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| OUR MISSION LEAP will enable individuals to challenge and change their world through powerful literacy |
| VISION LEAP of WNY provides leadership in literacy that results in an increase in the number of people engaged in negotiating the conditions of their lives. Our organization will emphasize literacy as a vehicle to transformational and autonomous thinking. |


| We believe that literacy should encourage people to challenge and change their world, not merely, uncritically, adapt themselves to it |
| Founder | Executive Director l Vice President Board of Directors |

| EXECUTIVE BOARD |
| Dr. Gillian Richardson Executive Director, LEAP of WNY Vice President Board of Directors Carol Peszko Program Director, LEAP of WNY Vice-President Board of Directors/Secretary Reading Specialist, Buffalo Public School District Dr. Susan Mary Paige Buffalo State College University College Faculty Richard Scalzo Treasurer, LEAP of WNY School Counselor, Retired Mary Margaret Aprile Time Warner Cable, Corporate Division - Buffalo Manager, Human Resources Holly Quicksey Assistant to the Dean, School of Education, Buffalo State College Patricia Merino Maranaii Consulting Communication & Marketing Consultant Marie Romano M&T Bank Sheila Csicseri Town of Tonawanda Youth, Parks & Recreation Department Sheridan Parkside Youth Center Katie Chadwick Food Bank of Western New York David Schnettler Business Manager LEAP OF WNY HONORARY/ADVISORY BOARD Honorable Frank Caruso Justice, New York State Supreme Court |
