Leadership
Our incredible staff and dedicated Board of Directors lead
Girls Inc. of the Valley with intentionality and purpose.
Meet our Staff
Meet our Board
Executive Committee
Debra Vega, Chair; Vega Yoga Mobile, Holyoke, MA and Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
Nikai Fondon, Vice Chair; She Did That! Podcast, Springfield, MA
Lauren Manuel, Treasurer; Wolf & Company, P.C., Springfield, MA
Cherlynne Mills, Clerk; 360 Federal Credit Union, Windsor Locks, CT
Board
Zydalis Bauer; New England News Collaborative, Hartford, CT
Rebecca Bouchard; Ludlow Public Schools, Ludlow, MA and Chicopee Public Schools, Chicopee, MA
Darryl Bonner; Liberty Bank, West Hartford, CT
Denise Brown; Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Melyssa Brown-Porter; Amanda Garcia LLC, Holyoke, MA
Isani Castro; Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury, & Murphy P.C., Springfield MA
Xiomara DeLobato; Western MA Economic Development Council, Springfield, MA
Tiffany Espinosa; Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Elizabeth Frosch-Dratfield; South Hadley, MA
TaKarra Greene, Western Builders, Granby, MA
Bernadette Harrigan; MassMutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield, MA
Kate Kane; Northwestern Mutual, Springfield, MA
George Keady; East Longmeadow, MA
Alaina Macaulay; Tufts University, Medford, MA
Trishna Mudumbi; Collins Aerospace, Windsor Locks CT
Maria Pelchar; Holyoke Fire Department, Holyoke MA
Jane Roulier; Dan Roulier Builders, East Longmeadow, MA
Crystal Senter-Brown; Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA
Ciara Speller; WWLP-22News, Chicopee, MA
Elise Zalenski; O’Reilly, Talbot & Okun Associates Inc., Springfield, MA