Meet the staff and AmeriCorps members who strive each day to improve the literacy landscape of West Michigan.
- Wendy Falb, Ph.D.
Executive Director
wvfalb@literacycenterwm.org - Diedre Deering
Executive Assistant
ddeering@literacycenterwm.org - Libby Crabb Wahlstrom
Development Director
lcwahlstrom@literacycenterwm.org - Laura Avalos
Bilingual Receptionist
lavalos@literacycenterwm.org - Laurie Zarzecki Emelander
Finance Director
lzemelander@literacycenterwm.org - Danya Ramírez, Ph.D.
Director, Adult Tutoring Program
dramirez@literacycenterwm.org - Queyonna Hunt
Literacy Coordinator, Adult Tutoring Program
qhunt@literacycenterwm.org - Katherine Payne
Literacy Coordinator, Adult Tutoring Program
kpayne@literacycenterwm.org - Tom Rodgers
Family Literacy Coordinator, Adult Tutoring Program
trodgers@literacycenterwm.org - Debora De Leon
Literacy Assistant, Adult Tutoring Program
ddeleon@literacycenterwm.org - Ole Tundevold
ESL/Literacy Instructor and Assistant, Adult Tutoring Program
otundevold@literacycenterwm.org - Carrie Roper
Literacy Coordinator
croper@literacycenterwm.org - Chad Patton
Director, Customized Workplace English
cpatton@literacycenterwm.org - Jennifer Summers
Coordinator, Customized Workplace English
jsummers@literacycenterwm.org - Emilio Nieto
Instructor and Retention Specialist, Customized Workplace English
enieto@literacycenterwm.org - Mike Nassar
Director, Community Literacy Initiative
mnassar@literacycenterwm.org - Johana Rodriguez
Director, Family Literacy Program
jrodriguez@literacycenterwm.org - Kylie VanderMeulen
AmeriCorps Coordinator
kvandermeulen@literacycenterwm.org - Leandra Pogson
Family Literacy Program Assistant
lpogson@literacycenterwm.org - Matthew Benkarski
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
mbenkarski@literacycenterwm.org - Trisha Domeier
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
tdomeier@literacycenterwm.org - Amy Everett
AmeriCorps Family Literacy Instructor and FAN Coordinator
aeverett@literacycenterwm.org - Navjeet S Gill
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
ngill@literacycenterwm.org - Marielena Huerta
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
mhuerta@literacycenterwm.org - Elyssa Hurdt
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
ehurdt@literacycenterwm.org - Kari Sovereign
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
ksovereign@literacycenterwm.org - Eddie Veenstra
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
eveenstra@literacycenterwm.org - Christy Dam
Lead English Instructor, Customized Workplace English
cdam@literacycenterwm.org - Maureen Birnie
Instructor, Customized Workplace English
