We Are College Track
Commitment. Passion. Joy.
Authenticity. Excellence.
College Track is fiercely committed to ensuring that every one of our students earns a four-year college degree and a life of opportunity, choice, and power.
Realizing this goal requires the collective efforts of team members who are passionate about this work, derive joy from what we do, and engage in authentic relationships with each other and the College Track community of students, families, and partners.
We are educators and mentors. We are marketers and fundraisers. We are financial gurus and data analysts. We are professional advisors and Salesforce navigators.
We are each others’ champions. We are College Track.
Our Team
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Shirley M. Collado, Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Josh Brankman
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Leela de Souza Bransten
Chief Development & Marketing Officer
Karen Draper
Chief Finance Officer
Saskia Pallais
Chief Regional Officer
Jessica Rubie
Chief of Staff to the President & CEO
Shria Tomlinson
Senior Advisor to the President & CEO and Vice President of Program Operations
Zoe Melczer
Interim Vice President of Development
Christiana Newsome
Interim Vice President of People
Michelle Shinseki
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Henri LaSane
Program Operations & Tiered Site Support Manager
Colleen Andersen
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Jonas Aquino
Senior IT Manager
Alyssa Benveniste
Talent Acquisition Manager, National
Salisha Bhola
Talent Acquisition Manager, National
Kevin Brown
Communications Manager
Yaphet Bryant
National Director of Mental Health & Wellness
Bernadette Butler
National Director of Individual Philanthropy
Elizabeth Calmeyer
Interim Director of Talent Acquisition
Tina Colby
National Director of Academic Affairs
Daryl Cook
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
Christine Costa
Marketing Manager
Ann DeLorenzo
Grant Writer
Elizabeth Dukovich
Director of Grants Management
Abdulwahid Duso
National Director of Student Life
Nicole Embury
National Director of Institutional Philanthropy
Jennifer Estrada-Feller
National Director of College Completion
Gabriela Garay-Ash
Assistant Controller
Christine Gonzalez
National Program Operations & Resource Coordinator
Julie Gopalan
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Atziry Gutierrez
Senior Director of Marketing & Alumni Strategy
Taylor Haas
Project Manager
Wendy Hankle
Executive Communications Specialist for the President & CEO
Janiece Hill
Director of Annual Planning & Budgeting
Deven Howard
IT Operations Manager
Oliver Huang
IT Helpdesk Specialist
Danielle Jarvis
Development Operations Manager
Nadja Jepsen
Senior Financial Programs & Scholarship Director
Katie Kantor
Director of Program Operations and Knowledge Management, National
Brian Kramer
Senior Grant Writer
Sara Kunitake
Director of People Operations
Kelsy Lovato
Reporting Analyst
Jillian Lyles
Grant Writer
Akiko Matsumura
People Associate
Danielle Morton
Financial Programs and Scholarships Manager
Andrey Movilla
HR Coordinator
Thomas Munoz
National Director of Program Operations
Robel Negussie
Controller
Kurstin Nelms
National Manager of College Advising
Simone Peart
Director of Operations
Baker Renneckar
Performance Manager
Isabel Reyna
Data Analyst
Ana Maria Sanchez
Development Associate
Catie Steinman
Human Resources Manager
Colin Timmins
Director of Employee Experience
Darwin Velasquez
Senior National Dreamer Coordinator
Nikki Wardlaw
Interim National Director of Philanthropic Initiatives, National
Raynisa Wilson
Accounts Payable Specialist
Our Board of Directors
College Track is governed by a Board of Directors who bring together a wealth of experience in philanthropy, operational management, and development for non-profit organizations.
Laurene Powell Jobs
Chair and Co-Founder
David B. Singer
Vice Chair
Charles D. King
Vice Chair
Nancy Lue
Secretary
Michael Beckwith
Andy Dreyfus
Safia Fasah
Lynn Feintech
Omar Karim
Cynthia Keely
Eric Kim
Darell Krasnoff
Debbra Lindo
Marc Mazur
Michael Sorrell
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Timothy C. Wu
Our Founding Story
In 1997, while advising high school seniors from East Palo Alto about the college admission process, Laurene Powell Jobs realized that students who wanted to be the first in their families to attend college received little or no guidance about how to get there.
Recognizing that starting to work with high school students in their senior year was too late, she spent a year investigating local support programs and nonprofits that worked with teens. She found many programs for elementary and middle school students but no comprehensive programs supporting high school students. Organizations that served teens provided limited service, focusing on one area, such as tutoring or youth leadership, but never taking a comprehensive approach.
Laurene co-founded a program to address the community needs they had observed. That program was College Track.
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