
Nick Lennon, Director
Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Favorite Quote: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting
Favorite Place to Visit: Cambodia
CliftonStrengths: Empathy, Connectedness, Learner, Developer, and Relator

Lisa Snyder, Associate Director
Favorite Book: Hunger Games, My Sister’s Keeper, Goodnight Moon, and Guess How Much I Love You
Favorite Quote: “Hope is the little voice you hear whisper “maybe” when it seems the entire world is shouting “no!”
Favorite Movie: Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Moana, Coco, and The Greatest Showman
Favorite Place to Visit: the beach
CliftonStrengths: Developer, Empathy, Positivity, Responsibility, and Adaptability

Phil Rippa, Office Manager
Favorite Book: The Martian
Favorite Quote: “We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.” – Fred Rogers
Favorite Movie: The Original Star Wars Trilogy
Favorite Place to Visit: Home
CliftonStrengths: Empathy, Achiever, Developer, Relator, Strategic

Derek Smith, Graduate Assistant
Favorite Book: Currently Unknown
Favorite Quote: “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.” — Rafiki (The Lion King)
Favorite Movie: The Emperor’s New Groove
Favorite Place to Visit: Wherever my family currently is
CliftonStrengths: Consistency, Harmony, Responsibility, Empathy, and Discipline

Sophia Hasnain, Student Office Assistant
Favorite book: N/A
Favorite quote: “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Favorite movie: Coraline, Spirited Away, Emperor’s New Groove
Favorite place to visit: The aquarium, any garden 🙂
CliftonStrengths: Includer, Discipline, Arranger, Adaptability, Developer

Al-Batool Ibrahim, Student Office Assistant
Favorite movie: Catch Me If You Can
Favorite book: Perks of Being a Wallflower
Favorite Quote: “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart” -the little prince
Favorite place to visit: Dubai
CliftonStrengths:Restorative, Connectedness, Empathy, Context, Adaptability

Jordan Anderson, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: The Hate You Give
Favorite movie: Birdbox
Favorite quote: “You will never be truly happy if you continuously hold onto the things that make you sad”
Favorite place to visit: Atlanta, Georgia
CliftonStrengths: Empathy, Consistency, Futuristic, Connectedness, and Includer

Monica Brown, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: The Giving Tree By: Shel Silverstein
Favorite movie: “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aesop
Favorite quote: The Notebook, Elf, and About Time
Favorite place to visit: Any place with Family or Friends
CliftonStrengths: Developer, Empathy, Woo, Positivity, and Includer

Elena Dajero, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Favorite movie: MCU, Harry Potter Series and Mulan
Favorite quote: “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”. -Albus Dumbledore
Favorite place to visit: Costa Ballena, Spain
CliftonStrengths: Input, Context, Positivity, Communication and Developer

D.J. Grant, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: More Happy Than Not, by Adam Silvera
Favorite movie: The Lovely Bones
Favorite place to visit: Surf City, North Carolina
CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Individualization, Learner, Relator, and Strategic

Kathleen Dwyer, Leadership Consultant
Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean, Marriage Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Favorite Quote: “Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.” – Helena Bonham Carter
Favorite Place to Visit: Disney World
CliftonStrengths: Individualization, Maximizer, Achiever, Discipline, and Deliberative

Demi Moore, Leadership Consultant
Favorite Book: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Favorite Quote: “We know what we are, but not what we may be” – William Shakespeare
Favorite Movie: Love & Basketball
Favorite Place To Visit: Pensacola, Florida
Clifton Strengths: Achiever, Competition, Significance, Focus, Consistency