Geoff Rogers
Director
The Learning & Development Projects
Geoff Rogers has more than two decades of professional experience helping individuals and organizations learn, manage, change, and seize new opportunities. Prior to joining the Learning & Development Projects, Geoff was director of operations for the New York City Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). He has also worked in advertising, publishing, and marketing, and served as a director of special projects, director of training, and director of operations for New York City Adult Protective Services. Geoff’s unusual background spanning creative industries, public administration and management consulting informs his work at L&DP to develop learning opportunities that engage a diverse array of human services professionals. Geoff has a BA in European history and English from Colby College.
Eusebio Silverio
Project Coordinator
The Learning & Development Projects
Eusebio Silverio is the project coordinator on the Learning & Development Projects team, where he helps plan, manage, and support the organization’s professional development trainings and conferences. His work involves logistics planning for the New York State’s Adult Abuse Training Institute Event (AATI), an annual event bringing together over 400 participants from public, non-profit, and private service organizations to build the knowledge, skills, and networks of professionals who work with vulnerable adults. Additionally, he oversees L&DP’s digital content and website, and supports the organization’s current grant-funded work. Eusebio has worked as a learning and development professional for more than 15 years. Prior to joining L&DP, he was a project manager on & for Girl Scouts of the USA, where he oversaw the planning of events and conferences and developed desktop and mobile platform learning resources for staff and volunteers.
Meies Matz
Curriculum Developer
The Learning & Development Projects
Meies is blessed to be the daughter of elders and ancestors who guide her path and mother of three beautiful children who walk beside her in this life.
Her motto is “how can I be of service” and this outlook has served to guide her path over the last 33 years in her work to insure just and equitable treatment for vulnerable populations.
Being of service has translated into tangible actions that promote wellbeing, equity, and inclusion. To support these efforts, her career has spanned working for the USDA as a data analyst, working at Florence Crittenton House in San Francisco with Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse mothers, sitting on the Oregon’s Governors Equity Task Force, and serving as a board member on the International Foundation Task Force for the office of the mayor in Beaverton, Oregon; to the Disproportionality Project Manager for the Oregon Department of Human Services.
Beyond the scope of government work, Meies feels that community engagement and support is critical to social wellbeing, in particular the needs of vulnerable populations. To that end she spent four years serving on the board of the Lupus Foundation of America, Pacific Northwest Chapter; time as a Lupus Research Program (PRMRP) Scientific Peer Reviewer for the Department of Defense (DoD) CDMRP to help evaluate the potential impact of proposed research studies, and describe the critical problem or question in the relevant focus area(s) for lupus patients; and five years serving on the National Adult Protective Services Assoc. (NAPSA)/ National Committee for Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA) Research Committee.
Currently Meies sits on the Kaiser Permanente Research Bank (KPRB) National Community Advisory Board (NCAB) as a community Advisor.
Sherrie Graddic
Project Assistant
The Learning & Development Projects
As a project assistant, Sherrie Graddic works collaboratively with the Learning and Development Project’s team on various projects. Sherrie supports L&DP through workforce education and professional development initiatives, evaluation of training on issues related to aging and worker health activities, and assisting in the development of classroom training in remote learning environments. Before joining L&DP, Sherrie was a project analyst in healthcare/project management for Emblem Health in New York City, where she used her skills in facilitating project support across enterprise teams to improve strategy, process, and profitability. Sherrie holds a MA in organizational management from the University of Phoenix and a BA from New York University.
Jerry Antonatos
Director of Finance and Administration
The Learning & Development Projects
Jerry Antonatos has been a CUNY staff member since 1988. Before joining L&DP, Jerry was director of finance for the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Prior to that, he held various finance positions within the Research Foundation of CUNY. His long-standing contacts within CUNY and deep knowledge of the university’s systems make him a valuable member of the Brookdale team. Jerry is an active member of the Army National Guard unit 4th Financial Management (Fighting Finance). He was called to serve in Afghanistan in 2008-2009, and again in 2014. As deputy disbursing officer of Jalalabad in the East and disbursing agent of Kandahar in the South, he controlled all financial activities in those regions of Afghanistan. Jerry received his BA in accounting from Hunter College. He also holds an MPA with a specialty in fiscal policy analysis and oversight from John Jay College.
Olive Lyons
Project Manager
The Learning & Development Projects
Olive Lyons is a Social Worker (LMSW) with over 14 years of practice, training and teaching experience in the fields of child welfare, community social work, addiction services and social work education in Ireland, New York and Canada. She is passionate about transferring knowledge and skills from casework and counselling practice into training and teaching environments.
Olive completed her MSW at University College Dublin and received additional qualifications in child sexual abuse prevention training at the Kempe Institute in Colorado and addiction studies from New York University. Olive is currently completing her Ph.D. at Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. Her research interests focus on decision-making and professional judgment within initial assessments in cases of child protection and broader social work practice. Other interests include the impact of childhood trauma across the life course.