Staff

Contacts

We have a great staff here to support you through your coding journey! We know it can be confusing sometimes to figure out who to reach out to for a particular question or need, so please review the list below for the appropriate contact; if you still aren’t sure, choose someone to reach out to, and we can point you in the right direction!

Tech-related and basic program questions: The best place to go first is your class channel in Slack (for example: #may-2023-intro-tues). Mentors, staff, and your fellow students are all in those channels and can help. Please post questions in those public channels, rather than a DM so that you can get a faster answer and others can learn from your question as well.

Enrollment, attendance, and general program questions: Your Community Coordinator is the best contact for these questions: Jared Mueller if you’re in Northern Kentucky or Bluegrass Regions, Amanda Gearhart or Kalee Howard if you’re in the Eastern KY (SOAR) region or Rekkai Steed if you’re in the Louisville or Southern Indiana Regions. 

Success coaching and supportive services: Your Community Coordinator is also the best contact if you need help with non-technical problems such as success coaching, time management, a loaner laptop, getting connected to supportive services, or finding community resources that might help if you’re in a challenging situation.

OpenClass issues and assignment related questions: Reach out to our Training Manager Tonia Nolden or Training Coordinators Danny Morton, Dan Collins and Blake Herbert who oversee our training materials and volunteer mentors.

Career coaching, resume help, interview prep: Need job hunt guidance? Reach out to one of our Technical Career Coaches, August Mapp (Code Kentucky) or Jenny Terry (Code Louisville).

Employer engagement: Our Employer Relationships Managers spend their time forging meaningful relationships with tech employers, as well as connecting with course participants for the final steps of their job hunt. If they (or another Code:You staff member) shares a job you’re interested in on Slack (in one of the #jobs channels), feel free to reach out to them directly or comment in a thread under the post with any questions or to let them know you applied. Alli Rippy oversees the Greater Louisville region, Northern Kentucky / Cincinnati, and Greater Lexington, while Tracie Spencer from SOAR works with Eastern Kentucky students.

Project work after graduation: The newest role on our Code:You team focuses on helping students who recently finished the program continue to enhance their portfolios. David York is our Technical Project Manager who is rolling out this offering. If you have already finished a course, you can reach out to him for next steps on how to get started.

Leadership team: Our leadership team consists of Operations Manager Emily Sullivan (in charge of the day to day of the program), Manager of Strategic Partnerships Shannon Sheehy (leads the careers team consisting of Technical Career Coaches, Technical Project Managers, and Employer Relationship Managers, ensuring we are doing the best we can to connect participants with employment), Training Manager Tonia Nolden (overseeing curriculum and mentors), and Program Director Brian Luerman.

Slack is typically the best way to contact us, but you can click our names above to email us.

Not sure what program you are? Review our list of counties for each service region on our website.