Leadership

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

Meet our Staff

Kim Colwell
Director People and Administrative Operations
Lakisha Coppedge
Associate Executive Director
Jedda Coppedge
Youth Support Coordinator
Shanice Coppedge
In School Program Coordinator
Crystal Ford
Development Communications Director
Joanna Fuentes
Business and Operations Coordinator
Anastasia Morton
Director, College & Career Readiness
Sarai Negron
Short Hour Program Facilitator
Suzanne Parker
Executive Director
Keishly Perez
Program Facilitator
Payton Reyes
Director, Eureka Scholars - Middle School & In-School Programs
Ruth Roy
Donor Services Director
Lorena Souza
STEM Initiatives & Outreach Coordinator
Monica Velez
Building Maintenance Technician

Meet our Board

Executive Committee

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

Darryl Bonner, Vice Chair; Liberty Bank, West Hartford, CT

Jacqueline Charron, Treasurer; Greenfield Cooperative Bank, Greenfield, MA

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

Board

Denise Brown; Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

Donna Byron; Petersham, MA

Tatiana Cole; Southern New Hampshire University, Springfield, MA

Jenny Cruz Rivera; Holyoke Public Schools. Holyoke, MA

Sheree Denson; Union Labor Life, Silver Spring, MD

Tiffany Espinosa; Stepping Stone Wealth, West Hartford, CT

Bernadette Harrigan; MassMutual, Springfield, MA

Glorimar Irizarry; Holyoke Health Center, Holyoke 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, Chicopee, MA

Lynn Starr; Southampton, MA

Zhane Stone; Glenmeadow, Longmeadow, MA

Johanna Truswell; ISO New England, Southampton, MA

Phyllis Williams-Thompson; Commonwealth of MA, Department of Public Health

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