Our Team
OUR TEAM
ALLISON DUDLEY
Finance Manager
CHRIS PINTO
Manager of Program Operations and Communication
CORNEISHA CLARKE
Program Manager
CRISTY
CUELLAR-LEZCANO
Program Manager
CRYSTAL FLOYD
Associate Director of Program
DIANA PARRA
Associate Director of Talent, Operations, and Culture
ELISABETH SHOVERS
Associate Director of Professional Learning
LINDA ZHOU
Senior Program Manager
KANIKA MOBLEY
Program Manager
OLESYA HREB
Manager of External Relations
SOPHIE SCHECHTER
Associate Director of Program
ACADEMIC ADVISORS
BARBARA GUNN, PH.D.
Academic Advisor
PATRICIA VADASY, PH.D
Academic Advisor
REBECCA TESFAYE
Legal Committee Advisor – Attorney, Morrison & Foerster LLP
PHYLISA WISDOM
Development and Partnerships Advisor
BOARD
CATHLEEN COLLINS
Senior Vice President at Capalino+Company
CHRISTINA TETTONIS
Principal of Hellenic Classical Charter School
KAREN DANIELS
President and COO at Charter School Business Management Inc. and FOREsight Financial Services for Good
MICHAEL E. GRUEN
SVP Technology and Product, Fund that Flip, Inc.
NADA BSEIKRI
Adjunct Faculty, Albany Law School & First Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, and Assistant General Counsel, Apple Bank
SUMEET CHUGANI
FVP & Deputy General Counsel at Apple Bank
ZACHARY DOMINITZ
Global Senior Vice President, Brand Partnerships at TerraCycle
Working for LT means joining a team whose passion for literacy has propelled our organization as a thought partner and leader in NYC literacy intervention. We work with school communities, local government, community-based organizations, foundations, and corporate partners to bring critical reading intervention
to NYC students.
FULL-TIME STAFF RECEIVE
⬤ Health insurance covered in full
⬤ Vision and dental insurance
⬤ Options to match 401k contributions insurance
⬤ Cell phone reimbursements
⬤ Monthly
transportation stipends
(programmatic staff only)
⬤Remote-first working style
⬤ Generous PTO and DOE winter break paid time off
⬤ Professional
development budget
(after one year of employment)
