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