COMMUNITY MEDIATION SERVICES - Key Persons

Gloria Chukwuma - CFO

Job Titles:

Chief Financial Officer
EXECUTIVE

John Harrison - CEO

Job Titles:

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer With Community Mediation Services, Inc

John Harrison is the Chief Executive Officer with Community Mediation Services, Inc. (CMS). In this role, John leads a team of professionals providing services to thousands of youth, families and community residents along with institutions throughout the borough of Queens. He has worked with the organization since 1998 and has served in the capacity of Program Director, Director of Youth Development and Entrepreneurial Services and Sr. Associate Executive Director. John earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the State University of New York at Old Westbury and a Master's degree in Social Work from Adelphi University. A strong advocate of positive youth development, John has more than 25 years of experience working with at risk youth and families. John is a co-founder of Rockaway Men United; a male empowerment program that focused on the personal and academic development of young men of color. He has been recognized as a "Community Hero" because of his community service work and has served as a voluntary youth basketball coach for more than 15 years.