Our Team

At Our Place, we consider staff, board members, volunteers, and funders to be essential members of our team.

Our Staff

  • Libby Catania, M. Ed.

    Founder & Executive Director

  • Fayla Sutton

    Director of Programs

  • Dacia Desautels

    Youth Programming

  • Samantha Ogwudiegwu

    College Intern

  • Zeinab Almorabi

    College Intern

  • Mentors-in-Training

    15 students of Local Middle Schools

Our Board of Directors

We are in search of a new Secretary for our Board.

Reach out if you are interested!

  • Carli Labrecque, Esq.

    Acting President

    Legal Representative

  • Caitlin Kalloch

    Board Vice President

    Caitlin has been with Empeople Credit Union (formerly Infinity Credit Union) for 12 years working in the branches with members of the Westbrook and Portland communities. Using her 12 years of credit union knowledge and 7 years in leadership, she hopes to share guidance and advice to help contribute to the overall success of the Our Place mission. Caitlin has a passion for these wonderful communities and seeing them flourish with the incredible support of people like Libby Catania.

  • Lindsey Walker

    Board Treasurer

  • Kayla Lewis

    Public Health Representative

  • Brandie Ferrar

    Parent Representative

  • Haloum Ibrahim

    Parent Representative

Our Funders

We are proud recipients of funds from the Community Development Block Grant from the City of Portland 2023-2024.