Board of
Directors

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS COMPOSED OF CHANGEMAKERS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN’S LITERACY.

  • Board Chair: Adam Steinhaus

    Chief Revenue Officer, Arootah

    Entrepreneur

    Avid Reader

    Parent of a Cosmic Writer

  • Al Filreis

    Kelly Professor, University of Pennsylvania

    Faculty Director, Kelly Writers House

    Director, Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW)

  • Michael Correy

    Lead, Boston Consulting Group

    Poet

    Artist

    Muppets superfan

  • Alexa Kamm

    Vice President, Radio Systems Corporation

    Voracious Reader

    Lifelong Learner

  • Catherine Keane

    Mom

    New Yorker

    Writer & Reader

    Business Development Leader

  • Nicholas Oram

    Founding Team Member & Chief Growth Officer, Soul Cycle

    Techstars/Y Combinator Founding Mentor, Young Presidents’ Organization

    Mentor, Newchip

  • Manoj Simha

    President’s Engagement Prize Winner ‘22, University of Pennsylvania

    Founding Finance Director, Cosmic Writers

    Investment Analyst

  • Hanna Trudo

    Senior Political Correspondent, The Hill

    Writer and Commentator

    Mindfulness and Meditation

OUR ADVISORY BOARD IS COMPOSED OF EXPERTS IN THE WRITING, EDUCATION, AND NONPROFIT SPACES.

  • Advisory Chair: Jamie-Lee Josselyn

    Associate Director for Recruitment & Instructor, Creative Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania

    Director, Summer Workshop for Young Writers at the Kelly Writers House

  • Kristen Rocha Aldrich

    Nonprofit Consultant

    Founder of the New York Public Library Early Childhood Education Department

  • Richard Carter, Ed.D.

    K–12 and University Educator

    Educational Equity Consultant

  • Ashley Codner

    Founding Instructor, Cosmic Writers

    PhD candidate, Rutgers University

  • John Gamba

    Entrepreneur in Residence & Director of Innovative Programs, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

    Career Education Entrepreneur

  • Ian McCormack

    Founding Instructor, Cosmic Writers

    Law Student, George Washington University

  • Tiffany Yau

    Founder, Fulphil

    Co-Founder, Project SHIELDS

    Entepreneur