Meet Our Staff

Senior Leadership

Kira Orange Jones

Chief Executive Officer

Connor Allman

Chief of Staff

Jason Carpp

Vice President of Development

Stephanie Devine

Chief Regional Impact Officer

Anya Grottel-Brown

Vice President of Communications & Media

Stephanie Nguyen

Chief Financial Officer

Michael Savoy

Vice President of Programs

Dan Scarver

Vice President of Growth and Impact

Lindsay Sobel

Chief of Policy, Planning & External Affairs

Regions

Karen Amidon

Colorado Charter Teacher Advocacy Manager

Colorado

Euna Bae

Illinois Program Director and Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Lindsey Bird

California Program Director and Education Leadership Coach

California

Laura Boyce

Pennsylvania Executive Director

Pennsylvania

Natalie Brown

Texas Policy Manager

Texas

Noemí Cortés

Illinois Program Co-Director & Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Sharae Curd

Pennsylvania Managing Director of Programs

Pennsylvania

Bill Curtin

Illinois Policy Director

Illinois

Jamyce Curtis Banks

Indiana Education Leadership Coach

Indiana

Karen Drexler

Education Leadership Coach

Pennsylvania

Andrea Terrero Gabbadon

Pennsylvania Education Leadership Coach, Affinity Groups

Pennsylvania

Jennie Garcia

Illinois Education Leadership Coach, NSI project

Illinois

Rachael Garnick

Pennsylvania Coalition Manager

Pennsylvania

Rachel Hathaway

Indiana Executive Director

Indiana

Crystal Jameau

Illinois Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Aaron Johnson

Pennsylvania Program Director

Pennsylvania

Sanford Johnson

Mississippi Executive Director

Mississippi

Joshua Kaufmann

Senior Executive Director

Illinois

Lauren Lewis

Education Leadership Coach

Sarah Lillis

California Executive Director

California

Ben Locke

Michigan Executive Director

Michigan

Kevin Malonson

Texas Executive Director

Texas

Chris Marino

Massachusetts Executive Director

Massachusetts

Hjamil Martinez-Vazquez

Texas Policy Program Manager

Texas

Stacey McAdoo

Arkansas Executive Director

Arkansas

Dan Mendoza

Senior Education Leadership Coach

Texas

Nicole Monroe

Illinois Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Bryan Monroy

California Policy Manager

California

Hope Morales

New Mexico Executive Director

New Mexico

Rachel Rigsby

Arkansas Program Coordinator

Arkansas

Lisset Rosales

Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Emily Sagor

Pennsylvania Policy Manager

Pennsylvania

Antonio Sangueza, Jr.

Houston Policy Manager

Texas

Mark Sass

Colorado Executive Director

Colorado

Keishonda Simms

Education Leadership Coach, NSI Chicago

Illinois

Aubry Stapleton

Illinois Early Childhood Education Policy Manager

Illinois

Sofie Vastano

Senior Education Leadership Coach

Texas

Dominicca Washington

Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

Clarissa Williams

Illinois Program Director & Education Leadership Coach

Illinois

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 Manager

Dominique Mendoza

Education Leadership Coach, National Network of SEL Change Agents

Dilan Pedraza

National Policy Director and Strategic Advisor to the CEO

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

Alisha Kannarr

Research Manager

Zach Newirth

Design & Digital Media Manager

Kelly Pearce

Media Manager

Kathy Pierre

Communications & Media Manager

Amber Ravenell

National Research Director

Operations

Shaima Abdullah

Program & Operations Associate

Dannie Aldinor

Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis

Sam Arthur

People Operations Associate

Donnell Bailey

Regional Development Director

Kristen Ciciora

Regional Development Director

Nicole Gary

Managing Director of People

Kevin Grant

Director of Finance

Leigha Hayward

Executive Assistant for External Affairs and Regional Impact

Nia Lewis

Program and Operations Associate

Arely Martinez Simitsis

Senior Program & Operations Associate

Ashanti Mills

Development Manager

LaShannon Morgan

Program & Operations Associate

Kimberly Nguyen

Senior Program & Operations Associate

Tara Quash

Senior Accountant

Blair Wedmark

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Liz Wolber

Director of Operations