Leadership

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

Meet our Staff

Kim Colwell
Executive Assistant
Lakisha Coppedge
Associate Executive Director, Center Based Programs
Crystal Ford
Development Communications Director
Joanna Fuentes
Business and Operations Coordinator
Phylis Gedeon
Program Director In School Programs
Emi Melendez
Program Facilitator
Anastasia Morton
Elementary School Program Director
Sarai Negron
Program Facilitator
Suzanne Parker
Executive Director
Payton Reyes
Middle School Program Director
Ruth Roy
Donor Services Director
Lorena Souza
Program Facilitator Elementary School Programs
Monica Velez
Building Maintenance Technician

Meet our Board

Executive Committee

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

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

Jacqueline Charron, Treasurer; Greenfield Cooperative Bank, Greenfield, 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; Stepping Stone Wealth, West Hartford, CT

Alaina Macaulay; Tufts University, Medford, MA

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

Lynn Starr; Southampton, MA

Zhane Stone; Glenmeadow, Springfield, MA

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