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 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. 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 García Research Manager Emily Germain Researcher Terry Godfrey Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Michael Griffith Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Bria Henderson Communications Specialist 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 Cheryl Jones-Walker Director, Center for School and System Redesign Jonathan Kaplan Senior Policy Advisor and Researcher Tara Kini Chief of Policy and Programs Sarah Klevan Senior Researcher Melanie Leung-Gagné Researcher Stacy Loewe Director of Research Laura Lynn Senior Research Communication Analyst Anna Maier Senior Policy Advisor and Researcher Barbara McKenna Chief of Strategic Communications Hanna Melnick Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Early Learning Policy Efrain Mercado Jr. Director of California Policy and Senior Policy Advisor Tiffany Miller Senior Director of Federal and State Policy Susan Kemper Patrick Senior Researcher Sara Plasencia Policy Advisor Heather Price Research Manager Kimberlee Ralph Research and Policy Associate Aaron Reeves Senior Graphic Designer Jennifer Robinson Senior Researcher and Project Director Mandy Rodrigues Web Manager Joy Rushing EdPrepLab Researcher 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 Associate Julie Serven Publications Manager Jason Sharma Senior Administrative Associate Patrick M. Shields Executive Director Marcy Singer-Gabella Chief of Operations Amy Skinner Senior Strategic Communications Consultant Walker Swain Principal Researcher Tiffany S. Tan Research and Policy Associate 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 Researcher and Policy Associate Steve Wojcikiewicz Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Julie Woods Policy Consultant Li Xiao Accounting Manager Cathy Yun Senior Researcher