Executive Leadership

Bryan Goodwin
CEO & President

Sue Desch
Chief Financial Officer

Matt Linick
Chief Research & Evaluation
Officer

Ron Miletta
Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer

Dale Lewis
Vice President, Large Programs

Kris Rouleau
Vice President, Learning Services

Meghan Kandel
Senior Director, People & Culture
Senior Leadership

Sheila Arens
Executive Director, Research & Evaluation

Christina
Tydeman
Executive/Program Director

Roger Fiedler
Senior Director of Marketing and Publications

Beth Watson
Senior Director of Sales and Client Partnerships

Joe Simpson
Program Director

Kent Davis
Director, Consulting

Lisa Jones
Director, Research & Evaluation

Jeanette Rope
Senior Controller

Susan Shebby
Director, Research & Evaluation

Meagan Taylor
Director, Consulting

Ok Park
Senior Fellow
Research, Program, and Administrative Staff

Cheryl Abla
Senior Consultant

Katie Allen
Associate Program Director

Michelle Askeland
Communications Specialist

Karen Baptiste
Senior Consultant

Mya
Birrell-
Jackson
Project Specialist

Keri Budinger
Sales & Executive Administrator

Betsy Callaway
Knowledge Management Lead

Tedra Clark
Principal Researcher

Kara Contos
Accountant

Hilary Cooper
Manager, Sales & Client Partnerships

Judy Counley
Media Developer Lead

Marisa Crowder
Senior Researcher

Erin D’Amelio
Researcher

Dallas Duncan
Manager, Marketing

Devon Early
Administrative Specialist

Katie Gao
Manager, Communications

Tonia Gibson
Senior Consultant

Marc Graeber
Senior Business Operations Analyst

Fayce
Hammond
Knowledge Management Specialist

Diana
Hirabayashi
Manager, Communications

Rai Imlay
Administrative Specialist

Kanoa
Ishihara
Administrative Specialist

Haley Johnson
Researcher

Kim Jones
Administrative Specialist

Michele Kimball
Consultant

Jeanette King
Senior Researcher

Andrea Kreuzer
Project Manager

Dylan Kriescher
Researcher

Christina Lemon
Consultant

Tinsley Long
Administrative Specialist

Avalloy McCarthy
Researcher

Perry Mills
IT Project Coordinator

Nathan Pope
Research Associate

Sayansk
Queiroz Da Silva
Research Associate

Bradley Rentz
Senior Researcher

Rich
Resendez
Associate Program Director

Rochelle Rojas
Administrative Specialist

Susan Ryan
Program Manager

Natasha Saelua
Researcher

Lylia Shantz
Senior Accounting Associate

Ollie Smith
Accountant

Sinton Soalablai
Regional Advisor

Nancy Taylor
Senior Manager, Development

Jennifer Thull
Administrative Specialist

Isha Tohill
People & Culture Generalist

Mary Alice Uniack
Office Manager

Sio Valladares
Associate Director

Mark Yu
Senior Researcher
Board of Directors

Kenneth
Anderson
Director
Former Chair of the University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Teacher Education

Deborah Backus
Immediate
Past Chair
Educational Consultant; former National Director of Strategic Partnerships at Blueprint Schools Network

John Canuel
Chair
Independent consultant at JM Canuel Consulting

Nancy Commins
Director
Clinical Professor Emerita at the University of Colorado at Denver School of Education and Human Development

Jim Edwards
Director
Former Assistant Executive Director at the Kansas Association of School Boards

Rich Elsasser
Chair-Elect
Executive Director at Texas Region 13 Education Service Center

Denise
Glyn Borders
Director
Former CEO of Learning Forward and Vice President at SRI International

Michael
Middleton
Director
Former Deputy Chancellor and Interim President at the University of Missouri

Sione
Thompson
Director
Principal, Silver Falls School District, Oregon

Denise
Uehara
Director
Principal Researcher and Knowledge Mobilizer at Kamehameha Schools, Hawai’i