About Us
Helios Education Foundation is dedicated to creating opportunities for individuals in Arizona and Florida to achieve postsecondary education success. We invest our knowledge, expertise and resources across the education continuum to advance student academic preparedness and to foster college-going cultures within the two states we serve.
Through a decade of strategic partnership and investment in Early Grade Success, College and Career Readiness and Postsecondary Completion in Arizona and Florida, Helios is working to ensure that all children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed and read at grade level by the end of third grade, that all high school graduates are prepared to succeed in college and career and that all students — but especially those traditionally underserved and underrepresented students — access, persist and achieve a postsecondary license, certificate or degree.
Board of Directors
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Vince Roig
Founding Chairman -
Don Aripoli, Ph.D.
Director -
Mark Fernandez
Director -
Tom Herndon
Director -
Paul J. Luna
President and CEO -
Vada Manager
Director -
Ioanna T. Morfessis, Ph.D.
Director -
Jane Roig
Director -
Maria Sastré
Director -
Steven Wheeler
Director
Our Staff
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Stacy Carlson, Ph.D.
Vice President and Program Director, College and Career Readiness -
Michael Chesin
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -
Claudia Clair
Senior Administrative Assistant for CIO & Community Impact -
Braulio Colón
Vice President and Program Director, Postsecondary Completion -
Tammi L. Crum
Executive Services Director -
Georgette De Salvo
Administrative Assistant -
Charles Hokanson
Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer -
Rebecca Lindgren
Marketing Communications Director – Arizona -
Paul J. Luna
President and CEO -
Jennifer Mariscal
Administrative Support Assistant -
Grace Maseda
Marketing Communications Director – Florida -
Noel McClain
Human Capital and Workplace Operations Director -
Erika Morse
Program Specialist -
Julie Norwood
Program Specialist -
Karen J. Ortiz, Ph.D.
Vice President and Program Director, Early Grade Success -
Patricia Palicz
Accountant -
Paul Perrault, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Evaluation -
Janice Pilkenton
Executive Assistant to the CCO & CPO -
Ian Smith
Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer -
Susan Sullivan
Executive Assistant to the COO, CFO and Chairman -
Barbara Ryan Thompson
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer -
Linda Thompson
Senior Vice President and Chief Impact Officer