Meet Our Team
Austin Applebach (he/him)
Director
Austin Applebach became the Director of Good Shepherd Volunteers in the summer of 2022. He is guided by a call to "serve servants," and he has spent his professional career committed to this vision. Austin previously served as the Director of Enrollment at the New York Theological Seminary where he connected ministry and leadership professionals to equipment for their service. Prior to that, he worked for many years as an area director at a large faith-based service program for college-aged volunteers in New Jersey and Colorado.
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Austin believes deeply that service in community provides fertile soil for personal and corporate transformation. He has a BA in Philosophy from Arizona State University and a M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary. He lives in the neighborhood of Hamilton Heights, New York.
Contact Austin
(917) 832-7904
Elsie Keifer (she/her)
Program Assistant
Elsie Keifer graduated from the Catholic University of America in 2018, earning a B.A. in Media & Communication Studies. She knew that she wanted to pursue long-term service after college and found Good Shepherd Volunteers to be a perfect fit.
In 2018, Elsie began her year of service with GSV at Hands of Hope in Nong Khai, Thailand. Upon returning to the U.S., she remained involved with the organization and joined the Board of Directors as a Junior Director in 2021. In 2023, Elsie was thrilled to join the GSV staff as Program Assistant. She is eager to share her skills and experience with an organization that has offered her so many great opportunities.
Elsie resides in Brooklyn, New York. She enjoys walks around the city, trying every coffee shop she passes, reading and running in Prospect Park, and baking and listening to records in her apartment.
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Contact Elsie
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SR. ELAINE
BASINGER, RGS
Director
Sister of the Good Shepherd,
New York/Toronto Province
Member since 2017
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DRAGO
Director
Account Manager,
Lautman Maska Neill & Company
Member since 2020
THOMAS HOLLYWOOD
Director
Partner and Campaign Engagement Advisor,
Catholic Relief Services
Member since 2024
ANNIE
MINGUEZ GARCIA
Director
Director of Government and Community Relations,
Good Shepherd Services
Member since 2020
CHERYL
TIBERIO
Director
Managing Consultant,
State and Local Government,
Guidehouse
Member since 2022
VERONICA
BENNETT
Board Chair
Attorney
(Non-practicing)
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Member since 2017
ANNABELLE
DUNCAN
Director
MSW Candidate ’26, Fordham University
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Member since 2023
SR. JUDY
MANNIX, RGS
Director
Sister of the Good Shepherd, New York/ Toronto Province
Member since 2022
CARLOS
PEARCE
Director
Director of Human Resources & Quality Assurance, Martin De Porres Youth and Family Services
Member since 2019
MADDIE THOMPSON, MSW
(she/they)
Junior Director
Consumer Engagement Manager, SAGE
Member since 2023
LORI
BRAMLETT
Board Treasurer
Executive Director, DeNeuville Learning Center
Member since 2017
CLARA
FAGAN, CFA
Director
Senior Vice President,
Ariel Alternatives
Member since 2020
SAUL
MARTINEZ
Director
Social Worker (LCSW), Summit School of Nyack
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Member since 2020
REBECCA
THOMPSON
Director
Finance Manager,
Service Oklahoma
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Member since 2019