

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
