Our Team

Our dedicated staff is passionate about serving military families, promoting daily reading, fostering literacy skills, building connections through shared stories, and providing resources to our audience world-wide. Meet the talented United Through Reading staff below!

Arlín Acosta

Director of Advancement Strategy & Impact

Jayme Burns

Grants Manager

Mandy Disney

Area Coordinator, Washington, D.C.

Emily Foster

Events & Engagement Manager

Carrie Valentine Fuller, MBA

Chief Executive Officer

Catherine Homburg

Senior Salesforce Business Analyst

Shandelle Jones

Warehouse and Programs Assistant

Angelo Laberinto

Mobile Application Designer

Penney Letrud-Samons

Director of Special Programs

Chrystal Lewis

Area Program Manager, Southern California

Samantha Hagan Lingad

Vice President of Programs

Bessie Ostrander

Area Coordinator, Hampton Roads

Angel Pavey

North Carolina and Texas Area Coordinator

Kurt Schwend, MBA, PMP

Senior Vice President of Operations and Technology

Melanie Sheridan

Director of Marketing and Communications

Trista Shinskie

Director of Development

Laura Steiner

Director of Outreach & Engagement Strategy

Tonya Wood

Senior Director of Volunteers and National Engagement

Sally Ann Zoll, Ed.D.

Executive Chairman, Board of Trustees

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