Institute Staff Directory

Executive

• Dona Anderson Executive Director
• Autumn Payne Director of Operations and Special Projects
• Alyssa Estremo Senior Project Associate
• Hope Lesane Senior Policy Advisor
• Rachel Nobel Fields Director of Communications

Finance and Administrative

• Ada Tosku Assistant Director of Budget and Administration
• Josef Kannegaard Data Analyst
• Kayla Madridejos Office Operations Coordinator
• Hamish Strong Web and Database Administrator
• Youngjae Lim Web and Database Development Manager

QUALITYstarsNY

• Yessenia Rosario Adon Director of Quality Improvement
• Dana Doyle Early Childhood Coach
• Alyssa Fox Early Childhood Coach
• Crystal Hamm Early Childhood Coach
• Pamela Holland Early Childhood Coach
• Michelle Livingston Early Childhood Coach
• Mirandia Pipher Early Childhood Coach
• Susan Schonhorn Early Childhood Coach
• Pamela Spinks Early Childhood Coach
• Amy Toy Early Childhood Coach
• Nneoma Agunwa Communications Associate
• Amy Gagliardo Data Systems and Ratings Manager
• Roberto Inocencio Data Systems Coordinator
• Christina Kelly Communications and Outreach Senior Manager
• Gray Robinson Recruitment and Engagement Associate
• Diarra Ndiaye Senior Project Associate
• Nahiar Noksh Project Assistant
• Jessie Wong Project Assistant
• Brigid Daly-Wagner Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator
• Katharine Mora Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator
• Jenna Pettinicchi Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator
• JoAnn Toth Regional Quality Improvement Coordinator

Career Development Center

• Claudine Campanelli Senior Director of Career Services and Higher Education
• Jonathan Gabay Director of Career Development
• Eun Jeong Jun Director of Higher Education Initiatives
• Nakasi Herbert Project Associate
• Karin Brinkerhoff Career Development Coordinator (Mohawk Valley)
• Kathleen Dowd-Maloney Career Development Coordinator (North Country)
• Christine Duffy-Webb Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Southern Tier)
• Kathleen Hodges Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Mid-Hudson)
• Lesley Lawrence Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Central NY)
• Kimberly LoDico Leadership Initiative Regional Coordinator (Western NY)
• Cristina Medellin Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Long Island)
• Kristen Rogers Early Childhood Regional Coordinator (Finger Lakes)
• Charla Smith Career Development Coordinator (Western New York)
• Doria Escalante Senior Learning Specialist
• Antonee Lewis Career Advisor (NYC)
• Patience Okorie Career Advisor (Long Island)
• Denise Pazmino Early Childhood Career Advisor
• Yesenia Pazmino Career Advisor
• Alexandra Portillo Career Advisor (NYC)
• Steve Castar Leadership Initiative Coach
• Gianni Edwards Project Assistant

New York Works for Children / The Aspire Registry

• Abby Okon Senior Director, New York Works for Children
• Olivia Lasala Director, The Aspire Registry
• Jhoana Taboada Registry Operations Manager
• Sharaya Vaughn Registry Services Coordinator
• Tinnycua Williams Professional Development Quality Assurance Manager
• Kathleen Luk Professional Development Quality Assurance Associate
• Cherisse Smith Communications Manager
• Anuta Rathe Outreach and Communications Associate
• Virginia Alvarez Registry Associate
• Katherine Haro Registry Associate
• Regina Shin Registry Support Specialist
• Maeve Stein Registry Support Specialist
• Lizbeth Cervantes Registry Support Specialist
• Jose Gutierrez Registry Support Specialist

Informal Family Child Care Project

• Zoraima Rosario Director, Informal Family Child Care Project
• Ashley Herzog Special Needs Project Manager
• Alisa Cangonja Project Associate
• Juana Inurritegui Family Child Care Trainer

Coaching

• Jessica Howe Senior Director of Early Childhood Professional Development
• Mallory Tompkins Director of Professional Development
• Ivonne Monje Associate Director of Strategic Child Care
• Dana Doyle Screening and Assessment Specialist
• Alyssa Fox Screening and Assessment Specialist
• Susan Schonhorn Screening and Assessment Specialist
• Desiree Toldo Early Childhood Coach
• Tatiana Bacigalupe Early Childhood Coach
• Andrea Bruno Early Childhood Coach
• Lorraine Falchi Early Childhood Coach
• Stefanie Horton Early Childhood Coach
• Jeanette Monninger Early Childhood Coach
• Tiehia Schonberger Coaching Manager

CAPS Online Support

• Jenna Thompson Online Systems Support Project Coordinator
• Andrew Miller Voucher and Technical Support Project Assistant
• John Mason Technical Assistance Specialist
• Eddy Sanchez Bilingual Technical Assistance Specialist
• Sarika Mahtani Translator/Online Systems Trainer

Early Childhood Collective Impact

• Diana Jaquez EL Ambassador
• Vanessa Vargas Early Childhood Collective Impact Manager
• Katherine Cuevas Project Assistant

Research Network

• Lindsey Bravo Director of Research and Evaluation – Early Childhood
• Erica Yardy Research Associate