Our Team
Local Leadership
Sarah Park
Hawai'i '08
Executive Director
Sarah Park serves as the Executive Director of Teach For America Greater Tulsa and Oklahoma City and brings 15 years of experience in education. Sarah’s passion for education started in the classroom as a 2008 Teach For America Hawai’i corps member where she taught 7th and 8th grade math. She took the lessons learned alongside students to become a Corps Member Advisor and a Manager of Teacher Leadership Development with TFA Hawai’i.
In 2013, she joined the Oklahoma team where she held various programmatic roles and increased rigor and student learning in math and science classrooms across Oklahoma, launched Regional Summer Institute, and strengthened the corps and alumni experience for over 550 educators. Sarah now leads a localized strategic vision and plan, works side-by-side with local stakeholders to ensure TFA plays its critical role in advancing educational excellence, and aims to influence the conversation about education, learning, and economic mobility in Oklahoma.
Meet Our Greater Tulsa Team
MANAGER, RECRUITMENT
Whitney Cipolla
MANAGING DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Rachel Estariz
DIRECTOR, ALUMNI IMPACT
Jessi Hicks
DIRECTOR, RECRUITMENT
Evan Hill
MANAGER, RECRUITMENT
Precious Lango
DIRECTOR, ALUMNI IMPACT
Michael Philippsen
MANAGING DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Nicole West
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALUMNI IMPACT
Parisa Pilehvar
MANAGING DIRECTOR, TALENT & OPERATIONS
Allie Stites
MANAGING DIRECTOR, IGNITE FELLOWSHIP & ALUMNI RECRUITMENT
Tisha Clay
MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT STATEWIDE
Joe Regan
MANAGING DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT STATEWIDE
Erin Zarenec
Meet Our Oklahoma City Team
MANAGER, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Vivianne Garcia
MANAGING DIRECTOR, PROGRAM CONTINUUM
Foluke Olorunnisola
DIRECTOR, ALUMNI IMPACT
Nicole Silvestri
DIRECTOR, ALUMNI IMPACT
Michael Phillippsen
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALUMNI IMPACT
Parisa Pilehvar
MANAGING DIRECTOR, TALENT & OPERATIONS
Allie Stites
MANAGING DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT
Erin Zarenec
MANAGING DIRECTOR, IGNITE PROGRAM IMPACT
Tisha Clay
MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT
Joe Regan