Our approach is customized by who we are.

Education is in our DNA.

Generation Ready educational consultants are a team of professional educators with decades of experience as teachers, coaches, administrators, curriculum planners, and professors. The depth and breadth of this experience allows them to provide support to all members of the education community from administrators to parents — by bringing practical, hands-on experience to the consultancy work. They are committed to, and have extensive experience in, partnering with schools and teachers to raise the standards, rigor and expectations for students.

Bill McConnell

President

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Maria Quail

Chief Executive Officer

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Alice Stabiner

Senior Director of Education

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Brooke Grabiner

Director of Client Services

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Jack Lavender

Director of IT

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James Clark

Project Support Officer

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Marian Eugene

Human Resources Manager

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Megan Leonard

Partner Support Manager

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Nadav Ben-Chanoch

Director of Legal Services

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Yatin Bashivi

Director of Finance & Operations

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Our consultants

Alannah Leonini

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Alice Lee

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Amy Parsons

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Ana Facenda

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Anna Munoz

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Angela Reynolds

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Angie Primeaux

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Anthony Volforte

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Barbara Boriotti

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Barbara Kestenbaum

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Beth Lopez

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Beverly Mowatt

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Boma Jack

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Bonnie Laboy

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Bridget Bye

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Carolyn McGown

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Carolyn Thompson

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Cheryl Lee

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Christine Milton

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Christy Curran

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Clyde Cole

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Eileen Miller

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Elisa Capers

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Erik Lepis

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Grace Chiu

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Harriette Grosvenor

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Ines Ellis-Guardiola

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Iveliz Colon

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James Rice

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Jane Yuille

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Jon Delise

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Julie Mullan

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Julie Termini

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Jusse Morine

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Kami Lewis Levin

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Karen Ames

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Kate Greenfield

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Kelly Ortagus

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Ken Petriccione

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Kerry Cunningham

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Kevin Boston-Hill

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Latoya Massey

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Laura Caito

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Laura Feijoo

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Laurie Golubtchik

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Luisa Garcia-Soler

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Martin Wilson

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Mary Danke

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Mary Murphy

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Michael Ettore

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Michael Horwitz

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Michelle Bergman

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Morgan Hildesley

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Nicole Scariano

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Pam Warrick

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Patricia Wilcox

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Rebecca Odessey

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Ryan Spencer

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Ross Linegar

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Sara Collins

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Sarah Ringey

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Shira Katz

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Stephanie Fern

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Susan Midlarsky

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Tammye Turpin

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Thomas Beatini

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Trish Walter

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Bill McConnell

Bill joined Generation Ready (formerly AUSSIE) in 1998 as an educational consultant supporting struggling school districts throughout New York City. Bill brings more than 35 years of educational expertise having supported schools and education systems throughout the world, including Australia, England, South Africa and Asia.

Bill has been in a variety of roles within education as a teacher, administrator, coach, and consultant across all grades. He has supported schools, districts, and states at all levels in education.

Before moving to the United States Bill was the General Manager of Reading Matters, a national education non-profit organization in South Africa that provides teacher training, materials and schools to poor communities in the region. Equity has always been his passion – “it is vital to ensure all students have equal opportunities to help them succeed in life.” His mission is to provide every child with an outstanding education which he believes is the most critical 21st century challenge; this is why he affirms partnering with great schools has the potential to transform lives.

Bill’s background affords him a uniquely qualified perspective on modern education. He works closely with Maria Quail in providing a consistent nationwide strategy for Generation Ready’s professional development initiatives. The focus of such initiatives is ensuring consultancy is research-based and transformative, and supports educational equity, leadership growth, teacher effectiveness, and student achievement in schools that Generation Ready partners with.

Maria Quail

Maria Quail began her teaching career in Brooklyn as an elementary school teacher and later transferred to the Bronx. She went on to become a certified Reading Recovery teacher working with at risk students. In time she became an Assistant Principal and eventually the Principal of Public School 8 in the Bronx. Later she served as a mentor to new principals in her district under a Project Lead Grant in District 10 in the Bronx.

For the following 8 years, Maria served as a Network Leader in the Empowerment Organization of the Department of Education in the City of New York, initially leading a team of 4 who supported 26 NYC schools. Under her leadership the network quickly grew in school numbers and became one of the first in the city of New York to pilot a Children First Network (CFN) and Phase One of the Special Education Initiative. Selecting a team of 14 experts in operations and instruction, CFN 109 was formed which supported 36 schools in the Bronx and Brooklyn instructionally and operationally.

She has also served as an adjunct instructor for graduate students at Manhattan College. Maria joined Generation Ready in 2016 and is currently Generation Ready’s Chief Executive Officer.

Alice Stabiner

Alice Stabiner is the Senior Director of Education and Marketing for Generation Ready. Her distinguished career as educator and leader spans 50 years in NYC. She was a Teacher, Curriculum Coordinator, AP, Principal and Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development. As the Team Leader of Literacy for the New York City DOE, she was responsible for the implementation of standards-based Balanced Literacy in NYC for 1,200 schools, 1.2 million students and 88,000 teachers. 

Brooke Grabiner

Brooke graduated from Towson University with a degree in Communication Studies, focusing on marketing, public relations, and advertising. Brooke is able to bring her years of marketing experience to the organization to help maintain client relationships and attract new customers. Her knowledge and work experience help her create an environment in which clients and consultants feel comfortable to contact her with their concerns, streamlining the processes used by clients and internal staff to create a nurturing atmosphere.

Brooke began her journey at Generation Ready 5 years ago as the Education Coordinator. During that time, she provided support and resources necessary for our Education Consultants to deliver their services in schools throughout New York City. Brooke quickly advanced to the position of Business Operations Manager, which offered her the opportunity to provide deeper assistance to clients. In her present position, Brooke serves as Director of Client Services where she manages all clients and consultants.

Coming from a family of educators, who strived to ensure success for all students, Brooke was motivated to follow in their footsteps. Working with Generation Ready, a premier Professional Development company gives her the opportunity to support teachers and leaders to develop schools of excellence.

Jack Lavender

Jack has been helping companies apply technology to improve their businesses for almost 40 years. He's worked in large, multi-national companies, Big Four technology consulting, and multiple start-ups, including two of his own. His goal is always to make technology as transparent as possible for the end user. The first question he always asks about any technology is, "Will this make some aspect of the work easier, or faster, or better?" If it won't, then it probably doesn't need to be implemented.

James Clark

James works as a project support officer for Generation Ready. As an experienced administrative professional, he works to support consultants in their work in schools. Prior to his move to the United States of America, he had a long career in the Australian Public Service, working in a variety of roles.

James is committed to education, and is currently undertaking study remotely through the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Marian Eugene

Marian Eugene is the Human Resources Manager. After serving thirty-three years she retired from the New York City Department of Education. Her experience encompasses various areas of HR including recruitment of pedagogical staff and serving the Bronx community for the last twenty-seven years as an HR Director.

Megan Leonard

Megan has worked within the educational field in a variety of capacities. Her experience in the classroom, work within a Superintendent’s Office, and time as a consultant has allowed her to develop a wide range of knowledge centered around student growth and development. In recent years, a shift in focus to curriculum development has brought a new perspective on ways to challenge and engage both students and teachers.

Megan worked for six years as a fourth-grade teacher developing learning strategies specifically for students with disabilities and English Language Learners. Applying the principles of her classroom, Megan believes in the benefits of being a life-long learner and enjoys expanding her knowledge of developments within the field of education. With this mindset, she has achieved a BSeD in Elementary and Special Education from St. John’s University and a MSeD from Boston College in Curriculum and Instruction.

Nadav Ben-Chanoch

Prior to joining Generation Ready, Nadav worked as a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where his practice focused on mergers & acquisitions. Nadav also co-founded Rowgatta, a high-intensity, low-impact fitness brand based in NYC. Nadav holds a degree in Chemical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Florida and a JD, magna cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Yatin Bavishi

Yatin received his Chartered Accountant degree in India ranking among the top candidates in his final CA exams. After immigrating to the Unites States and spending a few years in Public Accounting, he then worked for a national educational publishing company for over 25 years looking after Finance and Operations. Yatin is also responsible for Human Resource Management and Accounts Payable and Receivable.

Alannah Leonini

Alannah has been a NYC educator for fifty one years, serving as an ELA teacher, teacher trainer and Assistant Principal before coming to Generation Ready in 2002 to deliver quality staff development and in-classroom consulting to teachers of varied experience and backgrounds. In addition to ELA teachers, Alannah specializes in developing curriculum and assisting teachers of social studies, science and special education in embedding best literacy practices into their planning and instruction.

Alannah enables and supports school-wide reform in collaboration with all educational shareholders to ensure a chance for excellence for all students.

Alice Lee

Alice joined Generation Ready in 2021. She brings 29 years of educational experience working with ENL students and teachers to ensure an equitable education to English Language Learners. In her 19 years tenure as assistant principal of The Blythebourne School in Brooklyn, she has demonstrated success contributing innovation and academic achievement for ENL students.

Closing the achievement gap for all students is her mission.

Amy Parsons

Amy Parsons has over twenty years of experience teaching, leading, and supporting schools around New York City and the Northeast. Her expertise is in 5-12 literacy instruction, leadership, and curriculum through a lens of equity and rigor.

She is also a part-time doctoral student studying the literacy needs of older students.

Anna Munoz

Anna Muñoz is an Education Consultant in the areas of math, literacy, equity, and culturally responsive teaching practices. She brings with her 15 years of experience in education as well as diverse personal and professional experiences giving her both a unique view of education and a broad range in perspective. Anna has a Master of Science in Education degree with a specialization in literacy from The Sage Colleges in Troy, New York. During her graduate studies, her academic research explored the impact of culturally relevant text on student performance in reading and attitudes toward reading. As a classroom teacher she had the privilege of serving students in urban communities of New York, New Jersey, Georgia, and Virginia.

Angela Reynolds

Dr. Angela Reynolds is an experienced Education Consultant, Education Specialist, IEP trainer, and Educator. She brings a set of talents that I believe will be valuable to Department of Education and other school districts.

In her previous roles, she honed abilities in team building and collaborator, providing a solid foundation for supporting principals and teachers in professional development and workshops in-school and district wide for both. Her collaboration, people-centric nature, and eagerness to please have afforded her excellent communication skills.

As an extroverted and personable communicator with a proven track record in leadership, working effectively with school administrators, teachers, and other school professionals; her focus on building strong professional relationships has been a valuable asset throughout her career She is excited to contribute her strengths and proficiency in leadership toward your team efforts.

Angie Primeaux

Angie Primeaux offers 21 years of experience in the field of education and has served diverse populations as a teacher, coach, professional developer, adjunct college instructor, and consultant. Through various projects across the nation, Angie has developed a focus on creating and leading impactful, goal-driven professional development in all content areas as well as pedagogical practices such as classroom management, and social emotional learning.

As a virtual or in-person consultant, Angie has the ability to engage and empower clients towards measurable growth and productivity.

Anthony Volforte

Anthony is a K-8 Literacy, Literacy Across the Content, and Mathematics staff developer and education consultant. He has a proven track record of transformational changes that result in increased student engagement, rigorous levels of learning and student achievement working with schools in New York City, New York State, New Jersey and Baltimore City Public Schools. Anthony comes to us with 20 plus years of experience as a teacher, administrator and staff developer, that encompass professional learning cohorts in the teaching and learning of mathematics, curriculum development and utilizing the best practices within literacy and mathematics instruction. A life-long learner and a committed passionate educator who continues to dedicate his time in supporting all teachers and administrators and most importantly students and families in their pursuit for the best education.

Barbara Boriotti

Barbara M. Boriotti worked as a teacher, a reading specialist, assistant principal and principal in New York City. Her experience included working with Shelley Harwayne, Lucy Calkins, Joanne Hindley, Diane Snowball, and New York University’s Reading Recovery Network. She was trained by Brian Cambourne and Jan Turbil as a facilitator for Frameworks for Literacy. Barbara is presently an adjunct professor at Hunter College teaching literacy as well as a consultant for Generation Ready.

Barbara Kestenbaum

Barbara Kestenbaum has devoted over 15 years helping school districts and individual schools assess their instructional practices to assist in the planning of initiatives to improve student outcomes. During that time, Barbara has been providing professional development, and has developed an expertise in effective instructional strategies, literacy, and behavior management.

She prides herself in being as comfortable working directly with students or coaching teachers on-site, as she is addressing groups on best practices in education.

Beth Lopez

Beth is a career educator with over thirty years of experience. She has coached and supported staff in various roles including staff developer, assistant principal, and principal. She has leadership experience in both New York City as well as the suburbs and has facilitated workshops at both the school and district level designed to support a culture focused on student learning and achievement, outcome based accountability, culturally relevant teaching, data-driven decision making, differentiated instruction, and continuous adult learning as drivers of improved student outcomes. Beth is passionate about working hard to support every student as well as providing teachers with the tools they need to be successful.

Beth has also served as a city-wide coach for Balanced Literacy as well as a member of the New York City Quality Review Team.

Boma Jack

Boma is a Nigerian-American and has spent over thirty years working with both young scholars and adult educators. Boma started teaching with the Department of Education in 1985 as a teacher of mathematics, computer science, and business practice. He was privileged to interact with young and adolescent learners, who needed a second chance as a result of family instability, environmental ills, and incarceration. This experience furled his desire to continue in this endeavor, with a belief that every child is deserving of a healthy upbringing, education, and a productive life.

Over the years, in his capacity as Assistant Principal of Mathematics, Principal and Director of programs, he gained a wealth of experience in working with other colleagues to develop mathematics programs, stem education, career and technical education at the secondary level, as well as, collaborating with community-based organizations and colleges for skill acquisition and college readiness. BOMA is presently an Education Consultant with Generation Ready Inc., where he provides coaching to teachers of mathematics, and collaborate with school communities to achieve positive student outcomes.

Bonnie Laboy

Ms. Laboy has more than 27 years experience, spanning the roles of classroom teacher to principal to superintendent. She has extensive experience in instruction, coaching, leadership development, data-driven planning and decision-making, and school-based systems for improvement. Ms. Laboy has designed and implemented professional learning opportunities for teachers and administrators on topics ranging from teacher effectiveness to data inquiry cycles to classroom and school-wide improvement strategies.

Bridget Bye

SBL Certificate, MA TESOL, BA Romance Languages ; Retired, NYCDOE Principal (2008-2019) ; ESL, ELA, Social Studies, Humanities, NLA Spanish Teacher (1984-2008). Curriculum, Teacher and Leadership Coach; Curriculum and Professional Development Design; CUNY IIE Team Member and Collaborator; Adjunct Professor, Leadership Seminar, Bank Street Graduate School of Education; Adjunct ESL Teacher, Bronx Community College, LaGuardia Community College; Profesora-Investigadora, (tenure track professor) English Language Teacher Program, Universidad de Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Carolyn McGown

With over 20 years’ experience as a classroom teacher, graduate professor, and teaching coach, Carolyn McGown knows what is necessary in helping teachers increase student engagement and achievement. Her work includes NYC’s most under-resourced schools, independent schools, and charter schools.

Regardless of the setting, Carolyn starts with building connections, meeting individuals where they are, and making every experience rich and meaningful.

Carolyn Thompson

Carolyn has more than 30 years of demonstrated success and expertise in the field of education, having served in a variety of roles across New York City K-8 public schools as both a district and school administrator, (on site and virtual) staff development coach), and teacher. Content areas include mathematics and literacy. She is also an accomplished grant writer.

Carolyn provides guidance and support for districts and schools using research-based, standards aligned, transformative practices designed to raise and sustain a positive level of curriculum, instruction, assessment and learning. Through side-by-side coaching and customized school level workshops, she models professionalism, strengthening school educators’ knowledge, understanding, growth and effectiveness, while fostering socially and emotionally equity-based practices that positively impact students’ personal and academic achievement.

Cheryl Lee

Cheryl Lee has over 30 years of classroom teaching experience, spanning Pre-K through seventh grade. She has coached and mentored teachers, developed and presented workshops for administrators, teachers and families, and created and taught additional academic programs in order to increase student/family engagement and achievement.

Cheryl’s vision is that every child achieves his/her personal best, feels safe, and becomes a lifelong learner.

Christine Milton

Christine Milton brings 30 years of educational experience serving elementary and middle schools as a teacher, literacy coach, and administrator. She has worked at the school and district levels, supporting a wide range of educators and administrators.

Christine brings with her a depth of expertise in instructional leadership, consulting in the literacy area, coaching, and facilitating professional development with collaborative team planning.

Literacy Consulting - Supported multiple campuses across the boroughs, Westchester and Long Island in job-embedded professional learning that immediately impacted curriculum planning, teacher pedagogy and Common Core Standards alignment

Leadership Consulting – Coached new administrators with a focus on observing teaching practice, providing actionable feedback, and gathering professional support for staff.

Christy Curran

Christy Curran has been a literacy consultant for the past fifteen years. She brings deep knowledge and understanding around teaching literacy. In her consulting work she conducts workshops, and seminars, demonstrates teaching in classrooms, coaches teachers in their literacy practice, supports team collaboration, works alongside literacy coaches to support their work, and works with principals to support their literacy leadership.

She was a classroom teacher for nine years before joining the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project in 2006, and left TCRWP in 2014 to become an independent consultant. She provides support in the areas of balanced literacy. Such as, launching and sustaining writing workshop, reading workshop, interactive read aloud, small group work, etc... Christy has had the great fortune to work with hundreds of schools around the world.

Eileen Miller

Eileen has over forty years of experience as a special educator and HS Principal. She focused on creating a collaborative, professional learning community, and developing consistent instructional strategies and accessible, differentiated instruction. Recently, as an adjunct professor at Hunter College, and Supervisor of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve, Eileen has focused on developing teacher skill and capacity through instructional coaching.

She earned her BS in Special and Elementary Ed, MA in Special Education and MS in Educational Administration and Supervision.

Elisa Capers

Elisa Capers has been an educator in the elementary and middle school sectors for 16 years. Throughout her tenure she has taught grades K-5, early intervention, and has held additional positions such as grade team lead and mentor teacher. Additional school-based roles include her time as an instructional coach both in-person and virtually.

Currently, Elisa works as an Education Consultant which is geared towards working with teachers and administrators in various school settings.

Erik Lepis

Erik taught in suburban New York where his reading and writing workshop classroom served as a visitation site for teachers across the district and across Long Island as a model for balanced literacy instruction.

He holds advanced degrees in both Early Childhood Education and Educational Leadership. Through his national and international consulting work, he works closely with building and district leaders in helping administrators lead school-wide change and raising student achievement through the teaching of reading and writing and culturally responsive teaching.

Grace Chiu

Grace is a K-8 Literacy, Leadership, and Literacy Across the Content staff developer and education consultant. She has a proven track record of transformational changes that result in increased student engagement with schools in New York City, Baltimore City Public Schools, Uinta County School District, and Teton County School District. Celebrating her 10th year with Generation Ready, Dr. Chiu has over 20 years of experience as a teacher, literacy coach and staff developer. She has also supported international schools in the United Kingdom and Denmark. Prior to joining Generation Ready, Grace served as Project Director at the University of Washington’s Center for Educational Leadership.

Harriette Grosvenor

Harriette E. Grosvenor is a graduate of Vassar College and Manhattan College. Ms. Grosvenor has worked in both the private and public, school systems since 1991 as a teacher, assistant Principal and Principal. As a consultant she works to guide and build the capacity of school districts, leadership teams, faculty, and staff members through cultural proficiency. Ms. Grosvenor’s expertise includes instructional and transformational leadership with an emphasis on helping institutions establish equitable practices, policies and procedures; developing standards-based, inter-disciplinary ELA and Social Studies curricula and supporting the development of culturally responsive teaching and effective learning strategies that benefit all students.

Ines Ellis-Guardiola

Inés Ellis-Guardiola has 17 years of experience working with students and teachers from Pre-K through High School as a tutor, teacher, and instructional coach. She has her Master’s in Elementary Education
with a bilingual extension from Hunter College and a MEd in School Leadership from Bank Street College of Education. Inés has spoken at the 2018 NCTM national conference about productive struggle. She has been trained on culturally responsive teaching with the Advanced Academic and Personal Behaviors Institute, and been part of a Critically Conscious Educators Rising cohorts at NYU.

Inés’s work as a consultant spans many passions; strengthening mathematics teaching through pedagogy and content
work, centering equity for all students through culturally responsive teaching and social justice lenses, building and maintaining highly effective bilingual programs, and integrating leadership structures that support teachers and students to succeed.

Iveliz Colon

Iveliz (evalease) has served as teacher, coach, mentor, district liaison, and administrator. Her career in education spans 20 years in self-contained, co-taught, and general education classrooms. She creates spaces and systems where all stakeholders can work together to support our students. In those positions, she has supported teachers, students, and parents across all content areas, in grades K-12. Using data and best practices, she empowers students to take ownership and to co-drive their learning.

She also speaks nationally on equity, mindset, and team building.

James Rice

Jamie comes to Generation Ready with 14 years of k-12 education experience, with a background in instructional leadership, systems-level curriculum and framework implementations, and creating sustainable Professional Learning Communities.   Jamie’s greatest strength is his ability to put students at the center of the decision-making process while ensuring equitable representation from all community stakeholders. 

When not in schools, you may find him reading in a city park, or doing long open-water swims in the Atlantic.  He holds a B.A. in History from NJCU, and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Jane Yuille

Jane is committed to educating teachers, students, colleagues, families, and the community through establishing strong connections.  Jane has brought with her a depth of expertise in leadership, teaching and consulting in elementary leadership, curriculum development, literacy strategies and practices and has vast experience in coaching and leading professional development, especially in virtual instruction. As an educator and Administrator in Australia and New Zealand with 40+ years experience, this molded her beliefs in equity, celebrating diversity, and developing partnerships through education.

Jon Delise

Jon DeLise is a “retired” mathematics department chairperson in NYC and Long Island schools with over 40 years of experience. He focuses on using hands-on activities to motivate students and help develop their understanding of mathematics. Jon has taught mathematics in middle school and high school to students with a wide range of abilities and has also served as an adjunct at local colleges. He has presented at local, regional and national professional conferences. Jon is a graduate of The City College of New York with advanced degrees from Yeshiva University and Queens College.

Julie Mullan

Julie Mullan is an educator with many levels of experience. Most recently, Ms. Mullan has worked as a principal in Glen Cove, NY in an intermediate building. During her time there, she focused on creating coherent instruction and strengthening school culture. Prior to Glen Cove, Ms. Mullan worked for the New York City Department of Education where Ms. Mullan taught many years in the early childhood classroom. Feeling the need to strengthen her understanding of reading and writing, Ms Mullan pursued a Masters of Education with a focus on Literacy Instruction from Hofstra University. Her work with teacher teams as a grade team leader led to a residency with New Leaders. As part of New Leaders she focused on using student and teacher data to create action plans to increase student outcomes.

Julie Termini

Julie Termini brings 20 years of experience with elementary and middle schools in a variety of capacities - from classroom teaching and mentoring to coaching, developing mentors, training teacher leaders and consulting. She has worked to develop staff and professional development programs at both the school and district levels. Julie’s passion for literacy, effective technology integration and a hands-on, engaging approach to learning has unlocked her interest in blended learning and STEAM education.

It is a combination of these skills that has enabled Julie to support teachers using a variety of instructional approaches to help all students achieve.

Jusse Morine

Jusse has over 11 years of teaching experience at the middle school and high school levels. Over the last four years, he has been supporting turnaround schools as an instructional Math coach and special education Interventionist. He has an M.S.Ed in Students with Disabilities Generalist 7-12 with a bilingual extension from CUNY City College and an M.S.Ed in Educational Leadership and Administration from the College of Saint Rose.

Jusse uses blended learning programs and data-driven instruction to reach all learners and believes in equity for all students through culturally responsive teaching, collaborative learning and social justice.

Kami Lewis Levin

Kami Lewis Levin began her career as a high school history teacher. Later, she served as an instructional coach, followed by Director of Curriculum and Instruction and then, Chief Learning Officer. Kami has a doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership from Teachers College.

Literacy Consulting - Supports teachers in professional growth and data-informed decision-making that targets instruction and pedagogy.

Leadership Consulting – Supports administrators and instructional leadership teams on distributed leadership, observation/feedback cycles, and leadership development.

Karen Ames

Karen has delivered more than three decades of public service to improve the lives of children and support strong academic programs. Expert coaching and support in leadership, literacy, RTI, MTSS, G & T, and SEL. Positive outcomes for school communities are supported by her experiences as a Teacher of Reading & Social Studies, Director of ELA, Principal, and Superintendent of Schools in both urban and suburban schools.

Currently, she is a Professor of Leadership, Curriculum, Diversity & Culture.

Kate Greenfield

Kate Greenfield is a retired NYC DOE Guidance Counselor. She started her career in NYC public schools in 1984 at JHS 45 in East Harlem. She taught Language Arts for 5 years before earning an MS in Guidance and Counseling. She then served as a counselor at her same school before becoming the Assistant Director of Family Support in District 4. She transferred to District 2 to help open Eleanor Roosevelt H.S. In 2002 and was the founding guidance counselor there for 9 years. Kate did social emotional counseling with individuals and groups, as well as directing the admissions process. She retired to accept an opportunity at Rodeph Sholom School, a Reform Jewish Day School on the Upper West Side. There she was the Assistant Director of Placement.

Kelly Ortagus

Kelly has spent over two decades in the public school system. She has worked as a master teacher, principal, and manager of school leadership. Under her teaching and leadership, for three consecutive years, over 80% of her kindergarten students graduated performing on a first grade level, over 98% of third and fourth graders passed the NYS ELA and Math Exams, as well as, three schools being named National Blue Ribbon schools.

Kelly’s expertise is Elementary literacy, mathematics, school culture with restorative management practices, test preparation, and leadership development.

Ken Petriccione

Ken draws from a wealth of 27 years experience as a culturally responsive educator in both Mt. Vernon, New York, and the New York City school system. He has been a classroom teacher, a Math staff developer/instructional coach, a Summer School coordinator, an assistant principal, and for the last 12 years, a principal of a K-8 school. Ken has been thoroughly trained in culturally responsive teaching, and social- emotional learning, and will be consulting in all aspects of instructional leadership, with an emphasis on supporting quality math instruction.

Kerry Cunningham

Kerry is an educator with over 34 years of experience in teaching and leadership in the New York City Department of Education. She has taught in both elementary and middle schools and had devoted the last 23 years of her career to the improvement of elementary mathematics teaching and learning. In the world of mathematics education, she worked as mathematics coach, a Regional Instructional Specialist in Region 9, as a Network Support Specialist working in four boroughs, and as the Citywide Lead for Elementary Mathematics for the DOE. She has deep knowledge of curriculum, pedagogy and mathematics professional development. She has also worked as an adjunct professor of mathematics methods for preservice teachers at NYU.

Throughout her career, Kerry’s purpose has been to instill within both students and teachers a keen understanding of and genuine appreciation for mathematics.

Kevin Boston-Hill

Kevin has been a culturally responsive educator in New York City and Long Island for 25 years, serving as teacher, dean, assistant principal, principal, instructional coach, and mentor. He specializes in Leadership, Science, Social Studies, and Math

As a Google Certified Trainer and Distance/Blended Learning Expert, Kevin has conducted workshops on a variety of topics, including equity, and social-emotional learning. Kevin has also led SLTs and PLCs and has assisted schools in writing their CEPs and establishing Inquiry Teams.

Latoya Massey

Latoya is a visionary leader with 20 years developing, supporting, and creating strategies to improve systems within education in an effort to enhance student performance; particularly those marginalized. Influential thought leader for educational progress, social reform, and equity.

She received an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University, Master of Science and Teaching from Pace University, and is completing her doctoral candidacy at Concordia University.

Laura Feijoo

Dr. Laura Feijoo has served as the Superintendent of Schools for the City School District of New Rochelle. In the NYC Department of Education, she served as the Senior Supervising Superintendent overseeing all superintendents, Alternative Schools, Adult Education, and a series of other undertakings to close the opportunity gap by fostering initiatives to support our most vulnerable students.

Dr. Feijoo has spent her career improving leadership, effective goal setting, and leading teams to support student outcomes.

Laurie Golubtchik

Laurie is a relationship-driven educator, school leader, and instructional coach who builds depth and sustainability into her work with both public and private schools. With over 30 years of experience in public and private schools, she facilitates professional learning experiences while supporting teachers and school leaders. As a professor and student teacher supervisor, Dr. Golubtchik understands best practices around adult learning.

She has expert knowledge of evidence-based classroom management solutions and has conducted multiple professional development seminars and workshops for pre-service and classroom teachers.

Luisa Garcia-Soler

Luisa has served the community throughout her thirty-seven years as a bilingual educational leader. She earned the title of Turnaround Specialist at the Darden Graduate School of Business/ Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and has been a Principal and ESL Director in both the School District of Philadelphia and Deer Park School District. Luisa has an MS degree in Applied Linguistics, with a Specialization in Native Language Literacy from Queens College and is completing her Ph.D. in Education with a Specialization in ESL from Northcentral University.

Martin Wilson

Martin has been a consultant with Generation Ready since October 2003. In that time, he has worked in a variety of school districts but most of the 30 schools he has worked in were located in the Bronx. As well as carrying out his work in schools, Martin has supported Regional Instructional Supervisors on data collection, analysis and professional development. He has also worked for a number of local superintendents supporting their work in schools.

Martin’s work has also included implementing new mathematics curricula and providing support in terms of planning and development for Principals and teachers.

Martin’s main areas of expertise and interest include Math, data analysis and the links between data and pedagogy, classroom assessment, and school review. As a consultant in New York, a former high school teacher, and through his school-based and University work, Martin has both theoretical and practical experience in leading or coaching school curriculum change using a whole-school approach to improving instruction.

Mary Danke

Mary Danke is an accomplished consulting professional drawing experience from over 30 years in the NYC Department of Education. Mary Danke has a combined 15 years of administrative experience at the district level and as a building based administrator. She was instrumental with the implementation various programs that supported literacy and the differentiation of programs to meet the specific needs of identified students with disabilities and general education students that were not meeting standards. Her efforts improved teaching strategies and the practices of teachers supporting students with disabilities and improved the overall literacy scores of schools she was associated with.

Mary Danke taught and supported students in grades K-12 and worked to provide support to students transitioning to High School and College.

Mary Danke also implemented and supported behavioral initiatives that improved classroom management, as well as, school-wide positive behavioral plans.

Mary Murphy

Mary has had substantial experience as a teacher, administrator, and consultant. As a consultant Mary has been responsible for the provision of administrator and teacher professional development and whole staff professional dialogue around the pedagogical changes needed to embrace current philosophies and practices for teaching and learning with an emphasis on improving student outcomes. Mary’s role continues to include continuing supporting administrators, mentoring coaches and new teachers.

Michael Ettore

Mike is a career educator with over 30 years of experience as a teacher and leader. Mike is passionate about teaching and the impact teachers have on students. Mike’s area of expertise is elementary and middle school mathematics. As a consultant, Mike strives to provide collaborative support for teachers to strengthen their practices and meet the needs of their students.

Michael Horwitz

Michael is an educational consultant, tutor, and teacher with over a decade of experience in public and private schools. He has mentored students from kindergarten to graduate school and led teachers in curriculum development and the incorporation of project-based learning into lesson design. Michael’s classroom experience in Phoenix has given him extensive first-hand experience working with second language learners and the skills needed to close the achievement gap.

In addition, he has years of experience raising student performance by working one-on-one with struggling students with Asperger's syndrome, dyscalculia, auditory processing disorder, dyslexia, and attention deficit disorder.

Michelle Bergman

Michelle Bergman is a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. She is a dynamic, enthusiastic educator, who has served in the classroom, as a principal, professional developer, literacy coach and teacher trainer. Her educational training includes a first Masters in reading instruction, and a second Masters in administration and supervision. A participant in many seminars, conferences and training institutes, Michelle feels it is a professional’s responsibility to “sharpen the saw,” and continue to grow. As a lifelong learner, Michelle enjoys mastering new skills, and following current trends and ideas in the education field.

She loves museums, reading, traveling (not too much of late), and music and stands “ready” to serve the next “generation” of learners!

Morgan Hildesley

Morgan brings 25 years of experience serving students as a teacher, administrator, and Instructional Coach. She brings a genuine passion for supporting learners and educators on their attaining their academic goals. With her work on the Boston Plan for Excellence, an Annenberg Foundation project she gained her first coaching experience. She continued her coaching in the Multiple Pathways Institute an innovative, professional learning. Program designed to build the instructional expertise of teachers and the leadership capacity of principals, with the goal of improving student’s academic achievement and postsecondary outcomes in New York City Public Schools. She builds from the strong foundation of her Special Education and Literacy background in her work strengthening teachers’ instructional approaches.

Through her work Morgan has shown the ability to support teachers, and school leaders’ strengthening their instructional approaches applied to meeting students’ needs.

Nicole Scariano

Nicole is a results-driven leader with a laser-like focus on advancing outcomes for students of all abilities and backgrounds with expertise in educational change, teacher efficacy, literacy and multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). Outcomes of her work can be seen across some of the largest and smallest districts in New York State. She is known to bring a fresh perspective and creative solutions to some of education’s toughest challenges and is often tapped to lead through times of change and crisis. Nicole comes to Generation Ready with over 18 years of experience across private and public sectors with roles including superintendent of schools, director of special education, school administrator, instructional coach, special education coordinator, and middle school teacher.

She holds a B.A. in Communications from Loyola College in Maryland, a M.S. Ed. in Special Education from Hunter College, and a Ed.M. in Leadership for Educational Change from Bank Street College of Education.

Pam Warrick

Pam Warrick brings decades of educational experience serving students from Pre- kindergarten through college as a teacher, coach, professional developer, college professor, and consultant. After receiving the National Presidential Award in Secondary Mathematics and the State Presidential Award in Elementary Mathematics as a classroom teacher, the move was made to training and developing teachers in the field. As a consultant, her ability to model engaging instruction, while providing fellow educators the needed tools to plan, organize, and maintain a conducive learning environment, has been effective in raising student achievement in the area of math in many schools. She also develops STEM curricula and provides development of programs.

Trisha Wilcox

Trisha has worked as an educator for over 30 years as a teacher of English, Social Studies and Performing Arts. She has been part of public-school leadership teams as a Department Head, Assistant Principal and Acting Principal. An experienced virtual and instructional coach, Trisha has worked as a successful team builder, curriculum developer and literacy consultant in High School, Middle School and Upper Elementary School Communities in Australia and the USA. One of her career highlights has been working as an English Language Arts Advisor for Australia’s National Curriculum. She is a passionate advocate for high quality, culturally inclusive, research based instructional practices that engage all learners in becoming successful and powerful global citizens.

Rebecca Odessey

Rebecca Odessey is an accomplished consulting professional, drawing from over 15 years as a school- and district-based leader across NY and NJ. Rebecca advances the work of school and district teams through her consultancy, recently pioneering the Bronx Plan Initiative in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office, NYCDOE, and UFT. This past spring, Rebecca supported the DOE’s transition to virtual instruction by designing remote learning curriculum to be used citywide. Rebecca holds certifications as a School District & Building Leader and in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and consults in areas including leadership, literacy, multilingual learners and students with special needs.

Ryan Spencer

Ryan is an experienced educator, school leader and instructional coach with over 20 years experience. He is passionate about assisting educators to evolve their teaching to meet the individual needs of their students, by building their capacity to investigate their instruction and build practice.

As an experienced Instructional Coach, Ryan has worked with teachers and school leaders in schools and virtually across Elementary, Middle and High Schools, as well as in the tertiary sector both in the United States and Australia.

Ross Linegar

Ross brings a wealth of experience in instructional leadership, consulting at a District and school level in Elementary Mathematics. This involved working with school and district teams to improve Mathematics outcomes. This work included curriculum development, and coaching and modeling in the classroom and the remote learning environment.

Ross has worked for 42 years in education first as teacher, then principal in several schools. He also worked at a district and state level in developing Principal Leadership.

Sara Collins

Sara knew she wanted to “teach teachers how to teach” at a very young age. Her 14 year career has been dedicated to helping teachers and school leaders find manageable, easy to implement solutions to help solve their technology integration problems and work toward reaching their instructional goals. Sara’s coaching experience ranges from developing district-wide instructional technology initiatives to helping teachers map out standards-based instructional units.

She has spent the last year developing her full-time coaching practice and helping administrators, teachers, and parents navigate the challenges of schooling during a pandemic.

Sarah Ringey

Sarah Ringey is a dynamic and experienced public and private educator specializing in literacy and mathematics who began her teaching career in the Bronx as an elementary teacher. She became the school’s Mathematics coach, where she increased mathematics proficiency throughout the school by designing and implementing a math curriculum for grades PK-5.

Sarah is a deeply dedicated educational leader who takes pride in nurturing the personal and academic growth of educators and children alike.

Shira Katz

Shira is a creative and passionate educator with twenty-five years of experience teaching and learning in New York city and beyond. She has been immersed in the work of moving educators forward in their craft through active classroom coaching and modeling, strategizing with school leaders, collaboratively planning and facilitating professional learning experiences and supporting teacher leaders and teams. Through utilizing deep listening, skilled facilitation and a mastery of adult learning principles, she has galvanized hundreds of educators around a shared vision for transformative practice. She also served in a senior role at an educational non-profit, working closely with district leaders and staff to coordinate and program manage a new teacher induction program in the Bronx.

Inspired by the possibilities of the classroom and the resilience of young people, Shira brings her passion for team building and collaboration to all her work, leaving partners with both deeper theoretical understanding and practical applications of the topic at hand.

Stephanie Fern

Stephanie Fern has almost 20 years of experience serving students from kindergarten to middle school as a teacher, reading specialist, and consultant. After a career working inside the classroom, Stephanie began working as an educational consultant focused on strengthening teachers’ instructional approaches and improving students’ academic achievement. Through her work, Stephanie has shown the ability to relate to teachers, model engaging instruction, and provide educators with the tools to organize and build a conducive learning environment.

Susan Midlarsky

Susan brings a great deal of experience in elementary and middle school mathematics coaching, drawing from her teaching, curriculum writing, and research experience. Having consulted in schools around the country and overseas, she brings a broad perspective about how education is evolving. Her previous scientific and technical experience in higher education informs her coaching in technology, STEM and science. She is a passionate team player who brings a growth mindset attitude to her work.

Tammye Turpin

Tammye joined Generation Ready in 2016. Her areas of expertise include kindergarten to 12th grade literacy, science, coaching, and leading professional development for teachers and school leaders. She also has experience in conducting school instructional and cultural needs assessments.

Tammye is a nationally recognized science teacher and has served as a leader in school reform efforts at the school, district, and state level since 1995. She managed and directed all federal programs in her district and as a principal moved her school out of failing status in one year.

Thomas Beatini

Tom is a secondary school math consultant. He taught grades seven through twelve, has worked as a staff development consultant, and presents at math conferences around the country.

Tom advocates making effective use of technology and using inquiry-based, hands-on instruction to motivate and encourage students to explore new concepts, make mathematical connections, and take responsibility for their own learning.

Trish Walter

Patricia has worked in education for over 30 years and has a depth of expertise in teaching and consulting in the elementary mathematics area and coaching and leading professional development.

As a consultant, Patricia works at the school and district-level to guide and build the capacity of educators in developing and vertically aligning standards-based mathematics curricula that supports the needs of all students. Patricia also provides school-based support through demonstrating lessons in classrooms, side-by-side coaching and providing professional development sessions for K-8 teachers.