Leadership
Learn more about the Girls Inc. Strategic Plan 2021-2025


Executive Director
Renee Flagler
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

Director of Development
Lisa Mitnick

Development Manager
Jennifer Capella-Brown

Operations Manager
Monica Kim

Program Manager
Susan Dunbar

Program Coordinator
Paige Jelinek

Facilitator
Paula Martin

Facilitator
Danielle Taylor

Facilitator
Nellie Washington

Facilitator
Mayling White
Board of Directors

Chair of Board
Samantha Persaud
Vice President It - Strategy & Governance, Mizuho Americas

Vice Chair
Crishana Runge
Manager of Overhead Rates, Regulatory Policy and Process Compliance, TTM Technologies

Chair of Finance Committee, Treasurer of Board
Donna Gayden
Interim Chief Financial Officer, Village Oak Park, IL.
Chair of Programming Committee
Nancy Richner
Independent Consultant in the Visual Arts and Education, retired Director of the Hofstra University Museum of Art

Secretary of Board
Samantha Guido
Associate, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, PC

Dr. Michele Darby
President/CEO, Excellence Coaching and Consulting Services, LLC

Dan Barden, MBA
Assistant Vice President, Select Commercial Lines, USI Insurance Services
Desiree Corbett
Senior Manager, Baker Tilly US, LLP

Michelle D'Agostino
Partner, Assurance Ernst & Young

Michelle Fernandez
Head of Technology Content and Marketing, Nokia, Inc.
Veronica Isaac
Manager of Customer and Community Partnerships, PSEG Long Island, LLC
Christine Ketcham
Relationship Manager, Opal Wealth Advisors
Amanda Lamothe-Cadet
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Susan McKeon
Chief Financial Officer/Associate Lab Director for Business Services, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Tamara Morrison
CEO, Premier HR Consulting, LLC
Alexandra Paoli
National Grid Program Manager - Project C External Affairs

Sharen Phillips
Director of Global Partnerships, News Media Holding Companies, Google
Trancea Roberts
First Vice President, CMS Director, Metropolitan Commercial Bank

Sarah White
Banker, JP Morgan Private Bank
Advisory Board

Chair
Michele Bayley, MPH
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
Ellen Labita, CPA
Partner, Baker Tilly, US, LLP
Katshyna Romage
Girls Inc. of Long Island Alumnae

Stacey Sikes
Vice President of Government Affairs and Communications, Long Island Association