Meet Our Staff
Ready Readers relies solely on contributions from individuals, corporate and community partners. We operate with a small, but dedicated staff to: develop initiatives in our classrooms and community, train, coordinate and mentor our volunteers, design programming for early childhood educators, organize fundraising events, and facilitate the giving and receiving of books.
Our Board of Directors
Mike Mangiore
President
Kate Loar
Vice President, Program
Jeff Wist
Vice President of Finance, Treasurer
Julie Beattie
Vice President, Development
Jessica Perkins
Vice President, Governance
Katie Schenck
Secretary
Paul Schnabel
Immediate Past President
Pat Simons
Founder
Tracy Elzemeyer
Gretta Forrester-Gaffney
Rasheedah Furqan Clay
Rhonda Gray
Keshia Hair
Patrick Hamacher
Courtney Hampton
Kolleen Hentschell
Ria Jackson
Neil Jaffe
Miles Monson
Jason Newland
Tamyka Perine
Jessica Perkins
Paula Robinson
Advisory Board
Erica Bailey
Karen Berger
James Bogart
Harvey Citerman
Ann Grove Dillon
Ryan Easley
Linda Finerty
Audrey Fleissig
Susan Goldberg
Nahid Hashemi
Jennifer Howard
Carol Kaplan-Lyss
Matt Leppert
Paul Lints
Lisa McLaughlin
Jenny McPheeters
Suzie Nall
Helen O’Connor
Julie Ralph
Marilyn Ratkin
Mary Riew
Megan Riley
Linda Rohde
Bradley Schlaggar
Sally Schoenecker
Pat Simons
Lana Wright
M. Lynn Yearwood