People

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  Livia Lam

  Livia Lam served as Senior Policy Advisor for the Learning Policy Institute, and is now a Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Patty Murray.
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  Stephanie Levin

  Research Manager

  Stephanie Levin is a member of LPI’s Equitable Resources and Access team where she is working to translate research on school finance and resource allocation to inform practice and policy. Read more >
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  Anna Maier

  Research Analyst and Policy Advisor

  Anna Maier is a member of LPI’s Equitable Resources and Access team and co-leads the Deeper Learning team, with a focus on community schools and performance assessment. Read more >

  Topics Early Childhood Learning, Deeper Learning
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  Barbara McKenna

  Director of Media Relations

  Barbara McKenna is the Director of Media Relations. She oversees outreach relations for LPI, communicating LPI’s news to media and the public and serving as a resource for members of the press looking for research to inform education news of the day. Read more >
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  Hanna Melnick

  Research Analyst and Policy Advisor

  Hanna Melnick co-leads the Early Childhood Learning team. She is the lead author of Understanding California’s Early Care and Education System and Building an Early Learning System That Works: Next Steps for California. Read more >

  Topics Early Childhood Learning, Deeper Learning, The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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  Beth Meloy

  Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst

  Beth Meloy co-leads the Early Childhood Learning team. She is the lead author of Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness: Insights for Policymakers and co-author of Building an Early Learning System That Works: Next Steps for California. Read more >

  Topic Early Childhood Learning
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  Charmaine Mercer

  Charmaine Mercer served as a Senior Researcher for the Learning Policy Institute, and is now a Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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  Naomi Ondrasek

  Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor

  Naomi Ondrasek serves as a Sacramento-based policy advisor and senior researcher for the Learning Policy Institute. She previously worked on the California Assembly Education Committee, where she served as a California Council on Science and Technology science fellow. Read more >
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  Anne Podolsky

  Researcher and Policy Analyst

  Anne Podolsky is a member of LPI’s Educator Quality Team. Her work includes having served as the co-author of the report, Does Teaching Experience Increase Teacher Effectiveness? A Review of the Research? and lead author on LPI’s report, Solving the Teacher Shortage: How to Attract and Retain Excellent Educators. Read more >

  Topic Educator Quality
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  Raymond Quintela

  Administrative Assistant

  Raymond Quintela is an Administrative Assistant in the Finance and Operations department in LPI’s Palo Alto office. Read more >

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