Behind the Scenes

Meet OOPA's Friends

Hear from the featured guest in each video about what this project means to them.

Erin Browning, Family Advocate for NFFF

ANNIVERSARY

Cheryl Middleton, FDNY Chief

EMERGENCY

Piper Utermahlen, Elementary Student

HERO

Salvatore Cassano, Former NYC Fire Commissioner

MEMORY

Don Pintabona, Chef and Author

SERVICE

Elisabetta Bracer, Teacher and Artist

SERVICE

Credits and Acknowledgments

This Remembering September 11th resource has been infused by the drive, talent and incredible moral compass of each of these thoughtful individuals and organizations.

Episode Guests

Erin Browning, Family Advocate, NFFF

Cheryl Middleton, Division Chief, FDNY

Piper Utermahlen, Elementary Student

Salvatore Cassano, Former Fire Commissioner, FDNY

Don Pintabona, Chef and Author

Elisabetta Bracer, Teacher and Artist

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF)

Victor Stagnaro, Chief Executive Officer

Liz Paintiff, Board of Directors Advisory Committee

Anne Marie Judge, Chief Advancement Officer

Joanne R. Rund, Director of Family Programs

Jenny Woodall, Grief Specialist, Fire Hero Family Programs

Erin Browning, Outreach Specialist

Ashley Whitmore, Family Programs Specialist

Jenni McClelland, Marketing Manager

Billy Hinton, Program Manager

Angela Moreland, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Associate Director of the National Mass Violence Center

Project & Film Crew

Rupa Mehta, Founder and Executive Director, NaliniKIDS

Jamie Hurwitz, Co-Executive Director, NaliniKIDS

Allie Lopez, Director of Programs, NaliniKIDS

Sam Goldberg, Producer, Board of Directors, NaliniKIDS

Tyler Wallach, Director

Jason Belkov, Editor, Sound, Camera, Lighting

Lucas Ruderman, Camera and Lighting

Noel Figueroa, Set Builder

Kelli Lupo, Hair Designer

Colleen Jones, Production Coordinator

Hartley Mellick, Production Assistant

Evan Armitage, Caterer

Educators

Jerilyn Burke, Educator and Early Childhood Advisor

Eric Friedman, Education Consultant

Kristen Garcea, First Grade Teacher, NYC Public Schools

Norah Lovett, President, Preferred Curriculum Solutions

Liz Lyons, Kindergarten Teacher, NYC Public Schools

Eileen McManus, Interventionist, NYC Public Schools

Sarah Randazzo, First Grade Teacher, NYC Public Schools

Nancy Woods, Assistant Principal, NYC Public Schools

Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)

Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore

Silvia Chifundo, Executive Assistant, Office of the Fire Commissioner

Battalion Chief Chris Ganci

Special Thanks

Joy Hinton, Missy Modell, Drew Nieporent, Lauren Perry, JoDee Scissors, Walid Sharara, Joy & Toshio Tsuzuki, Peddler’s Village

Contributors

Chief Rick Armitage, Delaware Valley Fire Company

Angelique Bracer, Former OSHA Safety Professional

Lauren Varner, VP of Philanthropy, God’s Love We Deliver

This project is made possible by the generous financial support from President and CEO, Liz Paintiff, and the Turtle Plastics Foundation. The Turtle Plastics Foundation is a broad-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to advocate, create, support, and promote educational, environmental, health, and safety initiatives worldwide.

Lean more at turtleplastics.com/foundation