Our Team
Renee Flagler
Executive Director
Renee is an effective and passionate non-profit leader whose passion is empowering girls everywhere. Her proven track record in organizational growth and sustainability speaks for itself, with both programmatic and revenue growth year over year. She is an experienced business strategist, an award-winning writer, adjunct professor, and speaker who is passionate about encouraging women and youth to pursue their passion and purpose.
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our Team
Susan Dunbar
Program Manager
Monica Kim
Operations Manager
Cassie Huneke
Development Manager
Nellie Washington
Program Coordinator
Bryanna Haywood
Program Coordinator
Erika Pugliese
Facilitator
Board of Directors
Samantha Persaud
Chair
Vice President and Counsel, BNY Mellon
Crishana Runge
Vice Chair
Operations & Finance Manager, Dove Electronic Components, Inc.
Kristina Trautmann
Associate General Counsel, Danone North America
Patricia Hoffman
Senior Vice President, Retail Senior Sales Strategy Manager, M&T
Samantha Guido
Associate, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek PC
Dan Barden, MBA
Assistant Vice President, Select Commercial Lines, USI Insurance Services
Dr. Michele Darby
Secretary
President/CEO, Excellence Coaching and Consulting Services, LLC
Michelle Fernandez
Secretary
Head of Technology Content and Marketing, Nokia, Inc.
Donna Gayden
Interim Assistant Controller, Empire State Development
Veronica Isaac
IT Manager, Customer Operations, PSEG LI
Christine Ketcham
Vice President, Senior Private Banking Officer, Citizens Bank
Amanda Lamothe-Cadet
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Sharen Cox Phillips
Director of Global Partnerships, News Media Holding Companies, Google
Trancea Roberts
First Vice President, CMS Director, Metropolitan Commercial Bank
Nancy Richner
Arts Consultant
Michelle D'Agostino
Assurance Services Partner, Ernst & Young
Haley Guanay
Long Island Community Manager, Community & Customer Management, National Grid
Advisory Board
Michele Bayley, MPH
Chair
Core Faculty, Stony Brook Medicine, Program in Public Health
Beth Bucheister
Executive Director, Career Day Inc.
Joy Fernandez
Partner, Ernst & Young
Retha Fernandez
Strategic Engagement Manager, National Grid Ventures & Community Offshore Wind
Jan R. Figueira
Director, Science and Technology Entry Program, Nassau Community College
Simone M. Freeman, Esq.
Partner, Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran, LLP
Stacy Galiatsos
Philanthropic & Social Impact Consultant
Sidney Joyner
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of Suffolk County
Annette Kraus
Ellen Labita, CPA
Partner, Baker Tilly, US, LLP
Katshyna Romage
Girls Inc. of Long Island Alumnae
Saraf Salim, MPH
IRB Administrator, Harvard University Area IRB GILI Alumnae
Stacey I. Sikes
Vice President of Government Affairs and Communications, Long Island Association