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Management Team

MICHAEL LOMBARDO

Chief Executive Officer

Michael Lombardo joined Reading Partners in 2006 after 5 years in senior administrative positions at the University of California, Berkeley.  Under his leadership, Reading Partners has grown from serving 6 schools in Silicon Valley to 24 schools throughout the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.  In that same period, Reading Partners tripled its revenue, raised $600,000 in growth capital to fund its statewide expansion, and increased the size of its volunteer tutor corps from 250 to over 900.  Michael serves on the board of directors for the Foundation for Self-Reliance, an organization providing educational services to refugees from Afghanistan.  He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and lives in Oakland with his wife and two young children.

MATT AGUIAR

Chief Operating Officer

During his time as Program Manager of the Alumni Leadership Award and Director of Alumni Scholarships at University of California, Berkeley, Matt increased volunteer participation by over 325% in two years. In addition to creating a comprehensive, year-round calendar of volunteer opportunities, he oversaw an annual operating and awards budget of $2 million and managed scholarship endowments of $40 million. Matt earned a B.A. in economics with a business administration minor from UC Berkeley.

 

LILLY GREEN

Regional Program Director

Lilly brings a wealth of classroom instruction and program development experience to Reading Partners. From 2001 to 2003 she served as an AmeriCorps leader for the San Francisco Urban Service Project. As a social worker from 2004 to 2006, Lilly worked with families and schools in Harlem and Brooklyn. Later she worked in NYC public schools as a special education teacher before she returned to her native state of California to work with Reading Partners. Lilly has an MSW from Columbia University, an MEd from Bank Street College, and a BA in Sociology and Politics from UC Santa Cruz.

 

TYLER ABE-MYSEN

Program Manager, San Francisco

Tyler grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and Menlo Park, California. She earned a BS in Elementary Education and Human Development from Wheelock College in Boston. Since returning to California, she has taught kindergarten and third grade in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto elementary schools. She quickly recognized the extensive gap in educational opportunities between low-income and high-income communities, and she decided to find more ways to make a positive impact in the lives of the children. Her volunteer work includes being a tutor at the I Have a Dream Foundation in East Palo Alto and Avenidas Literacy Program, as well as being a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) through Child Advocates working with foster children.

 

ERICA TRULLINGER

Program Manager, Los Angeles

Erica studied English at Loyola Marymount University; during this time, she also discovered her passion for education while volunteering in local schools. She joined Teach for America and taught Special Education in Phoenix for two years. Since moving back to Los Angeles, her work has focused on supplementary programs for students in under-resourced schools. She is very excited to be part of Reading Partners' expansion into the Los Angeles area.

 

AMANDA MOORE

Associate Director of Development

Prior to joining the staff of Reading Partners, Amanda spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho in Southern Africa. As a Peace Corps volunteer, Amanda taught English as a second language to secondary school students. She also founded a girls mentoring program and organized the donation of over 1,000 books and materials in order to start a school library. Before her Peace Corps experience, Amanda worked as a Sales Assistant at CBS-5 Television in San Francisco. Amanda has also spent significant time as a volunteer for the Athletic Scholars Advancement Program and for the I Have a Dream Foundation. Amanda earned a B.S. from the University of California, San Diego.