After-School Leadership
Gabi Ajami
Deputy Director of After School Programs
Working with Manhattan Youth since 1998, Gabi spent several years as Director of our IS 289 After-School Program, and more recently as Associate Director of the Downtown Day Camp. Her extensive experience in youth and recreation programs compliment her enthusiasm for working with our children, families, and staff. Gabi works closely with our camp team leaders, specialty staff, and counselors to ensure that we provide a safe, exciting, and fun-filled environment for our campers.
× Elementary School Site Directors
Noelle Safar
Program Director
Spruce Street School
Noelle holds her Master's Degree in Elementary Education and comes to us with years of experience being the Educational Director of The Barclay Street School in Tribeca and at The Ivy League Early Learning Academy in Chelsea. Before working in education, she co-owned a hair salon with her sister in South Beach, Miami. During her spare time, Noelle enjoys playing sports, traveling, and spending time with her family.
×Jason Lumpkin
Site Director
PS 234
Jason assumes the role of the P.S. 234 Site Director after a long career at Manhattan Youth, with duties ranging from head counselor to club teacher to Downtown Basketball League coach to MY Athletic Coordinator to P.S. 234 Assistant Director. Beyond the field of education, Jason has extensive experience as an Event Manager and Production Assistant, working on such projects as the US Open (NYC), the TOUR Championship (Atlanta, GA), the PGA Championship (Minneapolis, MN), US Open Men's Golf Championship (Bethpage, NY), the Tribeca Film Festival (NYC), and the Ryder Cup (Louisville, KY). During his spare time, Jason enjoys playing sports and spending time with his family.
×Brad Lewis
After-School Site Director, ps 276
PS 276
Brad joins Manhattan Youth after successfully directing the after-school and summer programs at the Franciscan Community Center on the upper west side. Before diving in to the after-school world, Brad taught high school in both Long Island City and Seattle. During his Seattle years (sipping great coffee and enjoying seafood) he also gained valuable experience with Amazon doing customer service and in another tech company in a sales role. Yet education and serving kids and families remained his central passion which he brought to New York City when he and his wife moved here in 2013. During his spare time, Brad enjoys travel whenever possible, tennis, running, cheering on his hometown Seattle sports teams, and taking in all variety of arts and culture (and food) around NYC
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