Leadership & Board of Directors




Meet the Leadership Team

We are passionate about our work and our commitment to dismantle structural racism through antiracist early literacy instruction, and create equity in education. The CLI team brings an interdisciplinary lens to every aspect of our work. Get to know our leadership teams and board of directors below.
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Dr. Diana L. Greene

Chief Executive Officer

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Reina Prowler

Chief Operating Officer

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Erica Holmes-Ware

Chief Program Officer

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Sonita Thompson

Chief of Staff

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Mary List

Senior Executive Director

Midwest Region

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Michele LaCoursiere

Executive Director

EASTERN REGION

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Nicole Bethea

Executive Director

Pennsylvania REGION

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Caryn Henning

Managing Director
of Content Development
and Program Design

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Jordanne Owen

Director of Marketing, Production, & E-Learning

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Kristen Brown

Managing Director
of Operation

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Board of Directors

NAME

POSITION

ORGANIZATION

BOARD TITLE

Sandra LaFleur

Director, Changemaker Education and Social Innovation
Miami Dade College

Chair

Gerald Mosely

President
CP&P Development, LLC
Vice-Chair
Victoria Raivitch
Principal
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Treasurer
Mary Klein
Retired Educator
N/A
Secretary
John Bonow
Managing Director & CEO (retired)

Public Financial Mgmt.

Henri Crockett
Co-Founder & President
Crockett Foundation
Nelson Flores

Associate Professor
Educational Linguistics Division

University of Penn.
Frank Gettridge
President & CEO
The Philanthropic Collaborative for Education
Steve Piltch, Ed.D.

Senior Fellow
Director, School Leadership Program

Graduate School of Education University of Pennsylvania
Lori Taylor
Attorney
Jacqueline Woolley
Atty. & Counselor at Law
Dailey LLP
Dr. Diana Greene

CEO

Children's Literacy Initiative

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We are committed to fostering a culture of excellence by providing the framework for a respectful, collegial, innovative, and ethical workplace.
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