Leadership Team
CDCD’s leadership team provides strategic direction, organizational oversight, and program leadership to advance our mission and ensure effective, responsive services across Durham Region.
Organizational Leadership & Management
CDCD’s Organizational Leadership & Management team provides agency-wide strategic direction and oversight of the financial, human resources, operational, and administrative functions that support our programs and services. Working collaboratively, the team strengthens organizational effectiveness, accountability, and service delivery.
Hermia Corbette
Executive Director
Sanjay Sarkar
Director – Finance, IT, & Facilities
Stephanie Innocent
Manager – People, Culture, & Engagement
Erum Valliani
HR Manager
Program Managers
CDCD’s Program Management team provides leadership and oversight across the agency’s programs and services, supporting effective service delivery, team coordination, accountability, and responsiveness to community needs.
Wosen Yitna Beyene
Manager, Ajax Welcome Centre & Immigrant Services
Monica Tembo
Manager, Housing
Alison Baxter
Manager, Social Planing & Research
Patricia Liang
Manager, Durham Humanitarian Response Project
Kelly Dinis-Reid
Manager, Resettlement Assistance Program
Vicki Kerr
Co-Manager, Newcomer Community Services
Dilenia Teaz
Manager, Oshawa/Clarington Welcome Centre & Immigrant Services
Sobia Ahmad
Co-Manager, Newcomer Community Services