OUR TEAM

Working together to achieve our mission. Our team is our greatest strength.

Staff

Princess Boateng

Human Resources Manager

Julius Cave

GA Regional Director South

Meredith Collie

Revenue Generation Manager

Carlton Collins

OH Program Manager

Patience Davis

Literacy Coach

Antoinette Douglas

Literacy Coach

Ivan Douglas

Vice President of Leading Men Initiatives

Mikal Driver

GA Program Manager

Emily Durig

Director of Elementary Impact

Katya Forbes

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Lernard Freeman

Director of Marketing & Communications

Becca Gastin

Vice President of Development Strategy

Kenneth Glenn

OH Program Manager

Tiara Glover

Fellow Experience Manager

Aja Goode

Director of Equity, Impact, and Anti-Racism

Kaneshia Greene

DC Program Manager

Mia Harding

President of Impact & Innovation

Angela Hawkins

Director of Grant Management and Strategy

Kenneth Hobson

Literacy Coach

Teri Hutsell

OH Literacy Coach

Heather Jenkins

President & Chief Executive Officer

Hema Karthik

IT Manager

India Maldonado

Director of People Experience & Org Culture

Aamir Mansoor

Director of Government Relations

Valerie Manu

Marketing & Communications Manager

Alesha Martin

Director of Literacy Development

Kendaliz Mata

Systems Coordinator

Ellis Murchison

WI Program Manager

Thomas Oakley

Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations

Seun Omitoogun

Learning & Development Manager

Caché Owens

President of External Relations & Financial Strategy

Dwayne Pinkney

DC Literacy Coach

Hanley Raboteau

Data & Evaluation Manager

Bernard Rahming

Regional Director Midwest

Terea Ralls

GA Literacy Coach

Sarah Reape

President of Regional Strategy & Implementation

Henriette Recny

President of People, Culture & Equity

Ryan Rucker

Director of Data & Evaluation

Taharka Sankara

GA Program Manager

Hayleigh Santra

Philanthropic Grants Manager

Rachelle Shells

OH Literacy Coach

Evan Singleton

MD Program Manager

Raissa Singleton

Director of Learning & Development

Alisa Smith

Elementary Impact Manager

Arielle Stokes

GA Literacy Coach

Tammie Strayhorn-Mango

OH Literacy Coach

Silvana Szpoganicz

Director of Finance

Sebastian Takeshima

IT Coordinator

Latoya Turner

OH Literacy Coach

Cole Welsh

Development Operations Manager

Stanley West

MD Program Associate

FaNesha White

Human Resources Coordinator

FaNesha White

Human Resources Coordinator

Zachary White

GA Program Associate

Nichelle Woolfolk

OH Program Associate

Board of Directors

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Jyllian Bradshaw

Jyllian began her career as a high school teacher in Orange County, FL teaching high school language arts and ethics. After attending the University of Dayton School of Law, she went on to focus on Education Law and Labor and Employment practice.…

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Steven Carniol

Steven Carniol is currently the AVP of Instructional Support and Student Experience at Galen College of Nursing, where he joined in July 2010 to oversee the launch of Galen’s online and web-enhanced programs.…

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Terrans Edmonds, Jr.

Tj is a Richmond, VA native who grew up playing sports and working at summer camps. Growing up he always wanted to make things better than he found them and viewed himself as a small inventor.…

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Rhonda Henderson

Rhonda Henderson is a native Washingtonian. She began her career in education teaching high school history after an “aha!” moment as a college sophomore: public education was designed to reproduce class stratification.…

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Brian Holland

Brian Holland is a recognized expert in the design, implementation, management and planning of urban and workforce development policies and initiatives that expand educational and economic opportunities for marginalized populations and which build healthy communities.…

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Dr. Jess Ingrassellino

Jess Ingrassellino started her career as a music teacher at the age of 18, teaching music in public and private schools, following her time as a violin scholarship student at the University of Vermont (BS, Education).…

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Mamie Jackson Williams

Mamie is the Chief External Officer for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington (PPMW), where she strategically leads the development, public affairs and communications programming for the Affiliate. While at PPMW Mamie completed their $20M Capital Campaign for the organization’s new administrative headquarters and clinic in Washington, DC and is currently leading the organization through launching another $20M Capital Campaign.…

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Ashley Jenkins

Board Chair

Ashley Jenkins is the Human Resources Director of the Americas Sales Organization at Meta, currently living and working in the New York City metropolitan area. A native of Chicago, Ashley received her BA in Sociology from DePaul University and her Master of HR & Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.…

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Dr. Dana Kravchick

Dana has a doctoral degree in Neuroscience. She constantly strives for innovation and practices lifelong learning. In the past three years, Dana took her passion for education a leap forward. Transitioning from her full-time position as a Neuroscientist in biotech to becoming a founder and CEO.…

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Dr. Manisha Maskay

Dr. Maskay has over 40 years of experience in public health, medical nutrition therapy, health education, and facilitation of positive change in health behaviors. She is devoted to promoting all forms of literacy to enable people to live their best lives.…

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Quinci Moody

Treasurer

Quinci Moody is the Vice President of Finance and Operations at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “America’s Black think tank”. A dedicated nonprofit executive with nearly twenty years of experience, Quinci is passionate about guiding emerging nonprofits to achieve their highest potential.…

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Jermaine Myrie

Jermaine Myrie is the Chief Executive Officer at MENTOR, INC. Prior to this, Jermaine was the Chief External Affairs Officer (CEAO) at uAspire, currently living and working in the greater Boston area.…

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Rita Sadhavani

Rita Sadhvani is an optimistic humanist and passionate problem solver who is excited to serve on The Literacy Lab’s Board of Directors. With over 29 years of experience in technology product innovation, Rita is eager to contribute her expertise to support The Literacy Lab’s mission of providing equitable literacy education to children in underserved communities.…

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Christian Shaboo

Christian Shaboo has been focusing on building great teams and cultivating purpose-driven leadership for close to two decades. For the last 12 years, Christian has served in a variety of roles with The Future Project: from a Dream Director collaborating with hundreds of students and dozens of educators in the transformation of a public high school in New Haven, CT into a project-based, purpose-driven, and student-centered school; to serving as the VP of Content and Program, overseeing all programming online and in-person across the US.…

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David Tate, Jr.

David Tate Jr. is a kindergarten educator in the great city of Milwaukee and a proud Alumnus of The Literacy Lab’s Leading Men Fellowship. David has an Early Childhood Technical Diploma and an Early Childhood Associates degree from Milwaukee Area Technical College.…

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Jackie Thomas Suggs

A career dedicated to the art of philanthropy.  Jackie Thomas-Suggs has been a fundraising professional for over 35 years.  A student of and advocate for the promotion of the profession of development to a new and energized community.…

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Keon Toyer

Keon brings over 25 years of experience in Technology, Operations, and Fiscal management.

Previously, he served as the VP of Strategic and Business Operations at the United Negro College Fund and as the Senior Director of IT at KIPP DC, a national public charter school organization with 7,000 students.…

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Donald Walther

Donald (Don) Walther is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ: CMTL), where he provides legal counsel to the Board of Directors and Executive Management on corporate governance, risk mitigation, and the execution of business strategy in highly regulated economies around the globe.…