Girls' LEAP Leadership Team
Board of Directors
Alkia Powell
Board President and Community Outreach Specialist
Melanie Herrera Cardenas
Girls’ LEAP Teen Mentor
Philip J. Carver
Director of Community &
City Relations at UMass Boston
Neva Coakley-Grice
Retired Boston Public Schools Executive Director of Safety, Security, and School Crisis Response
Jennifer Flanagan
Partner at Mirick
Andrea Haddad
Board Development Chair
Principal at Ernst Young, LLP
Aisha Miller, Ph.D
VP, Community & Corporate Engagement at Related Beal
Raquel Sáenz Ortiz, PhD
Professor of Education at Southwestern University
Wendy Rue Williams
Global Wellbeing
Strategy Leader at Manulife
Delaney Woodfield
Vice President at
Goldman Sachs
Senior Advisors
Nelson Aquino
VP Sales & Marketing, Latin America and International Work at Ariat International
Erika Butler
G.I.R.L.S. Initiative Coordinator for Boston Center for Youth and Families
Pam DiBerardino
Director, American Tax IST Operations Leaders at Ernst & Young LLP
Andrea Epstein
MBA Candidate at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Torey Hart
Social Impact MBA & MA Sustainable International Development Candidate at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Lauen Littles
MBA, MA
Specialist, Economic Opportunities at Making Cents International
Cynthia Maltbie
Retired Girls' LEAP Co-Executive Director
Margaret Murray
Human Resources Business Partner at Cell Signaling Technology
Aliesha Porcena
Director of Small Business for the City of Boston
