Afterschool Ambassadors

The Afterschool Alliance's Afterschool Ambassador program identifies afterschool providers and advocates of special achievement and helps them raise their voices in support of afterschool.

Selected from some of most effective afterschool programs and advocacy organizations in the nation, Ambassadors work every day to help keep kids safe, inspire children to learn and help working families. They know firsthand the barriers and benefits that communities face in making afterschool available to all children. The Alliance selects 15 to 25 Ambassadors from around the country each year, and then provides training, technical support, and modest funding for their Ambassadorial activities throughout the school year. Those activities include: coordinating a major Lights On Afterschool community event; working in concert with other local providers, advocates and business and community leaders to promote afterschool; reaching out to policy makers and the media on afterschool issues; and more.

The 2008-09 Afterschool Ambassadors are listed below.  To see previous years' participants, see our Ambassador Emeritus page.  Ambassadors are chosen by application in the spring. For information on how to apply to become an Ambassador, contact the Afterschool Alliance, or call (202) 347-2030.

Afterschool Ambassadors 2008-2009

REGLA ARMENGOL
Prospera Initiatives, Inc.
3713 King Arthur Road
Annandale, VA 22003
571-278-3996
rarmengol@msn.com

SHERRIE BELT
School's Out Washington
801 23rd Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98144
206-323-2396
sbelt@schoolsoutwashington.org

VIRGINIA BURLEY
Community Connections
58 Barre Street
Montpelier, VT 5602
802-223-3456
gburley@u32.org

BOBBI DAVIS
Children's Board of Development Manager
1002 East Palm Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
813-204-1752
bobbid@childrensboard.org

MEGAN DEMARKIS
Harlem RBI’s REAL Kids Program
333 East 100th Street
New York, NY 10029
212-722-1608, x225
mdemarkis@harlemrbi.org

ELIZABETH FULMER
Orange County Public Schools
445 West Amelia Street
Orlando, FL 32801
407-317-3383
fulmere@ocps.net

LADONNA GAMBLE
Flint Community School
Bridges to the Future
923 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
810-760-1478
lgamble@flintschools.org

JENNY ARCILLA-GONZALEZ
Community Educational Services
80 Fresno Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-982-0615, x14
jenny@chinatownbeacon.org

MELANIE HAAS
Colorado MESA
Colorado State Univeristy
222 West Laurel
Fort Collins, CO 80521
303-349-4045
haasm@cahs.colostate.edu

CHARLES HARRINGTON
EdGE Program
Maine Sea Coast Mission
P.O. Box 428
Cherryfield, ME 4622
207-546-4466
charrington@seacoastmission.org

MARY HOSHIKO
YMCA of Santa Clara Valley
1922 The Alameda
3rd floor
San Jose, CA 95126
408-351-6422
mhoshiko@scvymca.org

DAYNA KRANNAWITTER
Community Learning Center
Arnold Elementary
5300 West Knight Drive
Lincoln, NE 68524
402-310-3909
daynak@L-housing.com

ROBIN MAINHARDT
Collaborating Coach
Project Bridges Child Care Resource Referral
201 Hospital Road
Eagle River, WI 54521
715-479-0337
Project.Bridges@ministryhealth.org

CAROLINE MERENDA
Rochester Area Community Foundation
500 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
585-271-4295
cmerenda@racf.org

LORAS OSTERHAUS
Soar to Success
Clinton Community Schools
600 South 4th Street
Clinton, IA 52732
563-243-9600
losterhaus@clintonia.org

CAROL SCOTT
Univeristy of Delaware, 4-H Afterschool
NCC Cooperative Extension
461 Wyoming Road
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-8161
ctscott@udel.edu

FLO TRUJILLO
Farmington Public Library
2101 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, NM 87401
505-599-1261
ftrujill@infoway.org

NASSIM ZERRIFFI
Global Kids
137 East 25th Avenue
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-226-0130, x110
Nassim@globalkids.org