Impact: Leadership in Education

The Impact: Leadership in Education experience brings together the region’s education professionals for a series of interactive sessions designed to empower teachers to be progressive agents of positive change within schools. Impact combines the best of Leadership Northeast’s nationally award winning Core program with the intricate needs of local education. A collaborative effort with the support of public and private schools throughout Luzerne County, the Impact experience offers K-12 classroom educators the chance to participate in LNE’s transformative development curriculum.  Impact participants will:

  • Build leadership skills needed to adapt and thrive in challenging environments and to improve school culture and educational outcomes
  • Gain effective communication skills that can be directly implemented in the classroom and beyond
  • Better understand personal communication and behavioral styles
  • Build bridges between business and education
  • Engage in an analysis of the public education system and develop an awareness of the community at large
  • Connect with an accomplished group of civic leaders from the field of education as well as the government and private sectors
  • Network with professionals from more than sixteen public and private school districts, compare best practices and challenges
  • Successfully complete a School Impact Project
  • Earn up to 90 Act 48 credits

Impact Class of 2026

Suzanne Aboutanos Fellerman

Wyoming Valley West High School

French Teacher

Maureen Carey

Solomon Plains Middle School

English Teacher

Karla Carrasco

McGlynn Center

Administrative Specialist

Michael Cherinka

Dallas High School

BCIT Instructor

Elizabeth Davis

Lee Park Elementary

3rd Grade Teacher

Isabella Dohn

Wyoming Seminary Upper School

Math Teacher

Ashley Dunn

Wyoming Area Secondary Center

Special Education Teacher

Cindy Garcia

Luzerne County Head Start

Teacher

Diane Gordon

Wyoming Valley West High School

Tech Ed. Teacher

Ernestine Hunter

McGlynn Center

Teacher’s Aide

Laura Kluck

Wyoming Seminary Upper School

Upper School Counselor

Elizabeth Kravitz

Wyoming Valley West High School

Special Education Teacher

Jessica Lane

Martin L. Mattei Middle School

7th Grade English Language Arts Teacher

Christine Leandri

Wyoming Area Secondary Center

Gifted Support Teacher

Emily McHugh

Wyoming Seminary Upper School

Director of Health Services, RN

Morgan Mickavicz

Riverside Junior-Senior High School

Secondary English Teacher

Lori Owens

Wyoming Valley West High School

Health and Physical Education Teacher

Jaqueline Rocha

Holy Redeemer High School

School Counselor

Kaila Slack

Wyoming Area Secondary Center

Spanish Teacher

Kimberly Sweeney

Lee Park Elementary

3rd Grade Teacher

Ashley Temarantz

Wyoming Valley West High School

English Teacher

Kyleen Thomas

Greater Nanticoke Area High School

English Language Arts Teacher

Cynthia Wasley

Crestwood High School

Business Teacher/Bus. Info. Tech.

Susan Williams

Wycallis Primary

Kindergarten Teacher