Meet the District C Team
Andrea Brown
Coach 
Andrea Caldas
Lead Coach 
Karen Cho
SENIOR PROGRAMS MANAGER 
Danielle DiCiaccio
Lead Coach 
Katie DeConto
Coach 
Dan Gonzalez
Co-founder & CEO 
Ray Hsia
Lead Coach & Programs Specialist 
Khrystyne Jaspers
Lead Coach 
Erica Kinney
Coach 
Eugene Kim
Coach & Programs Specialist 
Ben Laptad
Director Of Engagement 
Ashley Mannka
Chief Strategy Officer 
Joanna Martinez
Programs Specialist 
Danielle Mayber
Senior Partnerships Manager 
Scott Miller
Lead Coach 
Tanesha Moody
Coach & Programs Specialist 
Briana O’Melveny
Lead Coach & Programs Specialist 
Virginia Pitler
Director of Operations 
Laura Quarin
Director of Programs 
Kayla Ritter Rickels
Lead Coach & Programs Specialist 
Jonathan Schneider
Lead Coach 
LaVett Saddler
Lead Coach & Programs Specialist 
Katie Sollenberger
Programs Manager 
Amy Stevens
Coach & Programs Specialist 
Travis Towne
Coach 
Jill Willett
Lead Coach 
Lauren Wingard
Lead Coach & Programs Specialist Meet More of Our Team
District C’s formal governing body.
An advisory board that helps us connect with and recruit business partners that supply real problems for student work.
Board of Directors
Jess Ekstrom
Founder & Chairwoman Headbands of Hope
Rey Fernandez
Assistant Head of School Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
Dan Gonzalez (ex officio)
Co-Founder & CEO District C
Anne Jones
Co-Founder District C
Venus Liles
Founder & Managing Attorney Liles Law
Jessica Mitsch Homes
Co-Founder & CEO Momentum
Danya Perry
Director of Equitable Economic Development Wake County Economic Development
Jessica Shyu
Director, Sales Enablement Datadog
Partnerships Board
Maari Casey
Founder Uncompany
Cris Charbonneau
Enterprise Leadership Communications Fidelity Investments
Leon Chisolm
Co-Founder/CEO Chisolm Capital/Chisolm Communities
Potoula Chresomales
Co-Founder/CEO Skillsoft
Chris Deshazor
Director, Talent & Org Development Harness
Nathan Frank
Director, Machine Learning Operations & Platform Grainger
Holly Garner
Vice President, New Channels & Head of Workforce Junior Achievement USA
TJ Harris
Process Engineering Manager, Lead Product Engineer Bridgestone Americas
Valencia Hicks-Harris
Founder & Executive Director Empower All, Inc.
Valencia Hicks-Harris
Founder & Executive Director Empower All, Inc.
Cornelius Kirk
Author & Podcast Host You Matter LLC / Bro Code
Windy Kohl
Strategic Advisor Phrasia
JP Maloney
Program Generalist Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED)
Parker Mayes
CEO Inbound Revenue
Chi Nwogu
Founder & CEO GameFlo
Shraddha Rathod
Co-Founder & CEO Freshspire
Mel Wright
Owner The Wright Village
