Our Team
Senior Leadership Team
Austin
Lindsey Ashburn, CDC Teacher
Olymaris Corchado, CDC Director
Jacqueline Delgado Bowen, CDC Teacher
Maria Delgado, CDC Teacher
Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia, Executive Director
Eve Duplooy, CDC Teacher
Chelsea Evans, Operations Manager
Alexis Frezza, Program Coordinator
Gaudencia Miranda Hernandez, CDC Teacher
Ashely Hudson, Family Coach
Brittany Jackson, CDC Teacher
Kimberly Benford Johns, Community Teacher
Nancy Madrid, Family Services Director
Marlene Maldonado, CDC Teacher
Alex Martinez, CDC Teacher
Tai McCants, CDC Teacher
MeShay McKinney, Family Coach
Marla Miller, Family Coach
Katie Apple-Nooey, CDC Teacher
Laura De La Pena, CDC Teacher
Sierra Randall, Director of Development
Kasandra Sanchez, CDC Teacher
Diana Still, Development Manager
baltimore
Jessie Elston, Family Services Director
Danielle Staton, Executive Director
Julie Scott, Family Coach
Dr. Nicole Watford, Family Coach
Boston
Jessica Almeida, Family Coach
Cara Gows, Family Coach
Kathy Javier, Family Coach
Alison Carter Marlow, Executive Director
Kathryn Osterholtz, Operations Manager
Keyton Sheely, Director of Development
Rachael Webb, Family Services Director
Brooklyn
Courtney Crawford, Executive Director
Achime Delouis, Family Coach
Elizabeth Dessources, Family Services Director
Asata Evans, Director of Development
Deanna Giordano, Family Coach
Nicole Ranger, Family Coach
Maddy Sanders, Operations Manager
Tiffany Schley, Family Coach
Fargo-Moorhead
Jan Anderson, CDC Cook
Annie Berg, CDC Teacher
Mya Bothun, CDC Teacher
Kari Boynton, Development Associate
Mavis Costa-Osburn, CDC Teacher
Casondra Duckworth, Operations Manager
Dreah Frolek, CDC Teacher
Chelsey Gutzmer, CDC Teacher
Laetitia Mizero Hellerud, Executive Director
Jolene Jangula, CDC Teacher
Amy Klein, Family Services Director
Erin Knoll, Family Coach
Ciara Langehaug, CDC Director
Shelby Nightingale, Community Teacher
Ashley Olson, CDC Teacher
Addy Sam, CDC Teacher
Andrea Syvertsen, CDC Teacher
Megan Thompson, Family Coach
Andrea Williams, Director of Development
Christine Wylot, CDC Teacher
Las Vegas
Brittany Mann, Family Services Director
Jasmine Lee, Family Coach
Stephanie Pena, Family Coach
Maria Tucker, Executive Director
Rochester-SE MN
Haley Kalina-Aakre, CDC Teacher
Megan Amos, CDC Teacher
Kaitlynn Flete Ballestero, CDC Teacher
Brianna Carlson, CDC Teacher
Sonya Chieves, Family Coach
Rashida Dean, Family Coach
Liz Dorn, Director of Development
Ally Hanten Ebert, Executive Director
Jill Eischens, Food Service Coordinator
Jeanna Eswagen, CDC Teacher
Caitlin Frisch, CDC Teacher
Elizabeth Hines, CDC Teacher
Charleen Huber, Operations Manager
Elizabeth Merrill, Community Teacher
Jamie Mitchell, CDC Director
Breanna Mundy, CDC Teacher
Bri Rollins, Family Coach
Katie Ticho, Family Services Director
Minneapolis
Lori Alle, CDC Teacher
Brenna Besore, Family Coach
Amber Brockton, CDC Teacher
Edreena Browne, CDC Teacher
Lorrhonda Byrd, Family Services Director
Angel Glass, CDC Teacher
Dekaylen Groman, CDC Teacher
Hannah Hummel, Family Coach
Patty Healy Janssen, Executive Director
Meera Kannan, CDC Director
Joanne Kaufman, Director of Development*
Ezra Kenyanya, Program Manager*
Kim Laden, CDC Teacher
Tannica Larson, Senior Manager for Individual Giving*
Peaches Peah, Family Coach
Zola Rosenfeld, CDC Teacher
Vanessa Sonsteng, CDC Teacher
Sarah Straudt, Community Teacher
* Shared role across both Minneapolis and St. Paul Campus
St Paul
Karla Benson Rutten, Executive Director
Chris Bernard, Family Services Director
Jamie (Shirtina) Boykin, CDC Teacher
Lisa Freitag, Family Coach
Sarah Hastings, CDC Teacher
Renae Jones, CDC Teacher
Joanne Kaufman, Director of Development*
Camia Kenney, CDC Teacher
Ezra Kenyanya, Program Manager*
Tannica Larson, Senior Manager for Individual Giving*
Mai Moua, Operations Manager
Denita Ngwu, Family Coach
Adrienne Powell, CDC Teacher
De’Avery Priest, CDC Teacher
JaLisa Simmons, CDC Teacher
Denise Taylor, Community Teacher
*Shared role across both Minneapolis and St. Paul Campus
Campus support team
Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan, Chief of Campus Experience
Kimberly Ali, Payroll & Benefits Manager
Todd Arnhold, Director of Technology
Heather Asp, Director of Talent Management
Monita Bell, Director of Content Strategy
Amanda Bernasconi, Director of Family Recruitment
Nakia Bennett, Human Resources Generalist
Bonita Broadnax, Director of Housing & Operations
Rochelle Brockington, Director of Finance
Pamela Carlston, Senior Director of Development Strategy & Operations
Lynn Clark, Vice President of Parent Programming
Logan Contreras, Director of Data Strategy & Analytics
Vernisha Crawford, Director of Volunteer Mentor Program
Sarah Crompton, Grants Manager
Amy D’Angelo, Chief of Staff
Delwin Derksen, Senior Finance Manager
Julie Gehring, Senior Director of Individual Giving
Dana Greenup, Talent Recruiter
Kavitha Gundala, Residential Program Community Manager
Melissa Halsne, Senior Database Manager
Cassidy Hopson, Digital Marketing Strategist
Mays Jumah, Data Analyst
Anedra Kerr, Vice President of Development
Chastity Lord, President & CEO
Katherine Langston, Senior Program Coordinator, Parent Programming
Kelsey Martinez, Talent Recruiter
Jill Miller, Special Projects Advisor
Dorothy Mukasa, Executive Assistant to Senior Leadership Team
Stephanie Murphy, Marketing Coordinator
Dione Overshown, Designer
Martina Owens, Senior Coordinator Human Resources, Operations
Sharin Park, Director of Parent Programming
Chelsea Phillip, Executive Assistant to President & CEO
Rebecca Putzer, Senior Director of Student Programming
Maureen Rafferty, Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships
Jason Seifert, Chief Financial Officer
Payal Seth, Vice President Second Generation Programming
Quaneisha Simmons, Senior Program Coordinator, 2GEN Programming
Ally Teeples, Development Coordinator
Taylor Thompson, Special Assistant to the CEO & Board Liaison
Kristina Turner, Senior Director of Marketing & Storytelling
Araceli Urquiza, Family Recruiter
Garret Wood, Finance Manager
Vanessa Woods, Public Policy Program Associate