Built on

Partnerships

30 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011 
(718) 292-9321

Meet
the Team

Fr. Zach Presutti, SJ

Founder
zpresutti@thriveforlife.org

We are acutely aware that the U.S. continues to lock up more men, women, and children behind the prison walls per capita than any other country in the world. We are bombarded each day with news about the spike in crime throughout our major cities. And yet, we are still reminded, “whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40). 

Duvan Gutierrez

Business Manager
dgutierrez@thriveforlife.org

Sebastian Budinich (NY)

Director of Program Operations
sbudinich@thriveforlife.org

Rosa Del Saz

Chief Operating Officer
rdelsaz@thriveforlife.org

Vincenzo Guido

Director of Development & Communications
vguido@thriveforlife.org

Michael Pagán (MKE)

Residential and Community Life Manager, Milwaukee mpagan@thriveforlife.org

Jack Smalls

Associate Director of Development
jsmalls@thriveforlife.org

Italo Sanchez (NY)

Community Outreach Supervisor
isanchez@thriveforlife.org

Patrice Legoute (NY)

Education Coordinator
plegoute@thriveforlife.org

Luke Lapean, SJ (NY)

Spiritual Care Coordinator
llapean@thriveforlife.org

Brandon Bishunauth

Associate Director of Communications
bbishunauth@thriveforlife.org

Christa Pipitone (MKE)

Regional Coordinator, Milwaukee
cpipitone@thriveforlife.org

James Benavides (NY)

Operations & Facilities Manager
jbenavides@thriveforlife.org

Faith-Based
Partnerships 

Spiritual Mentors

Trained to offer quality meditative and reflective resources rooted in the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits.

Organize a Collection

Purchasing items for personal care kits or a book from our Ignacio House library wishlist: http://bit.ly/IgnacioLibrary

Corporate
Partnerships 

Providing an internship for a resident scholar allows them to develop the habits needed for success in the workplace by developing interpersonal and money management skills.

$650/month to sponsor a resident scholar

  • This fee covers one year of supportive services for the resident scholar, including but not limited to workforce training, academic and professional coaches, spiritual mentors, etc.