Our Team

Central Staff

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Karen Alford
Executive Director
Christine Schuch
Christine Schuch
Associate Executive Director
United Community Schools (UCS) portraits at UFT headquarters in New York on Thursday, April 4, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Fickies for UFT
Wanda Torres-Mercado
Senior Director of Strategy & Operations
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Tenisha Swift
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
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Roslyn Odinga
Director of Professional Learning
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Mia Martinez
Program Manager: Technical Assistance
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Mike Glenwick
Program Manager
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Ramon Lopez
Program Manager
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Lisette Roman
Program Manager
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Rasahn Staley
Program Manager
Jamie
Jamie Hutchens
Office Manager/Program Coordinator
Lauren
Lauren Byron
Grants and Operations Associate
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Marisol Peña
UFT Educational Liaison

Community School Directors

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Ronald Thomas
PS 30M
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Mesha Joseph
Community Health Academy of the Heights
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Altovise Green
Community Engagement Director
United Community Schools (UCS) portraits at UFT headquarters in New York on Thursday, April 4, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Fickies for UFT
Cheryl Marks
Curtis High School
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Jacqueline Gilchrist
PS 14X
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Amy Kui
PS 65Q
George
George Yates
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Esti
Esti Ross
Gotham Professional Arts Academy
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Diana Veliz
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Nicole Jones
Community Engagement Director
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Allison Brown
Senior CSD, PS 19Q
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Margaret Maria Jackson
PS 59K
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Mikala Everett
PS 196K
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Katie Savage
PS 40K
CLS staff portraits at UFT headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Fickies for UFT
Evelyn Vazquez
Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
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Tanisha A'see
PS 52Q
United Community Schools (UCS) portraits at UFT headquarters in New York on Thursday, April 4, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Fickies for UFT
Anthony Rosario
Senior CSD, PS 192M
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Melanie Acosta
PS 48X
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Julianna Obie
North Albany Middle School
CLS staff portraits at UFT headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Fickies for UFT
Wanda Speede
PS/IS 184K
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Sheba Giraldovallejo
Community School Associate, PS 19Q
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Isaiah Tart
Community School Associate, Queens HS for Information, Research, and Technology

Social Workers

United Community Schools (UCS) portraits at UFT headquarters in New York on Thursday, April 4, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Fickies for UFT
Maureen Eigenfeld
Bronx Writing Academy
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Maria Cruz
PS 30M
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Jessica Morales
PS 52Q
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Casey Scott
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