The Compass

The Compass

Champion's Council

Manchester Proud is organized in the spirit of a community movement. We are led by our Champion’s Council, community leaders and educators, who guide our work to ensure mission compliance and fiscal responsibility.

Steve Thiel

Chairman

Antonio Feliciano

President

Vacant

Treasurer

Donna Papanikolau

Secretary

Manchester Proud Staff

Manchester Proud achieves great progress with remarkably modest overhead. Uniquely, our work is accomplished by initiative-specific Work Groups, composed of Council members and informed volunteers from across our community.  It is the collective strength of our volunteers that enables Manchester Proud’s success with a paid staff of only 1.5 FTE’s. 

Aimee Kereage

Executive Director

Lauren Boisvert

Communications Director

Members

Name

Title

Organization

Barry Brensinger

Former Coordinator

Manchester Proud

Antonio Feliciano

Director of Operations

Manchester Boys & Girls Club (P)

Dr. Jennifer Chmiel Gillis

Superintendent

Manchester School District

Peter Gustafson

Deputy Director

SEE Science Center (P)

Gloria Kadima

Assistant Director

Victory Women of Vision

Katie LaBranche

Title I Reading Supervisor

Manchester School District (P)

Heather McGrail

Chief Executive Officer

Greater Manchester Chamber

Chau Ngo ED.M

Candidate

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Pawn Nitichan

Executive Director

City Year New Hampshire

Donna Papanikolau

EL Academic and Curriculum Specialist

Manchester School District

Michael Quigley

Director Office of Youth Services

City of Manchester

David Rogers

Chief Development Officer

DEKA

Marla Severn

Child Intake Coordinator

Mental Health Center Greater Manchester

Scott Spradling

Media & Communications Consultant

Steve Thiel

Assistant Vice President

Community Impact, Southern NH University

Andrew Toland

Chief of Staff

Manchester School District (P)

*(P) indicates parent of current or former Manchester School District student

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The power of building and tending to community partnerships is a multiplier, expanding our collective knowledge, expertise, experience, capacity, resources, opportunity, and commitment to our common goal of excellence and equity for all learners. The old saying that, “Two heads are better than one”, certainly applies to our work, and we are so very fortunate to have many, many heads contributing to the success of our District.