Our Team

COOP’s HQ team leads with head, heart, and hustle—supported by hundreds of Captains, our part-time alumni coaches.

Interested in joining our team? View our job openings here!

Executive

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KALANI LEIFER

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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ADANTA AHANONU

Chief Program Officer

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Pareen Kohlhaas

Chief Operating Officer

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LIZ PEREZ

Chief Development Officer

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Recruiting

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STEPHANIE CAFARO

Managing Director of Recruiting

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ANDY BERRY

Associate Director of Recruiting, New York

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KADEEM FULLER

Associate Director of Recruiting, Chicago & Miami

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SCARLETT WILSON

Associate Director of Recruiting, California

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Cohort 66 • Fall 2019

ERICA TORRES

Senior Recruiting Manager, Bay Area

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Cohort 117 • Fall 2020

BRIANNE GLOVER

Senior Recruiting Manager, Los Angeles

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Cohort 9 • Spring 2016

MARANATHA CROOMES

Recruiting Manager, Los Angeles

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Cohort 267 • Fall 2022

DESTINEE RAYO

Senior Recruiting Coordinator, California

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Mike Thomas

Recruiting Manager, Chicago

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DANIEL RIVERA

Senior Recruiting Coordinator, Chicago

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Cohort 168 • Fall 2021

Justin Childs

Recruiting Manager, Miami

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KATHERINE MARTINEZ

Recruiting Manager, New York

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Cohort 153 • Fall 2021

EMIKHE TISOR

Recruiting Manager, New York

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STEVEN VALDEZ HERNANDEZ

Recruiting Manager, New York

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Cohort 189 • Spring 2022

HALIMAH DOS

Senior Recruiting Coordinator, New York

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Cohort 171 • Fall 2021

Program Operations

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DARLENE PERRY-O'NEILL

Senior Director of Program

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KEVIN LY

Director of Program Operations, National

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Cohort 32 • Spring 2018

MARK ANTHONY FAJILAGUTAN

Associate Director of Program, California

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Cohort 47 • Fall 2018

BYRON GUO

Associate Director of Program, NYC

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NATALIE SUMMERS

Associate Director of Program, Chicago & Miami

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Cohort 168 • Fall 2021

JUAN VINDEL

Senior Program Manager, Bay Area

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Cohort 16 • Spring 2017

SARA GARCIA

Program Manager, Bay Area

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Cohort 141 • Spring 2021

MANTASHA LAKDAWALA

Senior Program Manager, Bay Area

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ANARELI LARIOS

Program Manager, Chicago

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Cohort 204 • Spring 2022

AYO BENJAMIN

Program Manager, Los Angeles

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Cohort 114 • Fall 2020

MERIYEL DAVID

Program Manager, Los Angeles

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Cohort 36 • Spring 2018

TREVALEYUS HARRIS JR.

Program Manager, Miami

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Cohort 248 • Fall 2022

MARITZA LOPEZ

Senior Program Manager, New York

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Cohort 13 • Fall 2016

CHRISTOPHER NOVA

Senior Program Manager, New York

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Cohort 67 • Fall 2019

CHRISTOPHER CHAN

Program Manager, New York

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WINNIE LIANG

Program Manager, New York

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Cohort 162 • Fall 2021

JULIO PASCUAL

Program Manager, New York

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Cohort 97 • Fall 2020

KAIWEN YE

Program Manager, New York

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Cohort 43 • Fall 2018

Design and Evaluation

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BERNEX RICHARDSON

Managing Director of Design and Evaluation (and interim Senior Director of Alumni)

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CHYKEE-JAHBRE WARD

Director of Program Design, National

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Cohort 3 • Fall 2015

ALEX GEYZBURG

Associate Director of Strategic Pilots

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Cohort 10 • Spring 2016

SAMANTHA GHANIE

Senior Program Design Manager, Career Readiness

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Cohort 3 • Fall 2015

JAMIN CHOWDHURY

Senior Program Design Manager, Data Analytics and Financial Services

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Cohort 80 • Spring 2020

DIANE NGUYEN

Senior Program Design Manager, Business Development & Digital Marketing

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Cohort 54 • Spring 2020

Partnerships

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SARAH WESSEL

Managing Director of Partnerships

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JENNIFER MATOS

Associate Director of Partnerships

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Cohort 24 • Fall 2017

CELEN YAP

Associate Director of Partnerships

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Cohort 15 • Spring 2016

RAJADA EALEY

Partnerships Manager

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Cohort 116 • Fall 2020

RYAN GORMAN

Senior Partnerships Coordinator

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Social Work

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ADIS ORTA

Senior Director of Social Work

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JEIMI BURGOS

New York City Clinical Supervisor

Felicia Huddleston

Social Work Manager

TATE BENSON

Social Work Manager

Alumni

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MARY UDASCO

Director of Alumni

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Cohort 31 • Fall 2017

FELIX DALGO

Senior Alumni Manager, New York

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Cohort 6 • Fall 2015

NAIYIMA SEVERE

Alumni Manager, New York

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DENNIS OSORIO

Alumni Manager, California

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Cohort 119 • Fall 2020

MIA THOMPSON

Alumni Manager, California

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Cohort 115 • Fall 2020

JOHNATHAN YI

Alumni Manager, California

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BORIS POMPEE

Senior Alumni Manager, California, Chicago, and Miami

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Cohort 26 • Fall 2017

External Affairs

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PATRICIA MALIZIA

Senior Director of Marketing and Communications

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RACHEL KNOWLES

Director of Development, California

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JOHN STEGNER

Director of Development, New York City

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SLOANE MARKLEY

Associate Director of Development

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SAMANTHA MARK

Senior Manager of Marketing

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PATRICK MA

Managing Director of Finance and Operations

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Rachana Saharia

Senior Financial Accountant

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CHEROYA DAVENPORT-SALLEY

Senior Talent Operations Manager

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Talent

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ARIANA BALDOMERO

Senior Director of Talent

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TAMARA ANDERSON

Senior Talent Acquisitions Manager

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MORRELL GASKINS

Senior Talent Acquisitions Manager

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Cohort 13 • Fall 2016

ALIX CARTER

Senior Talent Development Manager

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Cohort 60 • Spring 2019

Technology

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SABRINA SANTANA

Technology Solutions Analyst

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Cohort 295 • Spring 2023