Staff & Leadership
At Foundations we are committed to helping you transform the world of learning for children and youth. Please call us at 856-533-1600 or toll free at 888-977-5437.
Meet the Team
Rhonda H. Lauer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rosanne Ahlholm
School Business Services Manager
Craig Butler
Director, School Business Services
Marci Comisky
Individualized Student Support Coordinator
Tony Cost
Senior Advisor
Kate DeValerio
Director, Human Resources
Andrew Francis
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Tasha Gardner
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Janice Goldstein
Program Director, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Ron Goldstein
Chief of Operations
MaryEllen Gorodetzer, Ed.D.
Chief Education and Innovation Officer
Marge Gramlich
Program Assistant
Stephanie Hofstetter
Marketing Coordinator
Christina Ingrassia
Finance Coordinator
Hillary Jones
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Casey Jones
Executive Director, Marketing & Communications
Jermaine Kamau
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Jennifer King
Program Assistant
Yana List
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Sylvia Lyles, Ph.D.
Chief Partnership and Grants Officer
Jessie Matthews
Human Resources Specialist
Emilio Matticoli, Ed.D.
Senior Advisor
Kate McCoach
Director, Finance
Dave McConnell
Executive Director, Professional Learning
Liz McKeaney, Ed.D.
Director, Education and Innovation
Reneira Nieves
Executive Assistant to the CEO and Exhibiting Coordinator
Jamie Ocasio
Assistant School Business Administrator
Shanika Peck
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Michael Piazza-Sugarman
Chief Financial Officer
Brittney Stanton
Education Specialist, Center for Afterschool and Expanded Learning
Kerry Stouffer
Director, Special Education Support Services
Jessica Tilli
Director, Social Media
Jay Waugh
Director, Specialized Services
Jessica Williamson
Human Resources Specialist
Board of Directors
- Robert S. Schwartz, Chair Emeritus, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ) and President, Food Sciences Corporation (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- K.C. Burton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keveske and Associates (East Orange, NJ)
- Charles English, President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
- Jennifer Fleisher, Owner/Founder, Cooley-Fleisher Health Education Consultants (Cherry Hill, NJ)
- Michael Gadsby, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, O3 World (Philadelphia, PA)
- Linda Romano, Board Chair, Educational Consultant, Advantacore School Improvement Solutions (Powell, OH)
- Janet Samuels, Administrator (Retired), Pennsylvania Department of Education, (Harrisburg, PA)
- Jose Gomez, VP, Product Line Transformation Lead, Wells Fargo (Philadelphia, PA)
National Advisory Committee
- Carol Auerbach Berger, Trustee, Auerbach Family Foundation (Riviera Beach, FL)
- Melvina Banks-Michie, Supervisor of Student-Teacher Instruction, George Mason University (Dumfries, VA)
- Albert J. Berger, Chairman (Retired), Allied-Universal Security Services (Riviera Beach, FL)
- K.C. Burton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keveske and Associates (West Orange, NJ)
- Charles R. English, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
- Jennifer Fleisher, Owner/Founder, Cooley-Fleisher Health Education Consultants (Cherry Hill, NJ)
- Michael Gadsby, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, O3 World (Philadelphia, PA)
- Stacy Gill-Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
- Lori Godorov, Executive Director, The Work Group (Pennsauken, NJ)
- Jose Gomez, VP, Product Line Transformation Lead, Wells Fargo (Philadelphia, PA)
- Monica Goldson, Chief Executive Officer, Prince Georges County Public Schools (Upper Marlboro, MD)
- W. Wilson Goode, Sr., President, AMACHI, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)
- Paul Griffin, Senior Vice President of Strategic Urban Initiatives, Amplify Education (Brooklyn, NY)
- Steven Guttentag, Chief Executive Officer, EPS Learning (Chevy Chase, MD)
- David Irving, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CollegeReadyMath (Washington, D.C.)
- Kelvin Jeremiah, President and CEO, Philadelphia Housing Authority (Philadelphia, PA)
- Portia Kennel, Consultant, Thriving Families Thriving Children (Atlanta, GA)
- Joseph Kretovics, Senior Research Professor of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- Dayna Long, Division Chief, Department for Community Health and Engagement, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (Oakland, CA)
- Fausto López, Co-Founder, Praxis Institute (Chicago, IL)
- Edward Manuszak, Executive Director for Early Childhood, Washtenaw Intermediate School District (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Miguel Marco, Principal, Wittmann Elementary School (Cerritos, CA)
- Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Affairs Coalition (Philadelphia, PA)
- Liza McFadden, President, Liza & Partners (Tallahassee, FL)
- Kent McGuire, Education Program Director, Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA)
- Ioannis Miaoulis, President, Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI)
- Malcolm Mitchell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Share the Magic Foundation (Atlanta, GA)
- Roxanne Moore, Senior Research Engineer, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
- Heather Norton, Chief Science Officer, Discovery Place (Charlotte, NC)
- Terry Peterson, Director of Afterschool and Community Learning Network, College of Charleston (Kiawah Island, SC)
- L. Kimo Richardson, Director of Accreditation and Approvals, New Leaders (Cliffwood, NJ)
- Melvin Rogers, Associate Instructor, University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
- Linda Romano, Educational Consultant, Advantacore School Improvement Solutions (Powell, OH)
- Janet Samuels, Administrator (Retired), Pennsylvania Department of Education (Wayne, PA)
- Jacquelyn Santiago-Nazario, Chief Executive Officer, Compass Youth Collaborative (Hartford, CT)
- Robert S. Schwartz, Chair Emeritus, Foundations, Inc. and President, Food Sciences Corporation (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- Jeffrey Smith, Executive Director, Virginia Air & Space Center (Hampton, VA)
- William F. Snell, President, Pretty Shield Foundation (Billings, MT)
- Robert Stonehill, Founding Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Washington, DC)
- Derrick Swinton, Associate Dean for the New Jersey Center of Science, Technology and Mathematics, Kean University (Union, NJ)
- Andrea Tawney, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (El Paso, TX)
- Debra Taylor, Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)
- Frances Welch, Dean, School of Education, College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)
- Julie Wild-Curry, Director, 21st CCLC After School Programs and Statewide 21st CCLC Mentor (Retired) (Fairbanks, AK)
- Avis Williams, Superintendent, New Orleans, Louisiana Public Schools (New Orleans, LA)
- Laveta Wills-Hale, Network Coordinator, Arkansas Out-of-School Network (Little Rock, AR)
- Tyra Witsell, Witsell Associates (Oviedo, FL)