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
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
Zachary Dominitz
Vice President of Business Development at Siegel-Gate
Kathryn Kaiser
Principal of the Columbia Secondary School
Christina Tettonis
Principal of Hellenic Classical Charter School
Harry Lennix
Actor, Director, Activist
Michael E. Gruen
Entrepreneur