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Our Team

Amma Felix, President & CEO

Tiffany Appiah, Program Manager, Career Mentoring Initiative

Wendy Ayala, Director, Scholars Program

James comes to CDI having worked in journalism, education and graphic design for more than 20 years.As an editor and staff writer James focused on local reporting, seeking to tell the stories of those too often overlooked members of the Los Angeles …

James Carter, Communications Manager

Brian Cesario, Education Research & Data Analyst

Claire Ettinger, Counselor

Courtney Guthreau, Development Director

Lauren is a licensed clinical social worker, who has been providing counseling services to children, adolescents, and young adults for over 10 years. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park, an…

Lauren Fliegel, LCSW-C, Clinical Director

Angela Salazar, Finance Administrator

Jennifer Schwartz, Senior Counselor

Ellen Wei, Counselor

Jill works with CDI partner schools to optimize their college advising practices as the Program Manager, School Support. She provides strategic guidance and professional development to assist high schools as they prepare students for success in coll…

Jill Semmens, Manager, School Support Program

Marcus Suero, Counselor

Jason Williams, Wellness Counselor

INTERNS

Jennifer Cruz, Wellness Intern

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CDI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alicia S. Ritchie, Board Chair

Retired Manager, Inter-American Development Bank

Tinisha Agramonte

Chief Diversity Officer, The Walt Disney Company

G. “Anand” Anandalingam, Ph.D.

Professor of Management Science, University of Maryland; Former Dean, Imperial College Business School; Former Dean of the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland

Shellon Blanchard-Clarke, SPHR

Chief Human Resources Officer, VBC Holding Corp. Inc., Former Managing Director Global Recruiting Operations, Analytics, and Innovation Accenture

Brian K. Bridges, Ph.D.

Secretary of Higher Education, State of New Jersey

I. Howard Diener, Board Treasurer

Former Managing Director, Marks Education; SMC2 Co-Founder - Consumer, Positioning & Brand Strategist; Chairman, Advisory Board Taproot Foundation

Ann Marie Etergino

Managing Director & Financial Advisor, Senior Consulting Group, The Etergino Group at RBC Wealth Management

Gihan Fernando

Assistant Vice Provost, Career Center, American University

Lisette Garcia, Ph.D.

Chief Research Officer, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR)

Kenneth M. Jones II

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Manisha Kapani

President, The Kapani Family Foundation

Maryanne Lavan

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Melissa Welch, MD, MPH

President, Welch Perspective Healthcare Consulting

BOARD MEMBERS EMERITI

Nancy M. Carr • Elizabeth W. Galvin • Jonathan B. Marks • Nina W. Marks

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Denise C. Buchanan

Rose H. Cohen

Susan H. Colby

Reginald S. Exum

Brooke R. Fernandez

Maxine B. Freund

Eric D. Grant

Larry A. Griffith

William E. Kirwan

Alice B. Leiter

Annette L. Nazareth

Rebecca Carr Rizzo

Jennifer D. Schifter

Stephen H. Whisnant