MEET THE
LEADERSHIP
Letter from our Executive Director
I am excited to be leading the team at Bridgeport Rescue Mission. God has been faithful to Bridgeport Rescue Mission since 1993, when our founders, Reverend Jim and Tammy Watson, started the Mission by providing sandwiches out of the back of their old station wagon. In 1996, the Mission acquired the Fanny Crosby home at 1088 Fairfield Avenue. We have been on a path of expansion and growth ever since. In February 2022, we moved into our new Community Care Center campus at 725 Park Avenue. The Care Center has enabled us to bring our services and programs under one roof and increase the number of people served. We now offer medical care and other support services on-site in our Resource Center through partnerships with medical professionals and human service providers.
Through the years, Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s goal and purpose have remained: To fight poverty from the inside out by expanding hope and rebuilding lives.
We exist to serve the poor and those in need in Connecticut and offer hope and restoration to those recovering from alcohol or drug abuse. It is a challenging ministry but with great satisfaction as we witness God change a life and give people hope for this world and the next.

Administration
Programs & Services
People & Operations
Board of Directors
Officers:
Edward Morgan, Chair
President Emeritus, Bowery Mission
Founder, Inspirational Leadership LLC
Albert P. Carey, Vice Chair
Executive Chairman, Unifi Inc.
Joy Topazian Moore, Secretary
Partner, Curseaden & Moore, LLC
Robert Fiscus, Finance Committee Chair
Past President and Retired CFO,
United Illuminating and UIL Holdings Corp.
Members:
Stacey Cardenas
Esquire, J.D, UNC School of Law
Lydee Conway-Hummel
Former Realtor, Halstead Property/Country Living
Mark Curtis
CEO, Splash Car Wash
Shelley Johnson
MBA, Univ. of Redlands
Kerry Stratton
Former Administrator,
Bridgeport Diocese School Corp.
Michael Voytek
Managing Member, Voytek Law Firm
Jilliane Dellis
Henkel Consumer Brands, North America
Observers:
Dave Anderson
Partner, Deloitte
Paul Hiller
CFO, Town of Shelton