Our Team
Meet the YPIE Team
Our talented team comes from diverse backgrounds and experiences and is dedicated to ensuring that every student is prepared for success in college and beyond.
STEPHANIE ABIVA
College Success Advisor
WILL COHN
Teacher, College Zone
KRISTINE CROTTY
Senior Director, Administration
AMY GUTENPLAN
College Advisor
(Yonkers High School)
ELLEN CUTLER LEVY
Senior Strategy Advisor
ASHLEY POLANCO
College Advisor
(Riverside High School, Roosevelt High School)
JACOB SCHOFIELD
Director, YPIE Regeneron Science Research
SAMUEL WALLIS
Executive Director
CINDY ZARZUELA
College Advisor
(Gorton High School, Lincoln High School)
ANNA BIRRITTELLA
Director, Community Engagement
JONICE CONCHA
College Readiness Manager, YPIE Jersey City
ALEXA DALBIS
College Advisor
(Saunders Trades and Technical High School)
ALDINA KENNEDY
College Advisor
(Charter School of Educational Excellence)
HEIDY LOMBERT
Associate, Operations
MANNY RAWLINGS
Manager, Operations
SUSAN SCHWARTZ
Senior Director, Communications
STACY WINITT
Senior Director, Volunteer Engagement
CATHERINE BUCK
Site Director, YPIE Jersey City
JACLYN COOKE
Director, College and Career Success
ANNE DANIEL
Senior Director, Post-Secondary Access & Success
EMILY LATAINER
College Readiness Manager
(Gorton High School, Lincoln High School); Director, Special Programs
OLGA MURPHY
College Advisor
(Yonkers High School)
EMILY ROSEN
Senior Director, Academic Readiness
MARISA SWIFT
Senior Director, Operations
SUSAN WOLFERT
Manager, Grants
KIARRA CHRISTIAN
College Readiness Manager
(Saunders Trades and Technical High School)
BRIANNA COTZA
College Readiness Manager
(Yonkers High School)
RAISSA FITZGERALD
College Success Advisor
DARIA LEE
College Readiness Manager
(Barack Obama School for Social Justice, Yonkers Montessori)
JOSE NUNEZ
College Readiness Manager
(Riverside High School, Roosevelt High School)
SHAYLA SANCHEZ
Manager, Development and Communications
MARYAM TOBIAS
College Advisor, YPIE Jersey City
SHAINA ZARZUELA
College Advisor
(Barack Obama School for Social Justice, Yonkers Montessori)