Meet the CLP Team

Deep experience across education systems informs all our work. The CLP staff have served community colleges, K-12 districts, and other organizations as counseling and instructional faculty, student services staff, administrators, researchers, writers, student advocates, and policy leaders.

Naomi Castro
Senior Director
ncastro@careerladdersproject.org

Luis Chavez
Senior Director
lchavez@careerladdersproject.org

Linda Collins
Founder and Executive Director
lcollins@careerladdersproject.org

Eder Flores
Program Associate
eflores@careerladdersproject.org

Amal Amanda Issa
Senior Program Manager
aissa@careerladdersproject.org

Laura Impellizzeri
Director of Communications
limpellizzeri@careerladdersproject.org

Alison Nakashima
Senior Director of Operations
anakashima@careerladdersproject.org

Kris Palmer
Senior Director
kpalmer@careerladdersproject.org

Cristina Sandoval
Program Associate
csandoval@careerladdersproject.org

Joshua Sellers
Operations Specialist
jsellers@careerladdersproject.org

Sherry Shojaei
Program Manager
sshojaei@careerladdersproject.org

Michelle Simotas
Director
msimotas@careerladdersproject.org

Sia Smith-Miyazaki
Senior Program Associate
ssmithmi@careerladdersproject.org

Valeria Torres
Program Coordinator
vtorres@careerladdersproject.org

Julian West
Director
jwest@careerladdersproject.org