Padma Gargeya | Executive Director

Padma is deeply committed to working with youth and education as a way of bridging the opportunity divide in our communities. In her prior role as Executive Director of Mentor Tutor Connection, she significantly strengthened the organization through leadership, planning, stewardship and fundraising. Prior to a nonprofit career, Padma worked in senior technical roles in the Bay Area and she has been a long-term volunteer at Bright Futures, an organization that works with vulnerable youth. Padma earned a BA in Economics from the University of Delhi and an MS in Math and Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

Evelyn Donis |
Senior Program Manager
Site Manager, Laurel Elementary

Evelyn manages programming across all Homework Central sites. She is a dedicated and caring bilingual educator who works to create a classroom environment that is safe, inclusive, and encouraging to the varied needs of students. She has held several teaching roles, including providing instruction in English Language Development at the Redwood City School District. As a site manager at Laurel, she hopes to foster meaningful relationships with students, staff and families.

Ofelia Delgadillo | Development & Outreach Director

Ofelia has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations in development, program management and community outreach. She strongly believes that the success of our community correlates to the strength of our children’s education and is passionate about building community partnerships that support that mission. Ofelia holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and volunteers locally. She and her husband are the proud parents of a son and daughter.

David Light | Site Coordinator (Sunnybrae)

David Light retired after 40 years in research for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. He began his relationship with Homework Central as a tutor volunteer before transitioning to Site Administrator for the Homework Central Summer School Program. This is his first year as Sunnybrae’s Site Coordinator.

Jessica Nimni | Site Coordinator (Laurel Literacy Center)

Jessica Nimni is a recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Studio Arts. She has experience tutoring elementary, middle, and high school students in various subjects as well as teaching children in after-school programs. While her ultimate career goal is to become a child psychologist, she finds working with the children at Homework Central to be extremely rewarding.

JJ Campbell | Site Coordinator, Baywood Homework Center

JJ has held several positions in education since 2010 as a teaching assistant/tutor in several programs. He holds a Masters in Education with a focus on Curriculum Development from San Jose State University.

Alexandra Cardenas | Site Coordinator, Park Elementary

Alexa began as a teen volunteer in 2021 before transitioning to a Site Assistant at Park. Currently attending College of San Mateo, she was promoted to Site Coordinator in 2024. As a native Spanish speaker, she is passionate about her connections with students and their families.

Amanda Citrenbaum | Site Coordinator, Laurel Elementary

Amanda has extensive experience in the education system; her most recent positions include school counselor, Spanish teacher, and a Summer instructor for the SMFC School District. She is currently completing her Master in School Counseling at the University of San Francisco.

Skyler Green | Program Operations & Site Coordinator (Baywood)

Skyler is a recent graduate from CSU San Bernardino’s school of Sociology. Coming from this research-heavy field, Skyler enjoys seeing a direct impact through his work at Homework Central.

Elaine Kauffman | Site Assistant

Elaine has a BA in Secondary Education, with a major in history, and a Master’s degree in Museum Public Programming. After working as a museum educator for many years, she began working in 2012 at the Richmond District (SF) After School Collaborative, which provides after school enrichment to approximately 360 Kindergarten through 5th graders in four Richmond District elementary schools. She started working at Homework Central as a volunteer in 2016 and since then has worked in several different capacities at all four sites.

Susan Kling | San Mateo Park Homework Center

Susan graduated with a Masters and Ph.D. in British History from UCLA. Looking for a way to stay engaged while raising a family, Susan created a studies skills curriculum to teach to middle schoolers, as well as volunteering with Art in Action and Girl Scouts. For the past several years, Susan has run her own private tutoring business helping middle school to college-age students.

Nichole (Nikki) Medrano | Site Coordinator (Laurel)

Nikki is a Bay Area native who has been working and volunteering with kids since 2014 through local recreation centers as well as the YMCA. She is passionate about creating a safe and positive environment for her students to be able to learn and grow during their time at Homework Central. Nikki also currently works part time at a recreation center supporting children’s programming and activities.

Suzanne Rogers | Site Coordinator

Suzanne first began at Homework Central as a volunteer, but wanted more sustained involvement with the students and to make a larger difference. She saw the opportunity to become a Site Coordinator as an excellent way to achieve this. Suzanne held her teacher credentials and taught math for several years before retiring.

Matt Feuer | Board Chair

Matt is a co-founder of McClure & Feuer, a legal search firm founded in 1995 and dedicated solely to recruiting attorneys on behalf of law firms and companies throughout California. Matt received an MA in Political Science from Northwestern University and a BA in Political Science from Santa Clara University.

Justin Fok | Board Vice Chair

A native of San Francisco, Justin graduated from U.C. Davis with a BA in English and received his JD from the University of San Francisco, School of Law. He currently serves as the lead attorney at Fok Immigration Law, an immigration law firm with offices in San Mateo and San Jose.

Ellyn Corey | Treasurer

Ellyn is deeply invested in youth and education, and has mentored high school students for over a decade through Bright Futures, a San Jose based organization for at-risk youth. She also served as treasurer of Hillbarn Theatre of Foster City. In her professional life Ellyn works in her family’s commercial real estate business, where she handles finance and operations.

Betsy Woodward | Recording Secretary

Betsy is a UCC Commissioned Minister and served as Minister of Christian Education at the Congregational Church of San Mateo for 25 years before retiring in late 2012. A founding member of Homework Central, Betsy has been a member of the Board of Directors since the organization’s inception and has served in several leadership capacities. In addition, Betsy has been a volunteer tutor for 14 years!

Antonio “Tony” Gallo | Board Member

Tony has deep roots in volunteering in the community: as a long-term volunteer tutor at Homework Central, in organizations promoting science among students, and at the Congregational Church of San Mateo (CCSM). He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley and retired after a distinguished career.

Tony serves on the board of the Santa Clara Valley Science Fair Organization, which hosts an annual science fair with over 1200 students presenting projects and 800 judges. Currently, he teaches Chemistry at San Francisco State University, and has also taught science classes at several of the schools in the area under a program called “Science from Scientists”.

Monroe Labouisse | Board Member

Monroe is an advocate for young people in disadvantaged neighborhoods in San Mateo County. He mentors teen boys on probation through CASA and serves as a peer supervisor to other CASA advocates. He was the Chair of the county’s Juvenile Justice Commission in 2022 and 2023. He has also mentored young Peninsula Bridge students. Earlier in his career he was a customer operations and business leader at top tech companies, including Airbnb, Stripe, PayPal and eBay. He received a BA in Government from Harvard.

Saroja Ramanujan | Board Member

Saroja is a Principal Scientist and Associate Director at Genentech Inc, where she leads the Translational and Systems Pharmacology group and oversees Genentech’s Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) program. Saroja received her BSE in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in tumor biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Abhimanyu “Abhi” Vasishth | Board Member

Abhi is a Senior Software Engineer at MasterClass, where he supports the Growth and Marketing Technology teams. He first engaged with Homework Central through a project involving their data management systems, as part of Full Circle Fund, where he has volunteered since moving to the Bay Area. Abhi holds a master’s degree in Data Science from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from New York University, Abu Dhabi. On what drew him to Homework Central, he says, “I resonate with Homework Central’s mission to bridge educational inequities and want to contribute to an organization that is committed to meaningful, community-oriented social change in the Bay Area.”

Benjamin N. York | Board Member

Benjamin N. York, PhD, is the founder and CEO of ParentPowered Public Benefit Corporation and advisor to the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement. Prior to founding ParentPowered, he was the Executive Director of CEPA Labs at Stanford University. His career spans education technology, education research, public education, philanthropy, and finance, including time as an After School Program Manager in Boulder Valley School District. Ben has a BA in economics from the University of Colorado, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, as well as an MA in political science and a PhD in education from Stanford, where he was a Karr Fellow and an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Quantitative Education Policy Fellow. Ben has served as a Referee of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Shelly, and daughter, Ellie (and he looks forward to welcoming their second daughter into the world this spring).