Angela Nestor, Director of Autism Scholarship Program

Angela manages the North Coast Tutoring Services Autism Scholarship Program students. The Autism Scholarship Program through the Ohio Department of Education offers a scholarship to the parents of a qualified child with autism. NCTS is an approved provider for this program and now has clients in many Ohio cities.

Angela explains how the program works to new families who are unfamiliar with the scholarship. Angela keeps the program running smoothly, ensuring that the necessary paperwork is properly completed. Angela interviews ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) and academic tutors for the program and processes their paperwork for both.

Angela has a Bachelors degree in Psychology with a background in insurance and marketing. She also has a degree in Computer Programming.

Sharon Miles, BS, MA, Site Manager

As a site manager, Sharon supervises programs in several schools. Her primary objective is to ensure the children in our programs are learning and improving basic skills. Test results show excellent growth and performance improvement with most children.

Sharon enjoyed a successful career in the Cleveland Municipal Schools, and has earned a number of education awards. Her master’s degree is from Cleveland State University and she has earned additional course credits from John Carroll University. She is the current President of the North East Ohio Tennis Association.

Jessica Smith, Program Coordinator

With a background in customer service, education, and communications, Jessica is the Program Coordinator for our “Blended Learning Program” for health care professionals. LPNs, Paramedics and Respiratory Therapists earn associate degrees in nursing and become eligible to take the Registered Nurse test. Jessica coordinates NCTS face-to-face tutoring with Distance Learning Systems and clients.

In addition, Jessica coordinates our Community Learning program with Lakeland Community College, where classes in reading, math, ACT/SAT prep, and ESL are held throughout the year.

Jessica has a B.A. in French/English with a minor in Education and is currently obtaining a Master’s degree in Community Counseling. She is an experienced tutor and has worked for NCTS in various capacities for several years.

Allison Reker, Director of Student Services

Allison is the program director for our Academic Tutoring program. She carefully matches students with tutors, sends workbook materials, and does regular follow-up calls to ensure that families are satisfied with our tutoring services.

In addition to managing the Academic Tutoring Program, Allison handles students who are receiving state-funded tutoring through the Supplemental Education Services program (SES). She processes pre and post testing for each student, develops individualized learning plans, and sends all necessary books and paperwork to our tutors. She also audits all of the reports that must be provided to school districts and parents on a monthly basis. Allison works hard to ensure that our SES students get quality tutoring, and that the school districts receive accurate, complete paperwork.

Allison has a B.A. in writing and has done a significant amount of coursework toward an M.A. She has a strong professional background in administrative work and in running a small business.

Pamela Moore, Office Manager/Bookkeeper

With more than 300 active independent contractor tutors, Pamela coordinates invoices, contracts, and individual tutoring projects for the payroll processing. In addition, she manages many other office details. Pamela is a long-time employee and knows the inner workings of the Company.

Laura Kamis, Administrative Assistant

Laura provides administrative support to the staff at North Coast Education Services. She utilizes her customer service, problem solving and organizational skills in her role as Administrative Assistant. She has a background in small business, the medical field; hotel industry and church setting that give her the diverse talent to handle all the details that help keep the office running smoothly.

John Kusik, Vice President, Director of Marketing and Special Projects

As an active member of many organizations and a marketing consultant, John has an excellent “feel” for assessing markets. His marketing approach at North Coast Education has been highly successful.

Prior to spending full time at NCES, John was President of Focus Communications, marketing consultants, and completed projects for large and small regional and national companies. John was also President/CEO of the International Publishing Group (IPG), publishers of monthly, quarterly, and annual health care publications.

John appears as a guest speaker for many organizations, has been interviewed on numerous radio and television programs as a small business expert, and was the host of the popular "Focus on Business" radio program. In addition, he produced several nationally syndicated radio programs. Most recently, John was featured in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Magazine (and web site) answering the question ”What do you think should be the highest priority of the next President and Congress?”

John is the acclaimed co-author of several business books and is currently working on a book about our education system and how to fix it. He is also writing a book for new business owners about simplifying business in a more complicated business and technological environment. He writes for regional and national business publications.

John has always been active in the community and has served on many local and national service organization boards. He is currently Board Chair of the non-profit Creative Education Institute, Inc, and is a Board Member of the National Tutoring Association. He recently completed his term as President and Board Chair of Sales & Marketing Executives of Cleveland. In his home town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, John is an active Board Member of the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre.