Our Team
Meet the SFS Staff, Board of Directors, and Board of Advisors who put in the work to make our services possible!
STAFF
May Vaughn
Executive Director
May Vaughn grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where she has spent her professional and personal career serving in roles that support children and families of Greater Boston. May has a breadth and depth of experience with community engagement, fundraising, program development, and childcare center executive management. She is a community relation professional with experience in all phases of partnerships in the non-profit sector. She has a zeal for creating partnerships while helping families prosper through collaboration that works for all.
As a daughter of immigrants, she is aware of exactly how non-profit organizations like Sitters For Scholars can positively influence the lives of families for generations. May is excited to continue her passion for helping families as Executive Director.
May received her education at Cambridge College with a Master’s in Non -Profit Management and holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
mvaughn@sittersforscholars.org
Judy Coleman
Program and Outreach Manager
Over the past 20 years, Judy has worked in public health and education providing education, outreach, and advocacy for children and families.
jcoleman@sittersforscholars.org
Workplace Policies
Sitters Non-Discrimination Policy
Sitters prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran or military status, age and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
This non-discrimination policy applies to all employees, board members, and volunteers with respect to the organization’s activities and operations, including the delivery of services and employment and advancement decisions.
Sitters Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy
We thrive as an organization when perspectives are diverse, our culture is inclusive, and our practices model the equity we want to see in the world. We strive to incorporate and value all voices and perspectives, including those across our varied identities and lived experiences.
Board of Directors
Ellen Bruce
President
Professional Industry: Higher Education & Law
Marisa Osborne
Vice President
Professional Industry: Business
Sandy Shea
Secretary
Professional Industry: Nonprofit
Albert Pasakarnis
Treasurer
Professional Industry: Finance
Kristin Bell
Director
Professional Industry: Nonprofit
SFS Sitter Volunteer
Laurie Burlingame
Director
Professional Industry: Law
Nicole Lau
Director
Professional Industry: Human Resources
Jacqueline lutz
Director
Professional Industry: Clinical Research
Jenny Marcelin
Director
Professional Industry: Higher Education
SFS Student Parent Scholar
Rachel Puopolo
Director
Professional Industry: Higher Education
Leakhena Schechter
Director
Professional Industry: Sales & Customer Relations
Board of Advisors
Samuel Batchelder, Esq.
Retired NPO Consultant, Executive Service Corps of New England
Former Partner, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA
Margot Botsford, Esq.
Retired Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court
Lisa R. Carter
Director of Project Access, Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA
Caitlin Cornwall
Sr. Clinical Trial Manager, Goldfinch Bio
Former SFS Volunteer Sitter & Board Member
Kara Cormier, Esq.
Associate, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA
Rosie Cunningham
VP of Strategy & Alliances, Family Reach, Boston, MA
Oksana Hradyska
Product Manager, Convergent Dental
Emily Kanstroom Musgrave, Esq.
Partner / Co-Chair, Appellate Practice Group, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, MA
Liza M. Nascembeni
Assoc. Director, Human Resources & Community Values, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA.
Former SFS Volunteer Sitter
Kathleen O’Neill
Director of Single Stop, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston
Tory J. Stephens
New England Network Weaver at Grist.Org
Thanie William-Phillip
Police Officer, City of New Rochelle, NY
SFS Student Parent Scholar (2015)