Get to know us

Aurélien Alphe

Aurélien Alphe joined ONE|NB as our Real Estate Development Project Manager in January 2018. Most recently, he worked with the South Middlesex Opportunity Council in Framingham, MA as their Real Estate Development Project Manager and Project Administrator. Beyond his knowledge and expertise in real estate development, Aurélien has a keen understanding of comprehensive community development, with a background in both food access and transportation. He graduated from the Grenoble School of Planning with his Masters of Arts in Urban Planning in 2009.

Ashley Garnes

Ashley Garnes has been a receptionist at ONE|NB for almost a year through Maturity Works. Prior to coming to ONE|NB, he was a Client Aid for the Open Door Program. Ashley was born in Virginia and now lives in Pawtucket, RI.

Steve Kearns

Steve Kearns joined ONE|NB as the Director of Asset Management and Operations. He has over 30 years of experience in affordable housing development and management, most recently serving as the Director of Asset Management for Housing Opportunities Corporation – with its nearly 1000 housing units across Rhode Island. He previously worked for the Armory Revival Company and Slatersville River Properties in construction management and commercial property management. He serves on the finance committee of Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket and is currently on the Town of Lincoln Zoning Board of Appeals. He was also the former Chairman of the Blackstone River Watershed Council. Steve is a graduate of Holy Cross College.

Cynthia Langlykke

Cynthia is a former employee and long-term real estate development consultant for ONE|NB. She has been in the community development field for twenty years, previously working as a carpenter, architect, urban planner, non-profit executive, mission-oriented real estate developer and educator,

Most of her work has been dedicated to building stronger communities, working with residents in urban neighborhoods to improve the local quality of life by bolstering local economic opportunities and investing in the built environment. Her recent engagement in community development was done in the southside of Providence, where she managed over $20 million of housing and commercial development, much of it combining historic preservation with community-based real estate development. Her first professional acclaim was “the best lady carpenter in the Upper Valley;” the “Upper Valley” referring to the upper valley of the Connecticut River, where, in the late 1970s, there were all of two female carpenters. After the hammer and saw lost their fascination, she pursued her interest in architecture, working on numerous award-winning educational, recreational and cultural projects.

Cynthia received her Bachelors of Architecture from Cornell University and her MURP from University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.

Monica Leeming

Monica joined ONE|NB in April 2020.  She has over ten years of experience working in the non-profit field.  She was previously employed by Children’s Friend and the Groden Center where her responsibilities included general accounting, payroll, human resources, and administrative functions.  She earned a Master of Science degree in Non-profit Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, where she currently volunteers as a postgraduate online ambassador and new student mentor.  She resides in Western Cranston with her family.

Yuselly Mendoza

Yuselly Mendoza, a long-time, proud Olneyville resident, is ONE|NB’s new part-time Community Health Worker. She has a BA in Youth Development and a certificate in Nonprofit Studies from Rhode Island College. Yuselly has over four years of experience working with nonprofit organizations such as The Boys and Girls Club (Manton Heights), Dorcas International Institute of RI, and the Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center (BVAC). Her work at ONE|NB began in 2015 when she served as the Walking School Bus Captain. Yuselly looks forward to supporting and advocating for neighbors and fellow peers who face health disparities.

Laurie Moise

Laurie Moise joined ONE|NB in July 2019 as the Director of Community Health Integration. Her primary focus in this role is expanding the impact of the Central Providence Health Equity Zone and other community-building efforts aimed at eliminating barriers set by social determinants of health. Prior to joining ONE|NB, Laurie worked for the Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) Homeless Services Bureau as the Serving Ourselves Career Center Manager. She has also held management positions at the Recovery Services Bureau at BPHC and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Addiction Recovery Management Services Program (ARMS), as well as, served as an adjunct professor of Health Economics at various colleges in Boston. Laurie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Health Policy & Management from Providence College and a Master’s in Public Health from St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies. Laurie is of Haitian descent, and so, valued the opportunity to support families in the Caribbean.

Kayla Pimentel

Kayla Pimentel joined ONE|NB as the Program Associate in December 2018.   She supports the administrative and marketing needs of the organization, and serves as an executive assistant and office manager. Kayla is a native Rhode Islander who is proud to serve the Providence community.  She currently serves on the Board of Directors for ONE|NB partner, Project Weber/Renew.

Kayla has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, NY and resides on Providence’s West End with her dog and cat, Basil & Lucy.

Alex Rempis

Director of Resource Development and Communications

Alex joined ONE|NB in January 2020. For the past seventeen years, he taught English in Boston and Providence. He has a master’s degree in education from Tufts University and an AB from Vassar College. Alex served on the board of the Gordon School and Sophia Academy. Prior to teaching, he was an editor and writer at The New Yorker magazine and two consulting firms in Boston. Alex loves to champion causes about which he is passionate and is extremely energized to serve ONE|NB in advancing its transformational work.

Antonio Rodriguez

Antonio joined ONE|NB in September 2019 as the Assistant Director of Asset Management. Prior to his role at ONE|NB, he was with another community development organization, NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley (NWBRV), in Woonsocket for nearly 7 years. At NWBRV, he served two terms as a Community Engagement & Special Projects Americorps VISTA, 1.5 years as the Project Manager of the Choice Neighborhood Initiative, 1.5 years as the Asset Management & Special Projects Manager and, most recently, 1.5 years as the Assistant Director of Asset Management. Antonio received a BA in Political Science from the University of Rhode Island. He is a proud uncle of four amazing little ones and currently resides in Woonsocket.

Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan

Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan joined ONE|NB as the Resident Engagement Project Manager in January 2019. She is a well-known community advocate as well as an immigration and public affairs strategist with a high level of expertise in U.S. immigration law. Delia was raised in Argentina and has utilized her bilingual and multicultural experience in all aspects of community work. She is also an appointed Commissioner of the Board of Licenses for the City of Providence. Delia received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature from Rhode Island College and a Master’s in Public Administration and Non-Profit Management from the University of Rhode Island.

Allegra Scharff

Allegra Scharff is our Health Equity Project Manager.  She works as the facilitator for both the Olneyville Health Equity Zone and Olneyville Collaborative. She has worked with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence to intervene on health outcomes of incarcerated women and decrease recidivism upon re-entry. A native to Rhode Island, she has worked for multiple nonprofits throughout the State, serving most recently as the Education Director for Revive the Roots. Prior to this, she worked as a youth program facilitator, creating and running programs for the Pawtucket Prevention Coalition, Southside Community Land Trust, Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living and The Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art. She received her BA from Bates College in Environmental Studies and her Masters of Public Health from Brown University.

Patricia Strickland

Patty Strickland joined ONE|NB in January as our new Director of Finance. Patty has more than twenty-five years of accounting and finance experience in the real estate and manufacturing industries. She holds a bachelor’s in accounting from Washburn University in Topeka, KS and lives in Bristol, RI with her family.