Meet Our Staff

Senior Leadership

Kira Orange Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Shreya Agrawal

Chief of Staff

Andrea Eide Azevedo

Chief of Staff & Chief Talent Officer

Anya Grottel-Brown

Vice President of Communications & Media

Michael Savoy

Vice President of Programs

Lindsay Sobel

Chief of Policy, Planning & External Affairs

Regions

Lindsey Bird

Education Leadership Coach: Emergent Bilingual Focus

California

Laura Boyce

Pennsylvania Executive Director

Pennsylvania

Natalie Brown

Texas Policy Program Manager

Texas

Kristen Ciciora

Illinois Senior Director of Instructional Programs

Illinois

Noemí Cortés

Illinois Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Sharae Curd

Pennsylvania Managing Director of Programs

Pennsylvania

Bill Curtin

Illinois Policy Manager

Illinois

Jamyce Curtis Banks

Indiana Education Leadership Coach

Indiana

Karen Drexler

Education Leadership Coach

Pennsylvania

Denise Frasure

Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Whitney Harris

Texas Education Leadership Coach

Texas

Rachel Hathaway

Indiana Executive Director

Indiana

Donna (DeeDee) Hendricks

Senior Education Leadership Coach

Texas

Tonia Holmes-Sutton

Nevada Executive Director

Nevada

Lauren Huddleston

Mississippi Education Leadership Coach

Mississippi

Crystal Jameau

Illinois Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Aaron Johnson

Pennsylvania Program Director

Pennsylvania

Joy Johnson

Pennsylvania Operations Specialist, AmeriCorps VISTA

Pennsylvania

Sanford Johnson

Mississippi Executive Director

Mississippi

Joshua Kaufmann

Senior Executive Director

Illinois

Andrew Knips

Senior Education Leadership Coach

Pennsylvania

Sarah Lillis

California Executive Director

California

Ben Locke

Michigan Executive Director

Michigan

Kevin Malonson

Texas Executive Director

Texas

Chris Marino

Massachusetts Executive Director

Massachusetts

Stacey McAdoo

Arkansas Executive Director

Arkansas

Dan Mendoza

Senior Education Leadership Coach

Texas

Hope Morales

New Mexico Executive Director

New Mexico

Aimee Parra

New Mexico Teacher Network Coordinator

New Mexico

Arthur Polly

Texas Policy Manager

Texas

Sinthu Ramalingam

Illinois Early Childhood Policy Manager

Illinois

Lisset Rosales

Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Antonio Sangueza, Jr.

Houston Policy Manager

Texas

Mark Sass

Colorado Executive Director

Colorado

Rahshundra Scott-Covington

Texas Instructional Practice Director

Texas

Tamra Simpson

California Policy Manager

California

Sofie Vastano

Senior Education Leadership Coach

Texas

Dominicca Washington

Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Nicole White

Illinois Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Clarissa Williams

Illinois Program Director & Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Zakiya Stewart

Pennsylvania Policy Manager

Pennsylvania

Programs

Yohan Chang

National Policy Curriculum Manager

Jaime Dusinberre

National Director of Program Design & Innovation

Emily Feldhake

National Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Manager

Nicole Hughes

National Director of School Leadership Development

Silvia Martinez

National Policy Specialist

Dominique Mendoza

Education Leadership Coach, National Network of SEL Change Agents

Dilan Pedraza

Federal Policy Manager

Kai Pruitte

Education Leadership Coach, National Network of SEL Change Agents

Cary Sabados

National Director of Teacher Leadership Development

Grant Wolfe

National Director of Evaluation & Continuous Improvement

Communications & Research

Miles Halpine

Communications & Media Manager

Alisha Kannarr

National Research Associate

Zach Newirth

Design & Digital Media Manager

Kathy Pierre

Communications & Media Manager

Amber Ravenell

Interim National Research Director

Operations

Shaima Abdullah

Program & Operations Associate

Dannie Aldinor

Finance Manager

Jason Carpp

Vice President of Development

Chris Fox

Salesforce Database Consultant

Nicole Gary

Managing Director of People Operations

Kevin Grant

Director of Finance

Arely Martinez Simitsis

Program & Operations Associate

Ashanti Mills

Development Manager

LaShannon Morgan

Program & Operations Associate

Kimberly Nguyen

Program & Operations Associate

Tara Quash

Staff Accountant

Sharita Thompson

Senior Lead of Executive Operations

Liz Wolber

Program & Operations Manager