Our People
At ASAS New York, we focus our collective talents on providing local students with a transformative out-of-school-time experience. We work in a highly supportive and innovative team environment that values people first. Together, we will continue to narrow the opportunity gap for historically under-resourced youth in our community.
Meet Our Team
Taryn Davis
Executive Director
New York
Melissa Beech
Program Director
Rachel Collins
Regional Executive Assistant
Ghiles Jackson
Program Director
Alison Kase
Associate Director of Development and Communications
Ben Knight
Director of Program Operations
Julianne Webb
Associate Director of Programs
Staff Spotlight: Taryn Davis
Taryn Davis is the Executive Director at ASAS New York. She brings to All-Stars a career history of progressively responsible educational and nonprofit leadership experience.
Taryn served as the Dean of Students at Harlem Village Academies; the Founding Dean of Students/Assistant Principal and Interim Acting Principal for Baystate Academy Charter Public School; the Community School Director at the Center for Supportive Schools; various program-focused roles at the United Federation of Teachers-United Community Schools; and most recently, as the Director of the Youth Empowerment Unit with the Office of the District Attorney in Queens County.
Our Board Members
Michael Schmidt
Board Chair
August DiRenzo
Honorary Board Chair