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

Executive Committee

Nikai Fondon-Bannister, Chair; She Did That! Podcast

Darryl Bonner, Vice Chair; Liberty Bank

Jacqueline Charron, Treasurer; Greenfield Cooperative Bank

Cherlynne Mills, Clerk; 360 Federal Credit Union

Board

Denise Brown; Bentley University

Sabria Brown; Independent Researcher and Consultant

Donna Byron; Retired Software Engineer, IBM

Tatiana Cole; Free to Flourish, LLC.  

Jenny Cruz Rivera; Holyoke Public Schools

Sheree Denson; Union Labor Life

Tiffany Espinosa; Stepping Stone Wealth

Bernadette Harrigan; MassMutual

Glorimar Irizarry; Holyoke Health Center

Alaina Macaulay; Tufts University

Kiari Martinez; Arrow Properties, Inc. and Explore Holyoke

Trishna Mudumbi; Collins Aerospace

Chelsea Parker; River Valley Counseling Center

Lynn Starr; Retired, EVP & Senior Advisor Community Banking

Zhane Stone; Glenmeadow

Johanna Truswell; ISO New England

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

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