Our Team

Maria Caceres

Executive Director

Maria recently joined Evolution Reentry Services as our Director of Support Services. For over a decade, Maria’s tightly held beliefs in redemption and access to second chances have kept her tethered to the criminal justice community.
Initially, Maria was herself intertwined within the system and found that she wanted to help women who felt isolated and alone while going through such a traumatic journey.

Gordon Lyde

Director of The Men of Evolution Programs

Gordon has worked his way through various Connecticut non-profit agencies and became known in the reentry circle as an agent for change. In 2022, Gordon helped Community Partners in Action build and open the Waterbury Reentry Welcome Center, providing assistance to men and women returning home after incarceration.

Alexa Polverari, MBA

Wealth-Entry Program Director

Alexa joined Evolution Reentry Services Wealth-Entry Team’s Homeownership Program. Alexa is has been an esteemed Property Title Research Expert for the past 10 years and brings her expertise of Real Estate Owned and Foreclosed homes to our program. She is the Director of Title Services at Fusion Title Search, LLC in Branford, CT.

David Pedrinelli

Property Title Investigative Researcher

David joined the Evolution team after he experienced the unique emotions and grief that a husband feels when their wife is incarcerated. He has been a property title researcher for the past 18 years and specialized in Real Estate Owned Properties. He joins our Wealth-Entry Program as he knows first-hand how important a home is to the success of individuals after incarceration. David is the Director of Title Search Services at Fusion Title Search, LLC in Branford, CT.

Maria Cole, MSCJ

Support Services Liaison for children of justice-involved mothers

Maria endured the federal prison system when her mother made some poor choices over a decade ago. while navigating the complexity of family matters, Maria chose to educate herself and graduated from Albertus Magnus College with receiving her Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration on the Juvenile justice system.

Rev. Fr. Joseph Ciccone

Support Services Lead Pastor

Rev. Fr. Joseph Ciccone is a Priest in the Order of Franciscan Servants, currently assigned to Saint Joseph Mission Church, bringing the Gospel to those in the margins and to people in need wherever they may be. In 2013, Fr. Joe graduated with a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York after retirement as a police officer.

Thomas Purcell, M.M

Director of Music

We are grateful to be able to announce that New York City-based violinist Thomas Purcell, M.M has joined Evolution Reentry Services as Director of Music Programs. Thomas has enjoyed a versatile career as a performer, musicologist and educator. He has performed in many prestigious concert halls around the United States and Europe. Thomas is dedicated to growth and development of contemporary music. ‌

Ahmed Alshal

Website Developer & Designer

Ahmed Alshal , A pharmacist graduated from Cairo university – Egypt , with passion , working as a Frontend web developer and WordPress website designer Who loves designing websites from scratch ( starting from Shopify in 2018 and ending with WordPress + Woo commerce in 2020 till today ) and push them to convert Higher Converion Rates