Leadership

Our incredible staff and dedicated Board of Directors lead
Girls Inc. of the Valley with intentionality and purpose.

Meet our Staff

Suzanne Parker
Executive Director
Dee Ward
Associate Executive Director, Community Partner Programs
Lakisha Coppedge
Associate Executive Director, Center Based Programs
Sandra Loya
Associate Executive Director, Business Operations
Kim Colwell
Executive Assistant
Claire Blakely
Program Facilitator
Aleks Calloway
Program Administrative Assistant
Crystal Ford
Development and Communications Manager
Joanna Fuentes
Business and Operations Coordinator
Banti Jaswal
Program Facilitator
Anna Joffe
Program Director of In-School Programs
Willow Johnson-Gabrielle
STEM Coordinator
Kaihla Laurent
Assistant Director, College and Career Success​
Payton Reyes
Program Director - Teen Center
Laura Ross
Senior Director of STEM, College & Career Readiness
Ruth Roy
Development Data Coordinator
Monica Velez
Building Maintenance Technician
Sasha N. Viands
Volunteerism & Community Engagement Coordinator
Taylor Woods
Assistant Director, Eureka!

Meet our Board

Executive Committee

Debra Vega, Chair; Vega Yoga Mobile, Holyoke, MA

Nikai Fondon, Vice Chair; She Did That! Podcast, Springfield, MA

Lauren Manuel, Treasurer; Wolf & Company, P.C., Springfield, MA

Cherlynne Mills, Clerk; 360 Federal Credit Union, Windsor Locks, CT

Board

Zydalis Bauer; New England News Collaborative, Hartford, CT

Darryl Bonner; Liberty Bank, West Hartford, CT

Rebecca Bouchard; Ludlow Public Schools, Ludlow, MA and Chicopee Public Schools, Chicopee, MA

Denise Brown; Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

Donna Byron;  Petersham, MA

Isani Castro; Fletcher Tilton P.C., Framingham MA

Jenny Cruz Rivera; Holyoke Public Schools. Holyoke, MA

Tiffany Espinosa; Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Elizabeth Frosch-Dratfield; South Hadley, MA

George Keady; East Longmeadow, MA

Alaina Macaulay; Tufts University, Medford, MA

Kiari Martinez; Arrow Properties, Inc., Holyoke, MA and Explore Holyoke, Holyoke MA

Trishna Mudumbi; Collins Aerospace, Windsor Locks CT

Chelsea Parker; River Valley Counseling Center, West Springfield, MA

Ciara Speller; WWLP-22News, Chicopee, MA

Lynn Starr; Southampton, MA

Zhane Stone; Glenmeadow, Springfield, MA

Elise Zalenski; O’Reilly, Talbot & Okun Associates Inc., Springfield, MA