Our Team

Our Team

Senior Leadership Team

Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan

Chief of Campus Experience

Heather Asp

Director of Talent Management

Ally Hanten Ebert

ROCHESTER-SOUTHEAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia

Austin Executive Director

Laetitia Mizero Hellerud

Fargo Executive Director

Patty Healy Janssen

Minneapolis Executive Director

Anedra Kerr

Vice President of Development

Chastity Lord

President and CEO

Alison Carter Marlow

BOSTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Karla Benson Rutten

St. Paul Executive Director

Jason Seifert

Chief Financial Officer

Payal Seth

Vice President of Second Generation Programming

Danielle Staton

Baltimore Executive Director

Maria Tucker

Las Vegas Executive Director

Kristina Turner

Sr. Director of Marketing & Storytelling

Austin Staff

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 Staff

Jessie Elston, Family Services Director

Danielle Staton, Executive Director

Julie Scott, Family Coach

Dr. Nicole Watford, Family Coach


Boston Staff

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 Staff

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 staff

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

Rose Kramer, Housing Manager

Ciara Langehaug, CDC Director

Shelby Nightingale, Community Teacher

Ashley Olson, CDC Teacher

Lindsey Paschke, CDC Teacher

Addy Sam, CDC Teacher

Shonna Severson, Program Coordinator

Andrea Syvertsen, CDC Teacher

Megan Thompson, Family Coach

Andrea Williams, Director of Development

Christine Wylot, CDC Teacher


Las Vegas Staff

Angelica Flores, Family Coach

Jasmine Lee, Family Coach

Brittany Mann, Family Services Director

Stephanie Pena, Family Coach

Maria Tucker, Executive Director


Rochester-SE MN Staff

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 Staff

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

Peaches Peah, Family Coach

Zola Rosenfeld, CDC Teacher

Bree Saulsberry, Development Associate*

Vanessa Sonsteng, CDC Teacher

Sarah Straudt, Community Teacher

* Shared role across both Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses


St. Paul staff

Chris Bernard, Family Services Director

Jamie (Shirtina) Boykin, CDC Teacher

Lily Crooks, CDC Director

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*

Mai Moua, Operations Manager

Denita Ngwu, Family Coach

Adrienne Powell, CDC Teacher

De’Avery Priest, CDC Teacher

Karla Benson Rutten, Executive Director

Bree Saulsberry, Development Associate*

JaLisa Simmons, CDC Teacher

Denise Taylor, Community Teacher

*Shared role across both Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses


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

Logan Contreras, Director of Data Strategy & Analytics

Vernisha Crawford, Director of Career Volunteer Mentor Program

Sarah Crompton, Grants Manager

Delwin Derksen, Senior Finance Manager

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