Team

Our exceptional team of staff and Board of Directors members are laser-focused on the success of every Adie. See our Careers page for opportunities to join the Ada team.

Executive Team

Lauren Sato

Chief Executive Officer

Alexandra Holien

VP of Revenue and Strategy, Deputy Director

Bethany Lindsey

VP of Education and Innovation

Danielle Ishem

VP of Equity and Policy

Lynn Hewitt

Associate General Counsel

Charline Zavaleta

Chief of Staff

Executive Support Team

Samantha Flores-Sherwood

Executive Assistant

Simone Willynck

Executive Assistant

Garnet Wong-Woo

Executive Assistant

Kylee Arnold

Executive Assistant

Education Team – Seattle

Kaela Worrall

Program Director, Seattle

Auberon López

Instructor, Seattle

Instructor, Seattle

Associate Instructor, Seattle

Associate Instructor, Seattle

Sancha Elevado

Student Success Coach, Seattle

Education Team – Digital

Emily Schifferling

Program Director, Digital

Ansel Rognlie

Instructor, Digital

Ashley Yang

Instructor, Digital

Claire Elliot

Instructor, Digital

Mark Arciaga

Associate Instructor, Digital

Adrian Prado

Associate Instructor, Digital

Nat Bentley

Student Success Coach, Digital

Education Team – Accelerate

Trenisha Goslee

Program Director, Accelerate

Kelsey Steven

Instructor, Accelerate

Education Team – Atlanta

Tara Merriweather

Program Director, Atlanta

Audrey Andoy

Instructor, Atlanta

Ghameerah McCullers

Instructor, Atlanta

Mikelle Wade

Associate Instructor, Atlanta

Education – Curriculum & Internships

Sylvia Artiga Monreal

Program Director, Curriculum and Internships

Le’Onna Lee

Career Services Manager

Dawn Cheung

Career Services Manager

Daniel Chan

Career Services Manager

Char Mays

Technical Curriculum Developer

Kyra Patton

Technical Curriculum Developer

Admissions & Student Affairs

Brenda Martinez

Director of Admissions & Student Affairs

Rachel Palfini

Admissions Program Manager

Camilla Mejia

Admissions Program Specialist

Ra-tek Alston

Admissions Program Assistant

Jacqueline McCrief

Volunteer Coordinator

Paulina Hernandez

Associate Instructor, Special Projects

Marketing & Outreach

Marissa Rowell

Senior Director of Marketing and Outreach

Brenda Currie

Art Director

Rakia Wells

Marketing and Communication Manager

Clarence Edmonds

Ada Build Instructor

Equity and Policy

Christine Newman

Director of Social Justice Training

Rafael Delgado

Director of Social Justice Curriculum and Content Development

Sol Mendez

Senior Social Justice Facilitator & Trainer

Alumni Services

Corporate Partnerships

Jenny Yann

Director of Corporate Partnerships

Gina Ruccione

Director of Business Development

Shauntia Walker

Business Development Manager

Lexie Rodriguez

Business Development Manager

Development

Finance and Operations

Siobahn Lawrence

Salesforce and Data Evaluation Specialist

I-Shan McMahan

Staff Accountant

Sheila Pinkham

Director of People Operations

Sarah Morton

Senior HR Generalist

Board of Directors

Latoya Singleton

Ada Board Chair, CFO, Math for America

Collin Foulds

Vice President, General Counsel, Community Health Plan of Washington and Community Health Network of Washington

Michelle Broderick

Former CMO, The Esalen Institute

Michael Chang

Deputy Director, Strategy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Angela Fan

Ada Alum, Cohort 16; Software Engineer, Oracle

David Daniels

Senior Director of HR Partnerships, Atlassian

Rachel Klein

Strategic Initiatives, Catalyst: ED

Tina-Marie Gulley

VP Business Marketing, Edelman

Jeffrey Spector

Co-founder, Karat

Maureen Ezekwugo

The MindSync Group

Jane Billbe

Director of Business Operations, Swift Group Marketing

Karsten Vagner

Senior VP People, Maven Clinic

Alan Cole

Vice President, Retirement Services & Wealth Management, OneDigital

Sally Moore

CTO, Strike Graph

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