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 Administrative Assistant
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 - Rebekah Ewing
Family Literacy Coordinator, Adult Tutoring Program
rewing@literacycenterwm.org - Chad Patton
Director, Customized Workplace English
cpatton@literacycenterwm.org - Jennifer Summers
Coordinator, Customized Workplace English
jsummers@literacycenterwm.org - Carrie Roper
Integrated Education & Training Coordinator,Customized Workplace English - croper@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 - Heather Hartman
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
hhartman@literacycenterwm.org - Caroline Huffman
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
chuffman@literacycenterwm.org - Katie Joseph
AmeriCorps Family Literacy Instructor & FAN Coordinator
kjoseph@literacycenterwm.org - Tiha Kabir
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
tkabir@literacycenterwm.org - Anna Leo
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
aleo@literacycenterwm.org - George Miguel
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
gmiguel@literacycenterwm.org - Cynthia Salinas
AmeriCorps ELL Family Literacy Instructor
csalinas@literacycenterwm.org - Christy Dam
Lead English Instructor, Customized Workplace English
cdam@literacycenterwm.org - Maureen Birnie
Instructor, Customized Workplace English
