Literacy Connections of Dutchess County | Meet our Staff and Board of Directors

Our Staff

Margaret Pfaff, Executive Director “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." ~ Pres. Barack Obama
Rosanna Domino, Program Assistant "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Marian G. Thompson, Area Coordinator & Lead Trainer "Any progress no matter how small is better than standing still."
Marisol Rodriguez, Business Manager "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers". -Harry S. Truman
Barbara June, Poughkeepsie Area Coordinator "If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor."
Kathleen Popow, Program Coordinator - Hudson Office “Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~ Norman MacEwan
Mary F. Gesauldi, ESL Teacher - Hudson
Nancy M. Westbrook, ESL Teacher - Hudson Languages are very similar. We focus on that so its easy to learn a new language.
Our Board of Directors
Alta Rodriguez Coleman: President (Member of All Committees)	NYS Corrections DOCS Counselor
Bob Burnswick: VP/Treasurer (Member, Finance Committee & Executive Committee)	Financial Manager, MetLife
Jackie Chatfield: Secretary (Member, Bee Committee & Executive Committee)	Retired, CH Energy Group
Kate Donham: (Strategic Planning)	Marist College: Assist. Dean of Academic Affairs
Terrence Dwyer: (Judge at Annual Bee)	Attorney
Dee Jakobsen (Bee Committee, Literacy Tutor)	Owner, Maids Unlimited
Craig Lancaster:	Retired, NYS Dept. of Corrections
Julia Litchock:	TD Bank, Officer
George Mann: (Strategic Planning)	Retired Educator, and owner Mann on the Move
John Marmillo: (Ad-hoc, Annual Recognition Committee)	Retired, Superintendent of Schools, Wappingers Central School District
Charles Scully:	Retired, NYS Dept. of Corrections: Superintendent, Greenhaven
Dr. Jan Stivers: (Strategic Planning)	Marist College Professor

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