Desiree Carver-Thomas is a member of LPI’s Educator Quality Team. She is the author of Diversifying the Teaching Profession: How to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color and lead author of Addressing California’s Growing Teacher Shortage: 2017 Update.Read more >
Peter W. Cookson, Jr. co-leads LPI’s Equitable Resources and Access team and provides leadership for several equity initiatives. In addition to teaching sociology at Georgetown University, he co-leads the National Poverty Study, a joint research project of Stanford University, John Hopkins University, and the American Institutes for Research. Read more >
Meagan Dawson is an Administrative Assistant in the Finance and Operations department. She has been involved with multiple nonprofits during her academic studies, including in her course work, service learning, and her Senior Capstone. Read more >
Carmen Drummond is the Chief of Staff to LPI’s President and CEO, Linda Darling-Hammond. Additionally, Drummond is the point person for facilitating and supporting the implementation of the President and CEO’s strategic vision and management of key initiatives. Read more >
Lisa Flook is a member of LPI’s Deeper Learning team where she is working to translate research on children's learning and development to inform practice and policy. Flook has conducted research in educational settings for over 15 years. Read more >
Roberta Furger manages LPI’s blog and leads the Institute’s emerging storytelling work to inform and advance policy, and its work with the Partnership for the Future of Learning. Read more >
Janel George is a Senior Policy Advisor who co-leads the Equitable Resources and Access team. Her work focuses on community schools, racial equity, education as a civil right, school choice, and other issues that shape equity and access in public schools. Read more >
