Committee
The City of Dayton’s Human Relations Council houses the Welcome Dayton Office. Its purpose is to facilitate and support community goals and projects that promote the integration of immigrants into the Greater Dayton community. However, Welcome Dayton is not another government-run program. It is a community initiative and requires the involvement of both individuals and institutions to be successful.
The City Commission created the Welcome Dayton Committee to help provide guidance in achieving the goal of being an immigrant-friendly city. The 2017-2018 members of the Committee are:
- Mohamed Al-Hamdani, Board of Education Member, Dayton Public Schools
- Melissa Bertolo, Certified Welcoming Manager, Welcoming America
- Claudia Cortez-Reinhardt, Director, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Alena Cunningham, Community Development, Woodforest Bank
- Rachel Gut, Deputy Director, Dayton Metro Library
- Dani Heeter, Outreach/ESOL Coordinator, Miami Valley Career Technology Center
- Matt Joseph, Dayton City Commissioner, City of Dayton
- Yonathan Kebede, Vice President of Operations, Premier Health (Fidelity Health)
- Stephanie Keinath, Director of Public Policy and Economic Development, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce
- Mike Lehner, Director of Development, Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley
- Jessica Ramos, Attorney at Law, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE)
- Amy Schrimpf, Government Affairs Consultant, Dayton Development Coalition
- Monica Schultz, Principal, Windblown Communications, LLC
- Joe Spitler, Criminal Justice Liaison, Montgomery County
- Michelle Streeter-Ferrari, Director of International Programs, Wright State University
- Teresa Troyer, ESL Coordinator, Dayton Public Schools
- Mary Tyler, Executive Director, National Conference for Community and Justice of Greater Dayton
- Tom Wahlrab, Community Member
- Anthony Whitmore, Community Member