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Rev. Dr. Terry Troia
Executive Director
Reverend Dr. Terry Troia has
held the position of Executive
Director of Project Hospitality,
an interfaith effort serving the
hungry and homeless
community of Staten Island
since 1985. A Reformed
Church in America minister,
she is also the pastor of the
New Utrecht Reformed
Church in Benson Hurst,
Brooklyn. Reverend Troia
volunteers as a member of
several city and state wide
boards including the NYC
Commission on Economic
Opportunity, the NYC
Commission on AIDS, the
NYC Temporary Commission
on Day Laborer Job Sites,
the NYC Committee to End
Homelessness, the NYC
Commission for Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
and Questioning (LGBTQ)
Runaway and Homeless
Youth, NYC Inter-Agency
Task Force on Youth
.
Violence. She is also the cochair
of the NYS Department
of Health, Statewide AIDS
Service Delivery Consortium.
Reverend Troia serves on the
board of directors of El
Centro del Inmigrante, a local
day laborer organization and
as the Chair of the Staten
Island Family Health Care
Coalition and the Staten
Island Clergy Leadership, a
network of local religious
leaders committed to
upholding the biblical charism
of hospitality and justice. She
holds the leadership position
in the Port Richmond
Improvement Association,
New Brighton Coalition of
Concerned Citizens and the
Port Richmond Anti-Violence
Task Force and the Staten
Island Immigrant Council.
Since Hurricane Sandy hit
the shores of Staten Island in
October of 2012, Reverend
Troia has been at the
forefront of the relief efforts.
In immediate days following
the storm Troia ensured that
victims had the essentials –
clothing for warmth, food to
eat and shelter. She turned
Project Hospitality’s mobile
food truck into a commissary
and began its journey into the
disaster area to distribute
cleaning and household
supplies, blankets, pampers,
toilet paper, food and water.
A week later, Revered Terry
Troia was at the helm when
Project Hospitality was asked
by the Borough President to
manage the evacuation sites
at Bayley Seton Hospital and
Mt. Manresa. She is currently
serving as President of The
Staten Island Community and
Interfaith Long Term
Recovery Organization.
Reverend Troia served as
adjunct lecturer at the NYC
College of Technology and is
an ESL teacher. For fun, she
teaches scripture and plays
basketball with local youth in
the New Brighton section of
Staten Island as a volunteer
of the Eye Openers Youth
Against Violence
Organization