Trustees

Office of the President

Tonya Allen

Andrea Anderson

Director of Evaluation, Learning, and Impact

Phone: 313-393-1348

E-Mail: aanderson@skillman.org

Marie Colombo

Senior Adviser to the President

Phone: 313-393-1151

E-Mail: mcolombo@skillman.org

Natalie Fotias

Director of Communications

Phone: 313-393-1179

E-Mail: nfotias@skillman.org

Twitter: NatalieFotias

David R. McGhee

Associate Vice President, Organizational Excellence & Impact

Phone: 313-393-1254

E-Mail: drmcghee@skillman.org

Twitter: davidrmcghee

Siobhan O'Laoire

Associate Program Officer

Phone: 313-393-1167

E-Mail: solaoire@skillman.org

Arnett Parham

Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant to Tonya Allen (on temporary leave)

Phone: 313-393-1248

E-Mail: aparham@skillman.org

William Sexton

Communications Fellow

Phone: 313-393-1247

E-Mail: wsexton@skillman.org

Nilda Thomas

Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant to Tonya Allen (temporary)

Phone: 313-393-1248

E-Mail: nthomas@skillman.org

Alexandra Zisser

Learning & Impact Fellow

Phone: 313-393-1186

E-Mail: azisser@skillman.org

Operations Staff

Maria Woodruff-Wright

Vice President, Operations & CFO

E-Mail: mwoodruff-wright@skillman.org

Mary Beth Baumeister

Grants Management Administrator

Phone: 313-393-1249

E-Mail: mbaumeister@skillman.org

Danielle Crawford

Grants Manager

Phone: 313-393-1201

E-Mail: dcrawford@skillman.org

Kurt Griggs-Swanson

Program Assistant

Phone: 313-393-1181

E-Mail: kswanson@skillman.org

Lauren Hawkins

Ketrice Howard

Program Assistant

Phone: 313-393-1248

E-Mail: khoward@skillman.org

Stepha'N Quicksey

Program Assistant

Phone: 313-393-1367

E-Mail: squicksey@skillman.org

Jaime Schubring

Accounting and Technology Associate

Phone: 313-393-1105

E-Mail: jschubring@skillman.org

Simonne Searles

Human Resource/Operations Manager

Phone: 313-393-1289

E-Mail: ssearles@skillman.org

Program Staff

John Ziraldo

Vice President, Program & Strategy

Leads the Foundation’s programmatic vision & strategy
Supports the development of program team members

Phone: 313-393-1292

E-Mail: jziraldo@skillman.org

Twitter: jziraldo

Ashley Aidenbaum

Associate Program Officer

Supports the Foundation’s Literacy & Numeracy, Educational Ecosystem Reset, Present & Ready to Learn, College & Career Pathways, Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren work

Phone: 313-393-1366

E-Mail: aaidenbaum@skillman.org

Twitter: ashleymariea

Punita Dani Thurman

Program Director

Leads the Foundation’s Education strategy

Phone: 313-393-1291

E-Mail: pthurman@skillman.org

Twitter: punitadani

Paty Hinojosa

Senior Program Officer

Leads the Foundation’s Financial Empowerment and Cody Rouge Project work
Supports the Foundation’s Youth Development work

Phone: 313-393-1169

E-Mail: phinojosa@skillman.org

Twitter: PatyHinojosa313

Matthew Hoerauf

Associate Program Officer

Supports the Foundation’s Safety, Financial Empowerment, and Youth Employment, and Cody Rouge Project work

Phone: 313-393-1181

E-Mail: mhoerauf@skillman.org

Kumar Raj

Leads the Foundation’s Community & Youth Leadership and College & Career Pathways work
Supports the Foundation’s Youth Employment, Youth Development, Education Ecosystem Reset and My Brother’s Keeper work.

Phone: 313-393-1390

E-Mail: kraj@skillman.org