Our Team

The Mercer Street Friends team stands ready, willing, and able to serve our community.

Executive Leadership

Bernie Flynn

Chief Executive Officer

James “Butter” Allen

Chief Operating Officer / Director of Food Bank

Randall West

Chief Administrative Officer

Senior Leadership Team

Lisa Banks

Director of Preschool

Lisa Bruno

Director of IT & Project Management

Bernadette Trapp

Director of Community Schools

Vicki Bixel

Strategic Development & Community Partner

Maureen Prout Alvidrez

Strategic Development & Community Partner

Board of Trustees Officers

Kenneth Blackwell

Chair

Gerald Delk

Treasurer

Robert Holt

Secretary

Board of Trustees

Michael J. Carter, MD, RP

Ann B. Gavzy, Esq.

Michael Godshall

Aubrey Walton Haines

Reverend Rupert A. Hall Jr.

Lisa Parry

Yvette Randolph

Sanjay Thirupputkuzhi