Staff & Leadership

Meet the Team

Rhonda H. Lauer

President and Chief Executive Officer

Rosanne Ahlholm

School Business Services Manager

Vanessa Atkins

Education Specialist

Craig Butler

Director, School Business Services

Tirzah Cannad

Academy Counselor

Marci Comisky

Individualized Student Support Coordinator

Tony Cost

Senior Advisor

Amirah Cutts, Ed.D.

Instructional Coach

Kate DeValerio

Director, Human Resources

Andrew Francis

Director, Evaluation Services

Tasha Gardner, Ed.D.

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Janice Goldstein

Program Director, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Ron Goldstein

Chief of Operations

MaryEllen Gorodetzer, Ed.D.

Chief Education and Innovation Officer

Pamela Hess

Director, Partnerships and Grants

Stephanie Hofstetter

Marketing Coordinator

Erica Hoskins

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Christina Ingrassia

Finance Coordinator

Hillary Jones

Director, Professional Learning

Casey Jones

Executive Director, Marketing & Communications

Jermaine Kamau

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Jennifer King

Program Assistant

Yana List

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Sylvia Lyles, Ph.D.

Chief Partnership and Grants Officer

Jessie Matthews

Human Resources Specialist

Kate McCoach

Director, Finance

Dave McConnell

Executive Director, Professional Learning

Liz McKeaney, Ed.D.

Director, Education and Innovation

Richard Mitchell

Executive Director, Academy at Penn

Reneira Nieves

Executive Assistant to the CEO and Exhibiting Coordinator

Jamie Ocasio

Assistant School Business Administrator

Shanika Peck

Director, Career Programs

Monica Perez-Reyes

Marketing Assistant

Michael Piazza-Sugarman

Chief Financial Officer

Ivan Schustak

Director of Institutional Advancement

Javine Smith

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Brittney Stanton

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Kerry Stouffer

Director, Special Education Support Services

Charles Sumners

Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Tiffany Thornton

Academy Counselor

Jay Waugh

Director, Specialized Services

Jessica Williamson

Human Resources Specialist

Nadi Wisseh

Social Worker

Board of Directors

• Linda Romano, Board Chair, Educational Consultant, Advantacore School Improvement Solutions (Powell, OH)
• K.C. Burton, Board Secretary and Treasurer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keveske and Associates (East Orange, NJ)
• Charles English, President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
• Jennifer Fleisher, Owner/Founder, Cooley-Fleisher Health Education Consultants (Cherry Hill, NJ)
• Michael Gadsby, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, O3 World (Philadelphia, PA)
• Jose Gomez, Head of Corporate Technology Controls Management, S&P Global (Philadelphia, PA)
• Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
• Janet Samuels, Administrator (Retired), Pennsylvania Department of Education (Harrisburg, PA)
• Robert S. Schwartz, Chair Emeritus, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ) and President, Food Sciences Corporation (Mount Laurel, NJ)

National Advisory Committee

• Carol Auerbach Berger, Trustee, Auerbach Family Foundation (Riviera Beach, FL)
• Melvina Banks-Michie, Supervisor of Student-Teacher Instruction, George Mason University (Dumfries, VA)
• Albert J. Berger, Chairman (Retired), Allied-Universal Security Services (Riviera Beach, FL)
• K.C. Burton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keveske and Associates (West Orange, NJ)
• Charles R. English, President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
• Jennifer Fleisher, Owner/Founder, Cooley-Fleisher Health Education Consultants (Cherry Hill, NJ)
• Michael Gadsby, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, O3 World (Philadelphia, PA)
• Stacy Gill-Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
• Lori Godorov, Executive Director, The Work Group (Pennsauken, NJ)
• Jose Gomez, Head of Corporate Technology Controls Management, S&P Global (Philadelphia, PA)
• W. Wilson Goode, Sr., President, AMACHI, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
• Paul Griffin, Senior Vice President of Strategic Urban Initiatives, Amplify Education (Brooklyn, NY)
• Steven Guttentag, Chief Executive Officer, EPS Learning (Chevy Chase, MD)
• David Irving, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CollegeReadyMath (Washington, D.C.)
• Portia Kennel, Consultant, Thriving Families Thriving Children (Atlanta, GA)
• Joseph Kretovics, Senior Research Professor of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
• Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
• Fausto López, Co-Founder, Praxis Institute (Chicago, IL)
• Edward Manuszak, Executive Director for Early Childhood, Washtenaw Intermediate School District (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Miguel Marco, Principal, Wittmann Elementary School (Cerritos, CA)
• Liza McFadden, President, Liza & Partners (Tallahassee, FL)
• Kent McGuire, Education Program Director, Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA)
• Diane Melley, Formerly Vice President, IBM 
• Malcolm Mitchell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Share the Magic Foundation (Atlanta, GA)
• Roxanne Moore, Senior Research Engineer, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
• Heather Norton, Chief Science Officer, Discovery Place (Charlotte, NC)
• Terry Peterson, Education Advisor, Mott Foundation (Kiawah Island, SC)
• L. Kimo Richardson, Director of Accreditation and Approvals, New Leaders (Cliffwood, NJ)
• Melvin Rogers, Associate Instructor, University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
• Linda Romano, Educational Consultant, Advantacore School Improvement Solutions (Powell, OH)
• Pati Ruiz, Senior Director of Edtech and Emerging Technologies, Digital Promise
• Janet Samuels, Administrator (Retired), Pennsylvania Department of Education (Wayne, PA)
• Jacquelyn Santiago-Nazario, Chief Executive Officer, Compass Youth Collaborative (Hartford, CT)
• Robert S. Schwartz, Chair Emeritus, Foundations, Inc. and President, Food Sciences Corporation (Mount Laurel, NJ)
• Jeffery Smith, Executive Director, Virginia Air & Space Center (Hampton, VA)
• William F. Snell, President, Pretty Shield Foundation (Billings, MT)
• Robert Stonehill, Founding Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Washington, DC)
• Derrick Swinton, Associate Dean for the New Jersey Center of Science, Technology and Mathematics, Kean University (Union, NJ)
• Andrea Tawney, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (El Paso, TX)
• Debra Taylor, Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
• Frances Welch, Dean, School of Education, College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)
• Julie Wild-Curry, Director, 21st CCLC After School Programs and Statewide 21st CCLC Mentor (Retired) (Fairbanks, AK)
• Avis Williams, Chief Executive Officer, The Joyful Collaborative, LLC (New Orleans, LA)
• Laveta Wills-Hale, Network Coordinator, Arkansas Out-of-School Network (Little Rock, AR)
• Tyra Witsell, Witsell Associates (Oviedo, FL)