Meet the team members who strive each day to improve the literacy landscape of West Michigan.
Staff Members
- Wendy Falb, Ph.D.
Executive Director
wvfalb@literacycenterwm.org - Diedre Deering
Office Manager
ddeering@literacycenterwm.org - Brianda Nunez-Gasga
Administrative Assistant
bcnunez-gasga@literacycenterwm.org - Laurie Zarzecki Emelander
Finance Director
lzemelander@literacycenterwm.org - Elizabeth Dombrowski
Senior Director of Development & Communications
edombrowski@literacycenterwm.org - Yilin Wendland-Liu, Ph.D.
Adult Tutoring Program Director
ywendland-liu@literacycenterwm.org - Tyler Archambault
Adult Tutoring Program Coordinator
tarchambault@literacycenterwm.org - Hamid Ahari
Adult Tutoring Program Coordinator
hahari@literacycenterwm.org - Marcus Little, M.A.
Senior Director of Workplace & Community Programming
mlittle@literacycenterwm.org - Cara Glass, M.Ed.
Director of Community Literacy Programs
cglass@literacycenterwm.org - Sally Fairman, M.A.
Workplace ESL Coordinator
sfairman@literacycenterwm.org - Nash Hirwa
Citizenship and Community ESL Coordinator
nhirwa@literacycenterwm.org - Damindra Hulugalla, M.A.
Community and Workplace ESL Coordinator
dhulugalla@literacycenterwm.org - Carrie Machkouri, M.A.
Customized Workplace English Integrated Education and Training Coordinator
cmachkouri@literacycenterwm.org - Melissa Reddy
Mi Impact Program Coordinator
mreddy@literacycenterwm.org - Karrie Roy
Family Literacy Program Director
kroy@literacycenterwm.org - Steffy Conde
Family Literacy Program Coordinator
sconde@literacycenterwm.org - McKenna Cook
Family Literacy Program Coordinator
mcook@literacycenterwm.org - Edna de Jong
Family Literacy Program Coordinator
edejong@literacycenterwm.org
Instructors
- Theresa Abel, M.A.
Customized Workplace English - Madhu Adhikari
Customized Workplace English - Maureen Birnie, M.A.
Customized Workplace English - Karen Conover, M.A.
Customized Workplace English - Christy Dam, M.A.
Customized Workplace English - Kirstin Damstra, M.ED
Customized Workplace English & Family Literacy - Sara Daniels
Family Literacy - Ashley Force
Family Literacy - Grace Joldersma
Family Literacy - Hailey Kent
Customized Workplace English - Marielle Levert
Family Literacy - Maria McKee
Family Literacy - Leah Metivier-Kearney, M.A.
Family Literacy - Lisa Miller Sage
Customized Workplace English - Fathiya Mohamed
Family Literacy - Steven Plominski
Customized Workplace English - Gabriel Seif, M.A.
Customized Workplace English - Jessica Snyder
Family Literacy - Jade Suhr
Family Literacy - Jenny Vanderboon Knol
Family Literacy - David Visser
Family Literacy - Jane Watkins, M.A.
Customized Workplace English - Karen Webster
Customized Workplace English - Raye Wood
Family Literacy - Kylie VanderMeulen, M.A.
Family Literacy - Katerina Zhuraulyova
Customized Workplace English
