Staff & Board

Meet the staff and board members who empower youth to dream big and go far.

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Leadership Team

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Linda Saris

Executive Director
978-740-6667 x 109
lsaris@leap4ed.org
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Kayla Dorst

Deputy Director
978-740-6667 x 114
kdorst@leap4ed.org
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John Dudley

Director of Development
978-740-6667 x 119
jdudley@leap4ed.org
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Hilary Kopp

Senior Director of Middle School Programs

978-740-6667 x 124
hkopp@leap4ed.org
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Jesenia Tejada-Pérez

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL &
POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS

978-740-6667 x 104
jtejada@leap4ed.org

Administrative

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Carly Colombo

Development Associate

978-740-6667 x 121
ccolombo@leap4ed.org
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Kathy Cooper

Accountant

978-740-6667 x 116
kcooper@leap4ed.org
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Nancy Kelly

Senior Development Associate

978-740-6667 x 120
nkelly@leap4ed.org
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Mira Riggin

Manager of Data and Evaluations

978-740-6667 x 102
mriggin@leap4ed.org

Middle School Programs

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Sandra Castillo

Expanding Horizons Site Coordinator, Salem

Office978-740-6667 x 103
Google Voice978-414-5376
scastillo@leap4ed.org
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Wanntha Sim

Dream MORE Site Coordinator, Lynn

Google Voice781-346-9811
wsim@leap4ed.org

High School Programs

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Ivana Buenopeña

TEEN CENTER COORDINATOR

Office978-740-6667 x 115
Google Voice978-705-1505
ibuenopena@leap4ed.org
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Naomi Sanchez

Teen Center Associate

Google Voice617-334-5333
nsanchez@leap4ed.org
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Daisy Angel

High School Program and Family Outreach Associate

Google Voice978-414-5516
dangel@leap4ed.org
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Elizabeth Grella

College Success Program Manager

978-740-6667 x 105
Google Voice978-238-9014
egrella@leap4ed.org
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Lia Applebaum

College Success Program Site Coordinator, Peabody

Office978-740-6667 x 115
Google Voice978-705-1505
lapplebaum@leap4ed.org
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Norma Ramirez

College Success Program Site Coordinator, Salem

978-740-6667 x 106
Google Voice978-414-5383
nramirez@leap4ed.org

Post-Secondary Programs

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Now Hiring

Post-Secondary and Alumni Coordinator

978-740-6667 x 107
abaez@leap4ed.org
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Victoria Edwards

Post-Secondary Associate

978-219-4522
vedwards@leap4ed.org

Career Services

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Chelsea Cimini

Career and Outreach Associate

Google Voice978-219-9671
ccimini@leap4ed.org
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JoAnn Leavitt

Program Coordinator, Gloucester

774-270-0119
jleavitt@leap4ed.org
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Matthew Leonard

Career and Outreach Associate

mleonard@leap4ed.org
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Madison Seligman

Career and Outreach Coordinator

Office978-740-6667 x 112
Google Voice978-712-9714
mseligman@leap4ed.org

Board of Directors

Jody Goldman, President and Chair

Principal, JKG Associates

Constance Rudnick Grayson, Vice-Chair

Professor of Law Emeritus, Masschusetts School of Law

James C. Rowan III, Treasurer

Principal, Deloitte

Ellen Galligan, Secretary

Director, Community Affairs, Catholic Charities (retired)

Linda Saris, Chair, Finance Committee

Executive Director, LEAP for Education, Inc.

Brian Castellanos

Adolescent Social Worker, Massachusetts Department of Children and Family Services
Member of Lynn School Committee

Victor Emmanuel Cruz

Advocacy Director, Massachusetts, Latinos for Education
Member of Salem School Committee
LEAP Alumnus

Derek Gaskins

Chief Marketing Office of Yesway, Inc.
(owned by an affiliate of Brookwood Financial)

Migdalia Gomez

Associate Vice President for Community Engagement, Harvard University Employees Credit Union

Jonathan Ofilos

Partner, Tinti & Navins, PC

David Silva, PhD

Provost and Academic Vice President, Salem State University