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.
Jesenia Tejada-Pérez
Senior Director of High School, College and Career Programs
jtejada@leap4ed.org
(978) 740-6667 ext. 104
Nancy Napolitano
Career Services and Outreach Coordinator
nnapolitano@leap4ed.org
(978) 740-6667 ext. 112
Norma Ramírez
College Success Program Site Coordinator (Salem)
nramirez@leap4ed.org
(978) 740-6667 ext. 106
Ashley Pengelly
College Success Program Associate Coordinator (Peabody)
apengelly@leap4ed.org
(978) 740-6667 ext. 115
Sandra Castillo
Assistant Site Director of Expanding Horizons
scastillo@leap4ed.org
(978) 740-6667 ext. 103
Kayla Benoit
Middle School ELL Advisor, AmeriCorps Fellow
kbenoit@leap4ed.org
(978) 740-6667 ext. 103
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
Ellen Galligan, Clerk
Retired, formerly Director of Community Services, Catholic Charities North
Dr. Mary-Lou Breitborde
Retired, formerly Associate Dean and faculty at Salem State University in the School of Education
Manny Cruz
Legislative Aide to State Rep. Paul Tucker, Salem
Elected Member to the Salem School Committee
LEAP Alumnus
Robert Monegro
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat and former LEAP volunteer
Jonathan Ofilos
Partner, Tinti Grover Quinn Frey LLC
Constance Rudnick Grayson
Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts School of Law
Linda Saris
Executive Director, LEAP for Education Inc