Read Ahead Staff
Read Ahead is led by a small professional staff, including our Headquarters team, and our school-based Program Coordinators.
Brittany Applewhite
Program Coordinator
bapplewhite@readahead.org
Kristen Baldwin
Executive Director
kbaldwin@readahead.org
Evelyn Canela
Senior Director, Program & Impact
ecanela@readahead.org
Eva David
Senior Program Coordinator
edavid@readahead.org
Ariel Grace
Managing Director, Development, Communications, & Operations
agrace@readahead.org
Bess Hauser
Operations Coordinator
bhauser@readahead.org
Cecile Johnson
Program Coordinator
cjohnson@readahead.org
Tulsi Joshi
Senior Manager, Development & Communications
tjoshi@readahead.org
Apiphany Lawyer
Program Coordinator
alawyer@readahead.org
Shay Li
Senior Manager, Program & Impact
sli@readahead.org
Jamilia Simon
Program Coordinator
jsimon@readahead.org
Emily Williams
Director, Operations
ewilliams@readahead.org
Rui Jia Zheng
Program Coordinator
rzheng@readahead.org