Institute Staff Directory

Executive

Dona Anderson Executive Director 718-254-7711
Autumn Payne Director of Operations and Special Projects 718-254-7285
Alyssa Estremo Senior Project Associate 718-254-7320
Hope Lesane Senior Policy Advisor 718-254-7353
Rachel Nobel Fields Director of Communications 718-254-7287

Finance and Administrative

Ada Tosku Budget and Administration Senior Manager 718-254-7314
Josef Kannegaard Data Analyst 718-254-7286
Sharaya Vaughn Project Associate 718-254-7702
Kayla Madridejos Office Operations Coordinator 718-254-7796
Hamish Strong Web and Database Administrator 718-254-7310
Youngjae Lim Web and Database Development Specialist 718-254-7721

QUALITYstarsNY

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Leslie Capello Senior Director, QUALITYstarsNY 718-254-7357
Yessenia Rosario Adon Director of Quality Improvement 718-254-7311
Malika Henriques Director of QUALITYstarsNY Systems and Administration 718-254-7282
Tiehia Schonberger Coaching Manager 718-254-3035
Alyssa Fox Program Quality Coach
Susan Schonhorn Program Quality Coach
Amy Toy Program Quality Coach
Amy Gagliardo Data Systems and Ratings Manager
Roberto Inocencio Data Systems Coordinator
Christina Kelly Communications and Outreach Manager 718-254-7715
Gray Robinson Communications Associate 718-254-7719
Bianca Sanchez Recruitment and Engagement Associate 718-254-7746
Jasmine Tejada Senior Project Associate 718-254-7798
Diarra Ndiaye Senior Project Associate 718-254-4776
Lisa Allen Project Assistant
Genesis Vargas Project Assistant 718-254-7317
Brigid Daly-Wagner Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator 585-209-3182
Katharine Mora Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator 347-454-6622
Jenna Pettinicchi Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator 203-215-8880
JoAnn Toth Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator 518-952-1388

Career Development Center

Claudine Campanelli Senior Director of Career Services and Higher Education 646-664-3079
Jonathan Gabay Director of Career Development 646-664-3033
Eun Jeong Jun Director of Higher Education initiatives 646-664-3034
Mallory Tompkins Leadership Initiative Coordinator 646-664-3069
Nakasi Herbert Project Associate 646-664-3068
Karin Brinkerhoff Career Development Coordinator (Mohawk Valley) 718-254-7353
Ann Day Leadership Initiative Regional Coordinator (Capital Region) 718-254-7735
Kathleen Dowd-Maloney Career Development Coordinator (North Country) 347-407-9411 x. 802
Christine Duffy-Webb Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Southern Tier) 718-254-7353
Jennifer Geskie Career Development Coordinator (Mid Hudson NY) 718-254-7353
Lesley Lawrence Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Central NY) 315-223-7850 x. 229
Kimberly LoDico Leadership Initiative Regional Coordinator (Western NY) 716-877-6666 x. 3089
Cristina Medellin Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Long Island) 718-254-7735
Kristen Rogers Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Finger Lakes) 718-254-7353
Charla Smith Career Development Coordinator (Western New York) 718-254-7735
Bethany St. Dennis Career Development Coordinator (Capital Region) 518-426-7181
Doria Escalante Senior Learning Specialist 718-254-7735
Shauna Frederick Career Advisor (NYC) 646-664-3074
Hillary Goldman Career Advisor (NYC) 718-254-7735
Antonee Lewis Career Advisor (NYC) 646-664-3027
Patience Okorie Career Advisor (Long Island)
Yesenia Pazmino Career Advisor
Teresa Perez Career Advisor (NYC) 718-254-7735
Alexandra Portillo Career Advisor (NYC)
Bridget Turner Career Advisor (NYC) 646-664-3041
Ella Williams Career Advisor (NYC) 646-664-3064
Steve Castar Leadership Initiative Coach 646-664-3049
Margarita Feliz Leadership Initiative Coach 718-254-7735
Dierdre Greco Leadership Initiative Coach 718-254-7735
Pamela Spinks Leadership Initiative Coach 718-254-7735

New York Works for Children / The Aspire Registry

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Annie Schaeffing Senior Director, New York Works for Children 718-254-7705
Olivia Lasala Director, The Aspire Registry 718-254-7644
Jhoana Taboada Registry Operations Administrator 718-254-7315
Tinnycua Williams Professional Development Quality Assurance Manager 718-254-7794
Anuta Rathe Outreach and Communications Associate 718-254-7767
Cherisse Smith Communications and Policy Associate 718-254-7254
Ko Fai Ng Senior Registry Associate 718-254-7646
Virginia Alvarez Registry Associate 718-254-7316
Katherine Haro Registry Associate 718-254-7734
Kathleen Luk Registry Associate 718-254-7753
Randip Parhar Registry Support Specialist 718-254-7318
Denise Pazmino Registry Support Specialist 718-254-7263
Afiya Phillip Registry Support Specialist 718-254-7741
Mary Stein Registry Support Specialist
Lizbeth Cervantes Registry Support Specialist 718-254-7319

Informal Family Child Care Project

Angelica Velazquez Director of The Informal Family Childcare Project (IFCC) 718-254-7289
Ashley Herzog Special Needs Project Manager 718-254-7321
Alisa Cangonja Project Associate 718-254-7190
Jenna Thompson Project Associate, Training and Technical Assistance Specialist 212-835-7610
Leslie Rivas C.A.R.E Facilitator and Coach 718-254-7322
Zoraima Rosario C.A.R.E Project Coordinator 718-254-7786
Juana Inurritegui Family Child Care Trainer 718-254-7353
Tamara Cella Family Child Care Professional Learning Facilitator 718-254-7353
Sarika Mahtani Translator/Online Systems Trainer 212-835-7610

Coaching and Assessment

Jessica Howe Sr. Director of Early Childhood Professional Development 646-668-3034
Tatiana Bacigalupe Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7351
Andrea Bruno Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7351
Lorraine Falchi Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7351
Laurie Green Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7351
Jeanette Monninger Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7351
Dana Doyle Screening and Assessment Specialist 718-254-7353
Alyssa Fox Screening and Assessment Specialist 718-254-7353
Susan Schonhorn Screening and Assessment Specialist 718-254-7353
James Clay Trainer: Gender, Sexuality and the Family in Early Childhood 718-254-7351
Kate Engle Trainer: Gender, Sexuality and the Family in Early Childhood 718-254-7351
Lalena Garcia Trainer: Gender, Sexuality and the Family in Early Childhood 718-254-7351
Milo Giovanniello Trainer: Gender, Sexuality and the Family in Early Childhood 718-254-7353
Megan Madison Trainer: Gender, Sexuality and the Family in Early Childhood 718-254-7351
Catalina Schliebener Trainer: Gender, Sexuality and the Family in Early Childhood 718-254-7351

CUNY Campus Childcare

Kisha Fuentes University Manager of Child Care and Leadership Programs 646-664-8833
GianLuca Parise Data Specialist 646-664-8791
Ivonne Monje Associate Director of Strategic Child Care 718-254-7351
Stefanie Horton Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7353
Desiree Toldo Early Childhood Coach 718-254-7353
Vanessa Ozuna Bilingual Social Worker 917-213-5614

CAPS Online Support

Annika De Souza Online Systems Support Project Coordinator 212-835-7610
Yeikson Cornelio Online Systems Technical Assistance Specialist 212-835-7610
Andrew Miller Online Systems Technical Assistance Specialist 212-835-7610

Early Childhood Collective Impact

Vanessa Vargas Early Childhood Collective Impact Manager 718-254-7353
Katherine Cuevas Project Assistant 718-254-7353

Lyfe Student Transition Project

Carmen Reyes Transition Coordinator 718-254-7642

Research Network

Lindsey Bravo Director of Research and Evaluation – Early Childhood 718-254-7353
Elizabeth Rendon Project Coordinator 646-664-9037
Erica Yardy Research Associate 718-254-7797