People Leadership Staff Board Senior Fellows All All A-F G-M N-S T-Z Christine Alanis Finance and Operations Associate Julia Austin Deputy Director of Communications Aneesha Badrinarayan Director of State Performance Assessment Initiatives Jessica Barajas Research and Policy Associate Jennifer A. Bland Senior Researcher Dion Burns Senior Researcher Angela Button Executive Assistant Desiree Carver-Thomas Researcher and Policy Analyst 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 Siobhan Flynn Grants and Contracts Manager Emma GarcÃa Senior Researcher Emily Germain Postdoctoral Research Fellow 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 Staff and Director of State Policy Sarah Klevan Senior Researcher Melanie Leung-Gagné Researcher Stephanie Levin Research Manager Dara Liling Writer/Editor Laura Lynn Senior Research Communication Analyst Anna Maier Senior Policy Advisor and Researcher Jennifer McCombs Director of Research Barbara McKenna Director of Strategic Communications Hanna Melnick Senior Policy Advisor Tiffany Miller Director of Federal Policy Tomoko M. Nakajima Postdoctoral Research Fellow Susan Kemper Patrick Senior Researcher Sara Plasencia Policy Advisor 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 Julie Serven Publications Manager 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 Assistant 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