Our Staff

Douglas C. Brooks, LCSW-R

President & CEO
(718) 802-0666

Douglas Brooks began his career in child welfare in the fall of 1990 after graduating from Temple University in Philadelphia. Mr. Brooks began as a foster care/adoption caseworker with Lutheran social Services, assigned to their Manhattan Offices. Working with vulnerable children and families at the height of New York City’s crack cocaine and AIDS crisis, had a profound impact on his life, giving him the call of service.

Mr. Brooks, shortly enrolled and later graduated from Columbia University, earning a Master’s of Science in Social Work in 1994. Mr. Brooks then became an adoption coordinator, and later foster care supervisor of Lutheran’s Queens/Long Island Offices. At this time, he also became a psychotherapist working at Safespace’s child and family clinic.

In 1995, Mr. Brooks then worked at Community Counseling & Mediation’s Crown Heights Multi-Service Center. First, as the Director of Adolescence HIV/AIDS Preventive Services, and later adding the responsibilities of Psychotherapist, and then that of Site Director. The Crown Heights Center provided various social services, including 10 programs, for at-risk families and youth.

After 12 years of direct service provision, Mr. Brooks joined New York City’s Administration for Children Services as Chief of Staff and Director of Special Projects to the Deputy Commissioner of Policy and Planning of Children’s Services. It was during this time that Mr. Brooks conceptualized and developed the “Well-Being Initiative” that is being used today to measure the wellness of the children and families involved with child welfare.

Mr. Brooks then moved onto the Commissioner’s Office serving as Deputy Chief of Staff with a focus on program development. After two years, Mr. Brooks then moved onto become the Deputy Director of Administration for the Manhattan Borough Office. It was there that Mr. Brooks was able to bring change with the re-naming of the field offices to “Borough Offices.”

Mr. Brooks is also an educator. He is an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s School of Social Work and at The City University of New York’s College of Staten Island, teaching social welfare policy to graduate students. He also is a field instructor having guided over 25 social workers into the profession.

In 2008, Mr. Brooks left Children’s Services to become the Director of Family and Children’s Services at Brooklyn Community Services (BCS). At BCS, Mr. Brooks managed $13.1 million portfolio of programs and services that help children reach their full potential and strengthen families.

Mr. Brooks returned to Community Counseling & Mediation in 2015 to oversee development and implementation of Ruby’s Place, a supportive housing facility serving 71 adults with some form of disability. In addition to directing Ruby’s Place, he worked on the development of Beverly’s Place, a 70-unit facility to serve individual, couples and families suffering from mental illness and other disabilities.

In June of 2015, Mr. Brooks founded the Brooks Counseling Group, LLC. The Brooks Counseling group has a team of therapists to provide psychotherapy, coaching and supervision for people in need and for professionals to enhance their professional development.

After the sudden passing of his father Emory Brooks, the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Counseling & Mediation in November 2023, Mr. Brooks (Douglas) resumed the mantle of becoming CCM’s next Chief Executive Officer. CCM provides mental health, health, supportive housing youth and education services to New York City’s most vulnerable populations. CCM has an annual budget of approximately $25 million dollars with a staff of over 250 people serving eight sites in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Mr. Brooks has spent over 33 years of his professional life towards helping individuals and families, improving service delivery and educating the workforce to make a difference in the lives of New York’s most vulnerable. Today, he is dedicating his work with helping others via Community Counseling & Mediation and the Brooks Counseling Group.


Emory X. Brooks, LCSW

Former President & CEO
1982-2023

Mr. Emory X. Brooks is the President, CEO and Founder of Community Counseling & Mediation, best known as CCM.  He created CCM in 1982 in response to the overwhelming problems facing poor, minority and disadvantaged children and families in New York City.  CCM was one of the first minority led agencies in the City, operating under the premise that cultural sensitivity coupled with strong programs can make a significant difference.

Under Mr. Brooks’ leadership, CCM has grown into a multifunctional organization built around a strong mental health core.  It currently provides a holistic range of services — mental health, social support, health, youth development, youth employment, education, child abuse prevention, family counseling and supportive housing in some of Brooklyn’s most troubled neighborhoods.

Mr. Brooks, a licensed clinical social worker, is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Social Work and received a certificate from the Harvard Business School’s executive management and leadership course in nonprofit management.  He is also a graduate of Columbia University’s Nonprofit Management Program and has attended post graduate studies at Teachers College (Doctoral Program) and the William Allison White Institute.

Mr. Brooks received the Rudin Award from New York University for dedication and leadership in the field of mental health.  He is a member of Black Agency Executives, a board member of Black Equity Alliance, a member of the Supportive Housing Network of New York State, a former board member of the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies and a former member of the Council of Voluntary Childcare Agencies.

Mr. Brooks was born in San Angelo, Texas, is a former US Army officer, a professional saxophonist at 15, a husband, the father of three children, stepfather of two a and grandfather of seven.  He resides in New York City.


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Administrative Staff

Size Qiu

Controller
(718) 802-0666
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As CCM’s Controller, Mr. Size Qiu is in charge of the Fiscal Department and oversees budgeting, financial reporting, audit preparation, and all other fiscal functions.  He graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai China with a  B.A. in Business Administration and a Masters in Accounting from Tulane University New Orleans.


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Stephanie Hsu

Human Resource Director
(718) 802-0666
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Shu Zeng, LMSW

Development Director
(718) 802-0666
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As CCM’s Development Director, Ms. Shu Zeng is responsible for developing and implementing new programs and services, writing proposals, implementing and managing contracts, and coordinating the development of promotional and marketing materials.  She graduated from Columbia University with a Master Degree in Social Work.

Hanna Wang

Quality Assurance Manager
(718) 802-0666
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Clinical Staff

Joanna Fahey, LCSW-R

Director, Clinical Services
Director, Manhattan Clinic
(718) 935-9201
jfahey@ccmnyc.orgMs. Joanna Fahey joined CCM in October 2017 as the Director of CCM Manhattan. Ms. Fahey has more than nine years’ experience working as Clinical and more than eight years as Clinic Director. Ms. Fahey graduated from Hunter College with a Master of Social Work. Ms. Fahey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and certified in the Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI).


Flora Chu, LCSW

Director, Elm Clinic
(718) 802-0666
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Ms. Qinying Chu oversees the operations of Elm Clinic. She joined CCM in July 2019, and she is a bright, proactive, licensed social worker with six years of experience working as a professional psychotherapist with a focus on evidence-based practice for individuals living with severe mental illnesses, school, and life stresses.

Ms.Chu is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to clinic staff, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and develop and implement integrated care approaches and enhance client outcomes. Ms.Qinying Chu is also passionate and dedicated to providing mental health services for international immigrants and the minority population in NYC. Ms.Chu holds a master’s degree in Social Work from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Nankai University in China.


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Eva Ge

Director, Willoughby Clinic
(718) 935-9201
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Di Fan, LMHC

Director, Crown Heights Multi-Service Center, 
Director of Mental Health Clinic, School-Based MHC, and ASAP
(718) 230-5100
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Ms. Di Fan manages the operations at the Mental Health Clinic and the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program also provides clinical supervision and psychotherapy services. She is passionate about working with severe and chronic mental illness and incorporates both evidence-based and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches in practice.
Ms. Fan holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from The City University of New York- Brooklyn College and a master’s in Media Art from Long Island University, attended advanced training at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York. She worked as a journalist to report on the Middle East, a writer focused on the veterans of the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq.


Ms. Di Fan, a woman with a kind expression.

HIV/AIDS and Health Service Staff

Keisha Fleurant

TAPS Lead Navigator
(718) 704-1986
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Ms. Keisha Fleurant currently is managing our TAPS/Treatment Access & Prevention program.

 

Youth Development and Education Staff

Aiken Naphtali

Director, Work, Learn & Grow Employment Program (WLG)
Director, Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
Director, School’s Out New York City (SONYC) Program
(718) 230-5100
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Mr. Aiken Naphtali began with CCM 14 years ago as a volunteer through Americorps and is currently the Director of three of CCM’s Youth Programs.  He has 18 years of experience in youth development and excels at locating Youth Development program opportunities on behalf of CCM.  Naphtali holds a B.A. in Accounting from Suny Westbury.


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Family and Youth Peer Support Services Staff

Elijah Williams

Alliance Coordinator, Peer Support Service
(718) 704-1986
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Mr. Elijah Williams oversees the Family and Adolescent’s Treatment Effects (FATE) program at CCM. The FATE program ensures Brooklyn youth and caregivers who are experiencing social, emotional, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges receive peer support services. Mr. Williams earned a Master of Arts in Urban and Public Affairs from the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Elijah Williams, a man with a kind expression.

Supportive Housing Staff

 

Director, Rico’s Place
(718) 398-1144


Charles Cintron

Director, Georgia’s Place
(718) 789-2333
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Rhonda O’Neal

Director, Ruby’s Place
(718) 940-0300
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Ms. Rhonda O’Neal


Ditzia Desuze

Director, Beverly’s Place
(718) 345-3455
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