FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY
CENTER ANNOUNCES NEW POSITION
Goddard Riverside Community Center, a not-for-profit
organization on Manhattan’s Upper West Side,
has named Salvador Uy as the organization’s
new Associate Director of Operations.
“Goddard Riverside has grown enormously with
our budget doubling in the last ten years to nearly
$30 million,” said Stephan Russo, Goddard Riverside
Community Center Executive Director. “With this
growth comes a need to develop a solid infrastructure
to maintain the high quality of our programs and to
respond to the greater demands for organizational
accountability.”
As a result, Goddard created the position of Associate
Director of Operations to oversee finances, human
resources, technology, and housing facilities. “My
priorities will be to support staff and supervisors
with consistent, efficient processes and professional
development opportunities. I will also be focusing
on technology and human resource infrastructure to
develop internal systems and keep up-to-date with
changes in these areas,” Uy said.
Uy officially assumed his new responsibilities on
January 22. He most recently served as the Senior
Vice-President at Safe Horizon, Inc., an organization
dedicated to supporting and promoting justice for
victims of crime and abuse and preventing violence
in families and communities. Uy was in charge of the
24-hour domestic violence shelter network, which provided
emergency and transitional housing each night to over
200 families fleeing violence and abuse. Also, he
oversaw the City-wide hotline, whose staff responds
to crisis calls from over 130,000 New Yorkers a year.
While there, he led major changes in shelter and hotline
programs and instituted consistent management, policy,
hiring and training to a program that had doubled
in size over four previous years.
Prior to joining Safe Horizon, Uy served as Chief
Operating Officer of Empire Lawyers Service, where
he managed overall operations of the legal support
services organization. He specialized in document
management for State and Federal court practice with
a client base of 1,200 law firms, representing 8,000
attorneys. . He also has extensive experience with
city government agencies, including a position as
Assistant Commissioner with the Department of Homeless
Services. Uy graduated magna cum laude at Princeton
University with an A.B. in Politics and received his
J.D. at Columbia University’s School of Law.
“I am excited to come into a new position
at Goddard Riverside and am extremely grateful to
Stephan Russo, the Goddard Riverside Board and staff
for giving me the opportunity to work in a leading
social service organization, and to allow me to give
back to my community,” said Uy.
Goddard Riverside Community Center provides services
to 16,000 people annually from Manhattan’s Upper
West Side and Harlem communities. Twenty-two programs
at 17 sites reach out to children and youth, families,
homeless people and older adults. Goddard Riverside,
a not-for-profit organization, provides basic services
such as meals, shelter and education, and enriches
community life with recreational, cultural and arts
activities. The agency manages 600 units of affordable
housing. In addition, advocacy and legal services
offer individuals and groups a voice in their community
and a way to address critical social issues.
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