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Our Team: Meet Briya

Briya has a dynamic team of committed educators and staff members who are passionate about education and social justice. Each staff member comes to Briya through a different path — full-time volunteers, former students, career educators — but all stay because of their commitment to the families Briya serves.

Leadership Team

Christie McKay

Christie McKay

Executive Director
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Geovanna Izurieta

Geovanna Izurieta

Director of Finance and Administration
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Karen Hertzler

Karen Hertzler

Director of Accountability
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Lisa Luceno

Lisa Luceno

Senior Director of Early Childhood Strategy
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Lorie Preheim

Lorie Preheim

Director of Outreach and Adult Education Strategy
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Elizabeth Bowman

Elizabeth Bowman

Director of Adult Education
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Silvia Arias

Silvia Arias

Early Childhood Manager
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Board of Trustees

Daniela Grigioni, board chair, Executive Director at After-School All-Stars DC

Doris Garay, board vice chair, Family Engagement Facilitator/Social Worker for the Department of Family Services, Fairfax, Virginia

Flor Buruca, board secretary, Briya student

Nishit (Nick) Sheth, board treasurer, Business Manager at Subsystem Technologies, supporting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bill Bletzinger, board member, Retired

Darryl Clay, board member, Chief Operating Officer at Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School, Washington, DC

Thomas Gerkin, board member, Compliance Analyst, Whitman-Walker Health

Judy Mortrude, board member, Senior Technical Advisor, World Education, Inc.

Alejandra Sandoval, board member, Briya student

Todd Shears, board member, Founder and Owner, BlueSail Advisors LLC

Cara Sklar, board member, Deputy Director, Early & Elementary Education Policy at New America

More about our board members.

SY 2020-2021 board meeting schedule. 

Team Directory

NamePositionEmail
Abbamin, ZuhraAdult Education Lead Instructorzabbamin@briya.org
Abera, NaomiFinance and Business Administratornabera@briya.org
Adhikari, PoojaEarly Childhood Teacherpadhikari@briya.org
Alexander, PatriciaPreK Departmentpalexander@briya.org
Alfaro, Jose Administrative & Security Support jalfaro@briya.org
Araujo, ClaraOutreach & Registration Specialistcaraujo@briya.org
Argueta, ElsaEarly Childhood Assistant Teachereargueta@briya.org
Arias, Silvia Early Childhood Manager sarias@briya.org
Beltran, MariaEarly Childhood Teachermbeltran@briya.org
Benavides, Marcela Administrative Site Coordinator mbenavides@briya.org
Benitez, RoxanaEarly Childhood Teacherrbenitez@briya.org
Beres, OliviaAdult Ed Associate Teacher oberes@briya.org
Bergner, Elizabeth Adult Education Lead Instructorebergner@briya.org
Bowman, ElizabethAdult Education Directorebowman@briya.org
Canaviri, SoniaEarly Childhood Teacherscanaviri@briya.org
Canizales, Gladis Early Childhood Coordinator gcanizales@briya.org
Cardenas, Maria AlejandraPreK Departmentmcardenas@briya.org
Castro, MauCDA Coordinator & Instructormcastro@briya.org
Cerullo, BillyFamily Services Coordinatorbcerullo@briya.org
Chappell Deckert, LydiaEarly Childhood Instructional and Administrative Assistantlchappelldeckert@briya.org
Chavez, DanielAdult Education Lead Teacher
dchavez@briya.org
Chirino, Violetavchirino@maryscenter.org
Cruz, Berta IT Manager bcruz@briya.org
Cruz, GenesisHealth Navigator (School Nurse)gcruz@briya.org
De Paula, Gracia CDA Instructor gdepaula@briya.org
Diaz, GlendaEarly Childhood Assistantgdiaz@briya.org
Diaz, KennyIT Specialistkdiaz@briya.org
Diaz, PabloIT Specialistpdiaz@briya.org
Diaz, PercyIT Specialistpjdiaz@briya.org
Dorendorf, MarleeAdult Education Associate Instructormdorendorf@briya.org
Erie, BrittaMA Program Assistant berie@briya.org
Escamilla, Shiela PreK Departmentsescamilla@briya.org
Espinoza, DianaAdministrative Assistant despinoza@briya.org
Evarts, ElaineAdult Education Lead Instructor eevarts@briya.org
Faloni, Mark Adult Education Lead Instructormfaloni@briya.org
Farah, Raquel Student Services Coordinator rfarah-robison@briya.org
Fawcett, BetsyAdult Ed Associate Teacher bfawcett@briya.org
Ferdous, ZannatulEarly Childhood Teacherzferdous@briya.org
Flores, WendyStudent Services Coordinatorwflores@briya.org
Gaitan, Maria Dolores Early Childhood Teacher mgaitan@briya.org
Gebrekidan, Zaid Administrative Assistantzgebrekidan@briya.org
Gomez, Katia Special Education Director
kgomez@briya.org
Gomez, Lorena Early Childhood Coordinator lgomez@briya.org
Gonzalez, Amy Operations Directoragonzalez@briya.org
Granados, Alejandra Early Childhood Teacher agranados@briya.org
Grijalva, Sonia Early Childhood Assistant sgrijalva@briya.org
Guardado, DaysiEarly Childhood Teacher dguardado@briya.org
Guardado, Mirna Registrarmguardado@briya.org
Guardado, MorisIT Assistantmoguardado@briya.org
Guardado, Wendy Administrative Managerwguardado@briya.org
Hapuarachchi, ShanikaDevelopment Specialistshapuarachchi@briya.org
Hawkins, AllisonPreK Departmentahawkins@briya.org
Hertzler, Karen Director of Accountability & Development khertzler@briya.org
Hunter, LaurenAdult Ed Associate Teacherlhunter@briya.org
Ihaza, Jodi Director of Charter Data & Administrative Manager jihaza@briya.org
Izurieta, Geovanna
Director of Finance & Administration gizurieta@briya.org
James, FrancesStudent Recruitment and Outreach Coordinatorfjames@briya.org
Johnson, Lena Director of Early Childhood Educationljohnson@briya.org
Juarez-Escamilla, Maribel Early Childhood Coordinatormescamilla@briya.org
Kebade, LuwamEarly Childhood Teacherlkebade@briya.org
Kittleson, Judy Adult Education Lead Instructor and Coordinator jkittleson@briya.org
Koop Liechty, EmmaEvents & Field Trip Coordinatorekoopliechty@briya.org
Kushner, BethAdult Transitions Coordinator bkushner@briya.org
Leon, Vanessa School Based Mental Health Therapistvleon@briya.org
Lorenzana, Melissa Early Childhood Coordinatormlorenzana@briya.org
Luceno, Lisa Senior Director of Early Childhood Strategylluceno@briya.org
Luque Flores, AliciaFront Desk Receptionistaluque@briya.org
Macheel, AnnieAdult Education Lead Instructoramacheel@briya.org
Mackie, LydiaPreK Departmentlmackie@briya.org
Marin, Sandra CASAS Coordinator smarin@briya.org
McKay, Christie Executive Director cmckay@briya.org
Meinel, Elizabeth Adult Education Lead Instructor eposton@briya.org
Mejia, Amima Early Childhood Assistant amejia@briya.org
Mendoza, ElviraEarly Childhood Assistant emendoza@briya.org
Mendoza, Yolanda Early Childhood Assistant ymendoza@briya.org
Mintz, Stephanie Community Schools Coordinator and Director of Student Services smintz@briya.org
Morales, Alicia Early Childhood Teacher amorales@briya.org
Morales, MarisolCleaning Caretakermmorales@briya.org
Morillo, Florinda Early Childhood Assistant fmorillo@briya.org
Morris, AlliePreK Lead Teacheramorris@briya.org
Murithi, TatyanaHR Generalisttmurithi@briya.org
Mussman, Noelani Director of Professional Development & Academic Supportnmussman@briya.org
Neira, LizTwos Teacherlneira@briya.org
Ngako-Wotcho, Mireille Outreach Specialistmngako-wotcho@briya.org
Pease, Alicia Adult Education Lead Instructorapease@briya.org
Perez, GuillerminaEarly Childhood Teachergperez@gmail.com
Perez, EduardoIT Specialisteperez@briya.org
Perez, OctavioFacilities Engineer & External Education Specialist
operez@briya.org
Prater, EmilyAdult Ed Math Master Teacher & Coacheprater@briya.org
Preheim, Lorie Director of Outreach and Adult Education Strategy lpreheim@briya.org
Quintanilla, Carlos PreK Departmentcquintanilla@briya.org
Rached, Sawsan Early Childhood Assistant srached@briya.org
Ramirez, Milena PreK Departmentmramirez@briya.org
Reuber, Paige Adult Education Lead Instructor and Coordinatorpreuber@briya.org
Rivas, Claudia Early Childhood Assistant crivas@briya.org
Rivera-Martinez, Kimberly Administrative Site Coordinatorkrivera@briya.org
Rivera, Rosa Early Childhood Teacher rrivera@briya.org
Rosenberg, Jessica Adult Education Coordinator jrosenberg@briya.org
Roy, Abby Adult Education Instructional and Administrative Assistantaroy@briya.org
Sadownick, JameyAdult Education Lead Instructorjsadownick@briya.org
Sandoval, NuryPreK Departmentnsandoval@briya.org
Santizo, LeticiaEarly Childhood Assistant Teacherlsantizo@briya.org
Schmidt, KerstinPreK Departmentkschmidt@briya.org
Sevilla Mejia, RikssiAdministrative Assistantrsevilla@briya.org
Simpson Baird, AshleyResearch & Policyasimpsonbaird@briya.org
Steffes, Erin
PreK Assistant esteffes@briya.org
Stoltzfus, Lauren Communications Coordinatorlstoltzfus@briya.org
Taft Hicks, Camilla Strategy Coordinator ctafthicks@briya.org
Toure, Barbara Adult Education Instructional Coachbtoure@briya.org
Ulseth, JohannaStudent Services Coordinatorjulseth@briya.org
Vaccalluzzo, MarisaSpeech & Language Pathologistmvaccalluzzo@briya.org
Valenzuela, Ivana Registration Managerivalenzuela@briya.org
Velazquez Rangel, MarthaPreK Departmentmvelazquezrangel@briya.org
Wang, StellaCommunications Assistantswang@briya.org
Weemaes, JillianAdult Education Associate Instructorjweemaes@briya.org
Williams, MichaelIT Specialistmwilliams@briya.org
Wittkowski, KirstenAdult Education Lead Instructor & Coordinatorkwittkowski@briya.org
Zelaya, ClaudiaStudent Services Coordinatorczelaya@briya.org

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