Team Members

Olivia Ferrari (she/her) is the National Data Entry Associate for VOCAL-US. Olivia is responsible for entering, organizing, and maintaining databases of VOCAL contacts. In addition to their work at VOCAL-US, she has worked in social science research, held administrative positions at several nonprofits, and volunteered with community organizations in New York City. Other accomplishments include

Naima Lewis (she/her) is the People and Culture Manager for VOCAL-US. Naima is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to align VOCAL’s  culture and values with employee attitudes and behaviors. In addition to her work at VOCAL-US, she is a Bronx native who began working in the Human Resources field for Kids Creative, an organization

Al Ostapeck (they/them), Syringe Service Program Manager, helps run the supply distribution and service delivery on-site at the VOCAL-NY drop-in. Al has helped manage and provided front-line supportive services in supportive housing and SSP settings throughout New York City for the last decade. They have helped build and support opioid overdose prevention programs, volunteer programs,

Nathaniel Taylor (he/him) is one of VOCAL-NY’s PDSE Peer Educators. Nate is responsible for delivering PDSE services to New York City. He conducts weekly outreach & Narcan trainings in 4 locations. Nate is responsible for making supply packages for outreach and the public health vending machine that VOCAL-NY runs.