Our Staff

James Spadola
Executive Director
302.656.5256

Stacy Penaranda
Sussex County Director
302.856.2527 

Linda Miller
Sussex County Administrative Assistant
302.856.2527 

Nicole Hill
Kent County Coordinator
302.674.4423 

Jade Gabos
New Castle County Coordinator
302.656.5256

Maydelis Gomez
Bilingual Outreach Coordinator
302.241.0073 

Kristin Strouss-Peyton
Executive Assistant
302.656.5256

Mary W. Hirschbiel
Executive Director Emeritus, Retired

Our Board

Jeanne A. Brennan, President
Retired Financial Services Professional
Lewes, Delaware

Felicia Harrington, Secretary
University of Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware

Stephen A. Spence, Esq., Treasurer
Partner
Meluney, Alleman & Spence, LLC
Lewes, Delaware

Kathryn Brown, Ed.D.
Director of Advanced Programs
Wilmington University
Middletown, Delaware

Edward Dawley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Languages
Delaware State University
Dover, Delaware

Jonathan Jaffe
Retired Finance Professional
Wilmington, Delaware

Sherry Larson-Reese
Retired School Secretary
Dover, Delaware

Tracy L. McCarthy, MS
Reading Specialist
Academy of Dover Charter School
Dover, Delaware

Betsy Plowman
Director
Epworth Preschool
Lewes, Delaware

Brandon Jennings, MBA
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
New Castle, Delaware

Carlos Dipres
Community Advocate
Bear, Delaware

Kelly Basile
VP, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
Statewide

Roshni T. Guerry, M.D. FACP
Associate Clinical Professor/Outpatient Palliative Care Physician
University of Pennsylvania
Hockessin, Delaware