Staff
Jenna Baron
she/her
Executive Director
Sophie Burkholder
she/her
Operations Assistant
Erica Hughes
she/her
Girls Art and Maker Group Coordinator
Morgan Puterbaugh
she/her
Director of Operations
Abdi Lugundi
he/him
Youth Leadership Program Manager
Meg Booth
she/her
Afghan Youth Support Program Manager
Fernán Osorno
he/him
Senior Program Manager
Cody Weisel
he/him
PRYSE Academy Program Manager
Mike Sirera
he/him
After School Club Program Manager
Youth Steering Committee
The Youth Steering Committee is designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities for program participants as they help design and shape the future of ARYSE. Engaging directly with ARYSE leadership, the youth participants’ perspective is validated and appreciated as they gain important workforce development skills and begin to see themselves as leaders not only within the ARYSE community but in the greater Pittsburgh region.
Steering Committee members at their inaugural meeting in January, 2019
Steering Committee members and ARYSE staff in Harrisburg in June, 2019 to meet with state legislators to talk about issues facing their schools and communities
Steering Committee members at their first meeting for the 22/23 School Year
Steering Committee members meeting with Pittsburgh Steelers players and Mayor Gainey at the City County Building in December 2022
Board of Directors
Phoenix Le Nguyen
Audit Manager, PNC Financial Services
Shannon Mischler
Academic Program Development, Office of the Provost, University of Pittsburgh
Mary Jayne McCullough
Founder & CEO, Global Wordsmiths
Barbara Johnson
Education Department: Office
of Special Partnerships, Carlow University
Allegra Elson
Director of Training and Development, Vibrant Pittsburgh
Jessica Friedrichs
Assistant Professor of Social Work and Director of Undergraduate Field Education, Carlow University
Dan Lampmann
Strategic Communications and Community Engagement Consultant at P3R
Kate Berson
Department of Justice Accredited Representative, Justice at Work
Faduma Saleh
School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh
Maya Ragavan
University of Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital
Karen Lue
Senior Program Manager for Digital Inclusion & Innovation, Neighborhood Allies; Member, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Erica Kelly Curren
Attorney at Gordon & Rees
Mark Nakhla
Psychiatrist, Columbia University
Caley Emma Donovan
Refugee Site Supervisor, Bethany Christian Services