Our Team
We’ve got a great team!
South Park Inn is operated by a driven and passionate team of professional who care about ending homelessness and making the world a better place. Please allow us to introduce ourselves. We can’t wait to meet you!
Executive Leadership
Theresa Nicholson
Executive Director
Theresa Nicholson will be joining South Park Inn in early April.
Bio coming soon.
Kelly Gonzalez
Acting Deputy Director
Kelly Gonzalez left the corporate world and entered the social service field in 2014 because she was looking for something more rewarding and impactful. She wanted to contribute to society in a positive way. As a Hartford native, she wanted to help her hometown. The communities she was raised in and knew best. In 2016, she began working with the homeless population. Her passion and drive to help people in need has created great strides in our community. She has contributed to many projects such as homeless outreach, warming center, community response services and faith-based initiative sheltering.
Brianna E. Dunlap
Director of Development and Community Relations
Brianna is a results-oriented leader specializing in growing and maintaining the health of non-profits. She loves connecting people to what they are passionate about and is focused on building solid relationships with South Park Inn supporters, volunteers, and community partners. She oversees South Park Inn’s fundraising, communications, grants, and volunteer corps.
Brianna joined South Park Inn in 2023. She earned her Master's in Public History at Central Connecticut State University (2016) and is the author of Connecticut Valley Tobacco, a History Press book on the history, culture, and people of cigar tobacco agriculture.
Mandy Smoot
Operations Director
Bio coming soon.
Shelter Program
Ines Ortiz
Lead Shelter Case Manager
Adaisa Ramos
Shelter Manager
James Cushing
Shelter Case Manager
Wilburn Mathis
Shelter Case Manager
Respite Program
Trudiann “Trudy” Samuels
Respite Case Manager
Operational Staff
Robert Ramos
Facilities Director