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About Us
Who We Are
What We Do
Why It Works
Join our Team
Initiatives
Career Development Center
Informal Family Child Care Project
New York Works for Children
QUALITYstarsNY
Coaching
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Leadership Initiative
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Career Development & Advising
Gender, Sexuality and the Family Workshops
Workshops and Events
Institute Coaching
The Aspire Registry / PD Finder
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The New York State Early Learning Standards
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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
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