Our People
Meet the team members who strive each day to improve the literacy landscape of West Michigan.
Staff Members
Wendy Falb, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Diedre Deering
Office Manager
Laurie Zarzecki Emelander
Finance Director
Elizabeth Dombrowski
Senior Director of Advancement
Tyler Archambault
Adult Tutoring Program Coordinator
Hamid Ahari
Adult Tutoring Program Coordinator
Marcus Little, M.A.
Senior Director of Programs
Cara Glass, M.Ed.
Director of Instruction and Curricular Design
Carrie Machkouri, M.A.
Customized Workplace English Integrated Education and Training (IET) and Systems Coordinator
Nash Hirwa
Citizenship and Community ESL Coordinator
Damindra Hulugalla, M.A.
Community and Workplace ESL Coordinator
Melissa Reddy
Mi Impact Program Coordinator
Karrie Roy
Director of Operations
Edna de Jong
Family Literacy Program Coordinator
McKenna Cook
Family Literacy Program Coordinator
Instructors
Theresa Abel, M.A.
Madhu Adhikari
Matt Bailey
Maureen Birnie, M.A.
Christy Dam, M.A.
Sara Daniels
Jackie Frens
Elise Holcomb
Grace Joldersma
Dani Johnson
Maria McKee
Steven Plominski
Olivia Rivera
Grace Seif
Kim Tidey
Kimberli Tundevold
Jenny Vanderboon Knol
Karen Webster
Katsiaryna Zhurauliova