PASA Staff

Eric Gurna
Interim Executive Director

Tyrone Gaye
Deputy Director

Robin Richardson-McLean
Director of Advancement & External Affairs

Gautam Sarin
Director of Finance

Lora Doerfer
Director of Middle School Initiatives

Sheila Almeida
Director of Quality Initiatives

James Walker
Director of High School Initiatives

Renée Lafond
Operations and Administration Manager

Itza Serrano
Senior Data Manager

Harrison Tuttle
Hub Site Coordinator, Hope High School

Nallely Perez
Hub Site Coordinator, JSEC

Emily Bisordi
AfterZone Site Coordinator, DelSesto Middle School

Jonathan Goncalves
AfterZone Site Coordinator, Nathan Bishop Middle School

Yuli Samora
AfterZone Site Coordinator, Esek Hopkins Middle School
PASA Board of Directors - FY2026
Brett Smiley, Mayor, City of Providence, PASA Board Chair
Chiara Deltito-Sharrott, Executive Director of RI League of Charter Schools, Vice Chair
Amy Crane, Director of Human Resources & Legal Counsel, Kelmar Associates, LLC, Treasurer
Margaret “Peggy” Farrell, Partner, Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP, Secretary
Directors
Benjamin Appleyard, Communications Manager, Bank of America
Bianca Baldridge, Associate Professor, Harvard University
Ashlie Grilz, Principal & Founder, AG Group Consulting
Henry Hodge, CEO, HCH Enterprises, LLC
Carol Landau, Ph.D., Consulting Psychologist, Writer and Emerita Clinical Professor, Brown University
Javier Montañez, Superintendent of Providence Schools, Providence Public School District
Genesis Sanchez Tavarez, Commercial Litigation Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP
Nicole Verdi, Managing Director of Operations, Finance & Legal, NuGen Capital Management