Team Members
Meet The Team
Nancy Akhavan, ED. D.
Author and speaker
Dr. Nancy Akhavan has spent 30 years as an educator and consultant. Her work focuses on student support through good first literacy instruction, and intervention, English language development, leadership development and organizational systems…
Gayle Frediani, MA, ED.
Coach
Gayle Frediani has been serving students, faculty, and administrators for over 30 years, specializing in literacy, professional development, and instructional coaching for over fifteen years. She began as an elementary teacher, was a literacy coach…
Nichole Walsh, ED. D.
Coach
Dr. Nichole Walsh comes to the consulting group with 20+ years of experience in the field of education. Dr. Walsh’s experience includes teaching in the elementary and secondary settings with students in Title I schools and high populations of…
Christina Luna, ED. D.
Coach
Christina Luna is a career educator with over 30 years of experience in Pk-12 public school districts and at the university level. Christina is currently an Assistant Professor at California State University Fresno where she is a professor in the Educational..
Virginia Brensel, MA. ED.
Coach
Chai Phannaphob, Ed. D.
Author and speaker
Dr. Chai Phannaphob was a high school Latin teacher and college lecturer for a variety of subjects. She has worked with teacher-candidates to facilitate and shepherd first-generation college students through the credential program…
Loretta Aragon Spaulding, Ma. Ed.
Coach
Loretta Aragon Spaulding has spent over 30 years as an educator and instructional leader in schools from preschool to high school and higher education. These educational settings include public, private, and online…
Coach
Janeen Goree, Ed. D.
Coach
Dr. Janeen Marie Goree is an educational leader focusing her research on ways teachers can foster higher academic optimism to increase student well-being and academic achievement by discovering the essence of oneself…
Lauren Lemons Odell, Ed.D.
Coach
With more than 25 years of education experience, Dr. Lauren Lemons Odell currently serves as a lecturer with the Educational Leadership division of Kremen School of Education at California State University, Fresno…
Shameka Andre, Ed.D.
Coach
Shameka Andre has a decade of experience in teaching and administration. She has taught grades K-2 in both district and charter schools. Shameka has worked with teachers and administrators through the MTSS and RTI frameworks…
Melanie Renfrow Ed.D.
Coach
Dr. Melanie Renfrow has a decade of experience in teaching and teacher support. She began teaching in a middle school and has spent the last 6 years in grades K-2. Melanie has worked with MTSS and RTI frameworks to…
Mary Cochron,
Ed.D. , PMP
Educational Measurement & Assessment Analyst
Dr. Mary Cochron, PMP, has more than a decade of experience in educational measurement and assessment. Specializing in large-scale K-12 assessment, her professional experience began as a classroom teacher..
Karen Perkins, MA. ED.
Coach
With more than 25 years of education experience, Dr. Lauren Lemons Odell currently serves as a lecturer with the Educational Leadership division of Kremen School of Education at California State University, Fresno…
Bianca Aragon-Lopez Yendluri, MA.ED.
Coach
Bianca Aragon-Lopez Yendluri has over multiple years of experience designing, delivering and supporting math instruction in secondary and post-secondary education. This includes teaching courses for early childhood education..
