Our Team

Donna M. Sauer
Chief Executive Officer

Donna is a native Floridian and has worked in South Florida in finance and accounting for 39 years. She served as Controller at Larry L. Wilson, Inc and CFO/Executive Vice-President at Albanese-Popkin Development Group and currently serves as Controller at Hutton Miller, an advertising agency in Boca Raton. Donna has volunteered with several charities over the past 15 years in Palm Beach County including Excalibur Children’s Charity for Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and Duke Children’s Hospital; Delray Students First (now known as Bound for College) and 4FNOW, a gun control and scholarship non-profit in Parkland, Florida. Donna actively mentors BFC high school students. She is also the wife of founder Mark Sauer.

Dr. Shannon Solis
Chief Program Officer

Dr. Solis was born in Belize and immigrated to Bronx, New York in the early 1980’s. She currently holds a Ed.D. in Reading Education from Nova Southeastern University, a Masters in Educational Leadership from American College of Education, and a Masters in English from SUNY. She has been a National Board-Certified Teacher in Palm Beach County for 21 years, and her leadership experiences in the School District of Palm Beach County have included roles as a Reading Coach, Instructional Specialist, Department Chairperson, Program Coordinator, and Program Director.

Dr. Solis also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Palm Beach State College, teaching in the College Readiness Department, and holds the position of President of Palm Beach TESOL, where she fosters professional development and leadership opportunities for English as a Second Language (ESL) professionals. She has been a mentor with Take Stock in Children since 2013, where she coaches, advises, and supports underserved youth, and has served as an Educator Support Program Mentor, where she advised and supported beginning educators to meet the challenges of teaching in a 21st century classroom.

She has traveled extensively throughout the United States and has taught English in Yokohama, Japan, Senegal, West Africa and studied in Adelaide, South Australia. Dr. Solis is passionate about teaching and the positive impact that she has on the lives of students.

Ann Paton
Director of Development

Ann Paton, development director, has been a fundraiser and public relations professional in the nonprofit sector for 30 years. She has held leadership fundraising positions at Dartmouth, Brown, Florida Atlantic and Barry University. Since her retirement from Barry University in 2011, Ann has been helping non-profits in the southeast U.S. achieve sustainability. She is pleased to be supporting Bound For College with her knowledge of grant writing and research, strategic and operational planning, annual/major gifts fundraising and board development.

Corrie Slazyk
Director of Organizational Development

Corrie is a born and raised South Floridian and proud FAU Alumni with a passion for helping others. This passion led her to the nonprofit world where she has worked and/or volunteered for the last decade with organizations including the Alzheimer’s Association, National MS Society, Susan G. Komen – Race For The Cure, and Brain Bowl Events. Corrie believes that through education, we can help students enhance their knowledge, develop confidence, and identify their unique skills. She is honored to be part of such an amazing team and to help drive the Mission of Bound For College.

EDUCATORS 

Atlantic High School

Coordinator
Tammy Mose-Cooper

Tutors

Darryl Clark

Elzie Phanord

Esha A.

Jean Martin Dorce

Leslie Wilson

Marquite Smith

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Nickoletta Loulis

Omar Farook

Dr. Retha Prescod

Ronniece White

Sharla Maraj

Boynton Beach High School

Coordinator
Maya Underwood

 

Tutors

Brittany Stephens

Sara Jean-Baptiste

Shereen Collins

Volare Dunbar

Forest Hill High School

Coordinator
Lisa Cohen Serrano

 

Tutors

Daniel Baker

Julie Martin

Julie Valenza

Reynaldo Cordova

 

Santaluces High School

Coordinator
Dorothy Schroader

 

Tutors

Alison Moe

Haley Bonust

Kayla Brown

Mena Bishay

Nafessa Shahid

Olympic Heights

Coordinator
Olympic Heights

 

Tutors

Caroline Dickman

Christine Barreto

Laura Kirland

Liana Moss

Natalia Gloria

 

Village Academy

STEM Coordinator
Shar Solis 

 

Tutors

Dawn Lichty

Villardia Shepherd