Our Team
Kim McLaughlin
Lead Organizer/Staff Director
As Lead Organizer, Kim is responsible for overseeing the staff efforts in carrying out the work plan of the Project as developed by the Annual Convention, Delegates Assembly, and Executive Council.
Barbara Therrien
Office Manager
Barbara has been with NVP since 1987. Barbara is responsible for the daily business management of the organization, record keeping, financial documents, coordinating staff schedules, and clerical support for other NVP staff.
Karime Pimentel
Community Organizer
Karime joined NVP in 2017. Her organization, Dominicanos-US, INC joined NVP in 2018. Karime is now a member of the NVP staff. As Community Organizer, she coordinates NVP’s COVID-19 Assistance Program for domestic workers and undocumented families, chairs the NVP Environmental Justice Committee, and participates in NVP’s Hospital Accountability Committee meetings and actions.


Our Executive Council
OFFICERS
Bonnie Odiorne, First Congreational Church, Waterbury, President Emerita
Richard Natale, President Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury
Brenda Morisette, Vice President, SEIU,1199NE, Waterbury
Father John Cooney, Treasurer
Jacqueline Jackson, Secretary, United Muslim Masjid, Waterbury
DIRECTORS
Angela Aybar, Iglesia Cristiana Casa del Perdon, Waterbury, Environmental Justice Committee
Kit Salazar-Smith, Western CT Central Labor Coalition, Hospital Accountability Committee
Steve Schrag, Western CT Central Labor Coalition, Environmental Justice Committee
Bishop Lionel French, Gospel Tabernacle Ministries, Waterbury, Hospital Accountability Committee
Rev. John Thomason, Woodbury United Methodist Church, Hospital Accountability Committee
Karime Pimentel, Dominicanos USA, Waterbury, Environmental Justice Committee
Evelyn Lush, Hillside View Cooperative, Waterbury, Brookside Cooperatives Rep
Our Funders
Thank you to our Funders..past and present..without whom our Fight for Justice would not be able to continue.
Archbishop Annual Appeal
Catholic Campaign for Human
Development
Connecticut Community Foundation
Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Presbyterian Hunger Fund
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Universal Health Care Foundation
Unitarian Universalist Fund for a Just Society
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Woodward Foundation