Our Team
Jennifer Gore
Executive Director
jgore@readingconnections.org
John Storm
Program Director
jstorm@readingconnections.org
Alison Welch
Family Literacy Manager
awelch@readingconnections.org
Erik Hill
Workforce Development Manager
ehill@readingconnections.org
Teresa Ahrens
Accountant and Office Manager
tahrens@readingconnections.org
Laura Mims
Marketing Manager
lmims@readingconnections.org
Shayla Hilton
ABE Coordinator
shilton@readingconnections.org
Karen Evans
Volunteer Coordinator and Instructor
kevans@readingconnections.org
Anna Sibley
ESOL Coordinator
asibley@readingconnections.org
Mary Lin Brewer
High Point Coordinator
mlbrewer@readingconnections.org
Zach Smith
Assistant High Point Coordinator
zsmith@readingconnections.org
Rebekah King
Family Literacy Program Coordinator
rking@readingconnections.org
Sha’lay Williams
Program and Office Assistant
swilliams@readingconnections.org
Ben Michelson
Lead instructor
bmichelson@readingconnections.org
Tracie Altabet
Instructor
taltabet@readingconnections.org
Board Members 2020-2021
Dana Adams
Empathy/CX, LLC
Paula Barger
City of Greensboro
Mary Jo Cagle, M.D.
Cone Health
Wendell Calhoun
Syngenta
Rudolph Clark, Jr.
Rudolph H. Clark Jr. CPA
Larry Eisenberg
Consultant
Terri Fletcher
Guilford County Schools
Lisa Garrett
Community Volunteer
Susan Harman
The Hayden-Harman Foundation
Camille Hester
A&T University
Jim Kennedy
Jim Kennedy CMA
Shane Lukas
A Great !dea
Diana Marsh
Caring Services
Astrid Mesa
Astrid’s Detailed Cleaning
Anne Murr
Community Volunteer
Dulce Ortiz
FaithAction International
Wasif Qureshi
Islamic Relief USA
Marcus Shields
District Court Judge
Cheminne Taylor-Smith, Board Chair
Business Consultant