ICAN Welcomes New Staff Members
Our team is growing and ICAN is now close to 200 staff members strong! We would like to welcome our newest hires - see their titles and programs, and learn more about interests and hobbies below.
Front row (sitting:)
Megan Marhaver
Family Support Specialist (Healthy Families Herkimer County)
Pronouns: she/her
Megan enjoys camping and going to concerts. She has a son and two dogs.
Britanny Gay
Family Service Coordinator (Kids Herkimer)
Pronouns: she/her
Brittany loves spending summer days out on her boat with her family. She and her family hosted an exchange student from Germany. She is an aunt to three nephews and one niece and also has two chocolate lab puppies, Oakley and Max.
Jacob Backell-Lucas
PINS Preventive Worker (Kids Herkimer)
Pronouns: he/him
Jacob traveled to Brazil for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He collects sports cards and memorabilia and is the biggest Buffalo Bills fan in the world.
Wagner Morales
Behavior Specialist (School Services)
Pronouns: he/him
Wagner was born in Guatemala and is in the DACA program. He is also a part time streamer.
Jack Carney
Behavior Specialist (School Services)
Pronouns: he/him
Jack likes to paint, has lived in NY, Boston and Los Angeles and he has been in 14 plays.
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Back row (standing:)
Rich Diliberto
Sports Manager
Pronouns: he/him
Rich shares that “Yes, even at my age I still collect baseball, basketball, and football cards!” In college he had a few of his pieces he wrote published in the Utica Observer Dispatch newspaper. Growing up he spent his summers on a farm helping his grandfather plant and harvest, which is why he still loves gardening today.
Dajne Lacy
Family and Community Based Services Specialist
Pronouns:she/her
Dajne was on the dean's list twice her senior year of college. She is the second oldest out of 28 grandchildren (wow!) and she is pretty sure is the youngest person working for ICAN!
Marissa Bailey
Adult Care Coordinator (Adult Health Homes)
Pronouns: she/her
Marissa has played clarinet for 15 years and can also play a bit of saxophone, french horn, cello and piano. She lived in Louisiana for 12 years and started training in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) last year.
Caylie Fluharty
Family Service Coordinator (Kids Oneida)
Pronouns: she/her
Caylie is an only child, moose are her favorite animals and she loves watching hockey.
Shea Garramone
Adult Care Coordinator (Adult Health Homes)
Pronouns: he/him
Shea loves hockey and his favorite NHL team is the New Jersey Devils. He has been to China and used to be a lifeguard and teach swim lessons.
Michael Cough
Adult Care Coordinator (Adult Health Homes)
Pronouns: he/him
Michael played college baseball at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and also enjoys playing golf during his free time. He is also a huge Marvel and Star Wars fan.
Jessica Wameling
Family Support Specialist (Healthy Families Oneida County)
Pronouns: she/her
Jessica should have been a statistic. She broke generational curses. Her experience with poverty, neglect, being fostered as a child, emotional, physical and sexual abuse should have ruined her life, but instead she used it as fuel to create a beautiful one. She hope to help others do the same.
She is a mom to four beautiful children, one of whom has special needs. She hikes often as a hobby, but hates it! The only reason she does it is because as she’s climbing the mountain and wanting to physically give up, it is a reminder that at the top of that mountain there is a view you can't imagine. Most people hike for the physical challenge. She does it for the mental challenge as a constant reminder of the strength it takes to get to new places and see new things.
Colleen LaPlante
Family Support Specialist (Healthy Families Oneida County)
Pronouns:she/her
Colleen can sing, is an avid reader and can bake.
Pamela Martin
Administrative Assistant
Pronouns: she/her
Pamela loves to swim in deep water – 13 feet or more deep, preferring the ocean (Jamaica, Bermuda, Miami, Bahamas – one day Hawaii, but she will settle for the MVCC pool for now!) She loves to dance to music and can be seen dancing at Zumba! She also loves planting flowers and watching them grow – repotting or buying plants that are on clearance half dead and reviving them, watching the plants grow better than ever. She loves greenery or plants with purplish, mauve or wine colors.
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Not pictured:
Ron Hartmann
Maintenance Staff
Pronouns: he/him
Ron likes to build demolition cars with his family and smash them. He and his daughter like to hike mountains. One Easter he gave his wife two bull calves to raise!