. Chase Matthews, CFE

Senior Accountant, Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC

Vice Chairman

Stephen Michael

Civil Engineer, 
City of Savannah

Dr. Rhonda Glover

Educator, Retired 
Glynn County

Keyan Karimi

Director, 
Plug and Play Tech Center

David Mihuta

Sales Representative, 
Savannah Freightliner

LeAndrea Mickell

Executive Director Governmental Relations, 
Savannah State University

Rene Marinelli

Regional VP, RetiredealEstate.com, 
RealEstate.com

Secretary

Christy Shapard

Vice President of Human Resources, Northpoint Hospitality

Brian E. Sopp, Esq.

Labor & Employment Attorney, HunterMaclean

Frederick D. Gregory, Ph.D.

Neuroscientist, 
U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory