Leadership

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

Meet our Staff

Suzanne Parker
Executive Director
Jessica Colson
Director of Development and Communications
Kim Colwell
Executive Assistant
Crystal Ford
Development and Communications Manager
Joanna Fuentes
Business and Operations Coordinator
Kalmarie Fuentes
Eureka! Program Facilitator
Campbell Hart
Senior Director of School Year Programs
Sandra Loya
Business and Operations Director
Anna Reyes
Elementary School Program Facilitator
Payton Reyes
Assistant Director of Middle and High School Programs
Lesly Roman
Eureka! Middle School Director
Ruth Roy
Development Data Coordinator
Dee Ward
Associate Executive Director

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