Cultivating meaningful relationships.
Our Team
Leadership Team
Tiffany Zapico
Executive Director
Michael Flynn
Program Director
Eduardo Beltre
Director of Talent, Operations & Culture
Program Team
Bolanle Ajomagberin
Program Manager
Mildred Cordova
Program Manager
Monica Cradle
Program Manager
Phoebe Gilpin
Associate Director of Professional Learning
Ryan Novack
Manager of Professional Learning
Chris Pinto
Program Associate
Elizabeth Roseman
Program Manager
Sophie Schechter
Program Manager
Milagros Seraus
Program Manager
Communications and Development Team
Phylisa Wisdom
Manager of External Relations
Talent, Operations, and Culture
Shamiza Ali
Operations Associate
Academic Advisor
Board of Directors
Katharine Pace Miles, Ph.D.
Reading Scientist, CUNY
Jayne Bentzen, Board Chair
President of the Benedict Silverman Foundation
Sumeet Chugani
FVP & Deputy General Counsel at Apple Bank
Cathleen Collins
Senior Vice President at Capalino+Company
Karen Daniels
President and COO at Charter School Business Management Inc. and FOREsight Financial Services for Good
Zachary Dominitz
Vice President of Business Development at Siegel-Gate
Michael E. Gruen
Entrepreneur
Kathryn Kaiser
Primary Division Director at The School at Columbia University
Harry Lennix
Actor, Director, Activist
Christina Tettonis
Principal of Hellenic Classical Charter School