Staff and Board Members
Meet the staff and board members making LEAP’s mission a possibility for so many underserved and/or first-generation-to-college students in the North Shore.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Linda Saris
Executive Director
(978) 740-6667 ext. 109
Kayla Dorst
Deputy Director
(978) 740-6667 ext. 114
Hilary Kopp
Senior Director of Middle School Programs
(978) 740-6667 ext. 124
Jesenia Tejada-Perez
Senior Director of High School, College and Career Programs
(978) 740-6667 ext. 104
ADMINISTRATORS
Andria Castillo
Design and Communications Manager
(978) 740-6667 ext. 108
Kathy Cooper
Accountant
(978) 740-6667 ext. 116
Nancy Kelly
Development Associate
(978) 740-6667 ext. 120
Mira Riggin
Manager of Data Assessments and Evaluations
(978) 740-6667 ext. 102
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Daisy Angel
Program and Family Engagement Associate
(978) 740-6667 ext. 122
Evan Aroko
Expanding Horizons EL Mentor (Salem)
United Way North Shore AmeriCorps Member
(978) 219-7370
Sandra Castillo
Assistant Site Director of Expanding Horizons (Salem)
(978) 740-6667 ext. 103
Emma Kane
Dream MORE EL Mentor (Lynn)
United Way North Shore AmeriCorps Member
(781) 214-0546
Wanntha Sim
Site Coordinator of Dream MORE (Lynn)
(978) 740-6667
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Peter Buschkopf
College Success Program Site Coordinator (Peabody)
(978) 740-6667 ext. 115
Norma Ramirez
College Success Program Site Coordinator (Salem)
(978) 740-6667 ext. 106
Vicki Tzortzis
Teen Center Coordinator (Salem)
(978) 740-6667 ext. 118
COLLEGE AND CAREER SERVICES
Arlin Baez
College Success Program College Coach
(978) 740-6667 ext. 107
JoAnn Leavitt
Gloucester Internship Program Coordinator
(774) 270-0119
Madison Seligman
Career and Outreach Coordinator
(978) 740-6667 ext. 112
Emma Cundari
Career Services Intern
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In July 2014, LEAP for Education, Inc was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. LEAP separated from North Shore Community Action Programs, Inc on June 1, 2015.
Dr. David Silva, President
Provost, Salem State University
Jody Goldman, Treasurer
Partner, JKG Associates
Constance Rudnick Grayson, Clerk
Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts School of Law
Dr. Mary-Lou Breitborde
Retired, formerly Associate Dean and faculty at Salem State University in the School of Education
Brian Castellanos
Licensed Adolescent Social Worker at Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
Manny Cruz
Legislative Aide to State Rep. Paul Tucker, Salem
Elected Member to the Salem School Committee
LEAP Alumnus
Ellen Galligan
Retired, formerly Director of Community Services, Catholic Charities North
Derek Gaskins
Chief Marketing Office of Yesway, Inc.
(owned by an affiliate of Brookwood Financial)
Jonathan Ofilos
Partner, Tinti Grover Quinn Frey LLC
James C. Rowan III
Principal, Deloitte
Linda Saris
Executive Director, LEAP for Education Inc