People Leadership Staff Board Senior Fellows All All A-F G-M N-S T-Z Chandra L. Alston Senior Researcher Leslie Arroyo Office Manager Julia Austin Deputy Director of Communications Aneesha Badrinarayan Director of State Performance Assessment Initiatives Jessica Barajas Manager, Shared Learning Initiative Jennifer A. Bland Senior Researcher Dion Burns Senior Researcher Angela Button Executive Assistant Desiree Carver-Thomas Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Roby Chatterji Senior Policy Advisor Linda Darling-Hammond President and CEO Jennifer DePaoli Senior Researcher Michael A. DiNapoli Jr. Deputy Director of Federal Policy Vanessa Edwards Human Resource Generalist Daniel Espinoza Researcher and Policy Advisor Julie Fitz Researcher Siobhan Flynn Grants and Contracts Manager Emma GarcÃa Research Manager Emily Germain Researcher Terry Godfrey Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Michael Griffith Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Bria Henderson Communications Associate Laura E. Hernández Senior Researcher Shawnice Hood Deputy Director of the Washington, DC, Office and Deputy Director of Administration Amber Hu Digital Communications Specialist Maria E. Hyler Director, Washington, DC Office and Senior Researcher Tara Kini Chief of Policy and Programs Sarah Klevan Senior Researcher Melanie Leung-Gagné Researcher Dara Liling Writer/Editor Laura Lynn Senior Research Communication Analyst Anna Maier Senior Policy Advisor and Researcher Jennifer McCombs Chief of Research Barbara McKenna Chief of Strategic Communications Hanna Melnick Senior Policy Advisor Tiffany Miller Director of Federal Policy Susan Kemper Patrick Senior Researcher Sara Plasencia Policy Advisor Heather Price Research Manager Aaron Reeves Senior Graphic Designer Mandy Rodrigues Web Manager Carolyn Rutsch Director of Development Priscilla Saralegui-Torres Web Specialist Ryan Saunders Deputy Director of State Policy Abby Schachner Senior Researcher Laura Scheiber Finance and Operations Assistant Julie Serven Publications Manager Jason Sharma Senior Administrative Associate Patrick M. Shields Executive Director Charlie Thompson Research and Policy Associate Krystal Uzuegbu Human Resources Associate and DC Office Administrator Rachel Valencia Finance and Operations Analyst and IT Administrator Victoria Wang Research and Policy Associate Marjorie Wechsler Principal Research Manager Wesley Wei Research and Policy Associate Nicole Wilbon Virtual Events Manager Larkin Willis Research and Policy Associate Steve Wojcikiewicz Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Julie Woods Senior Policy Advisor Li Xiao Accounting Manager Cathy Yun Senior Researcher