Executive Leadership
Bryan Goodwin
CEO & President
bgoodwin@mcrel.org
303.632.5602
Sue Desch
Chief Financial Officer
sdesch@mcrel.org
303.632.5515
Matt Linick
Chief Research & Evaluation
Officer
mlinick@mcrel.org
720.381.3852
Ron Miletta
Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer
rmiletta@mcrel.org
303.632.5644
Dale Lewis
Executive Director, Large Programs
dlewis@mcrel.org
303.632.5522
Kris Rouleau
Executive Director, Learning Services
krouleau@mcrel.org
303.632.5547
Meghan Kandel
Senior Director, People & Culture
mkandel@mcrel.org
303.632.5634
Senior Leadership
Sheila Arens
Executive Director, Research & Evaluation
sarens@mcrel.org
303.632.5625
Christina
Tydeman
Executive/Program Director
ctydeman@mcrel.org
808.664.8186
Roger Fiedler
Senior Director of Marketing and Publications
rfiedler@mcrel.org
303.632.5579
Beth Watson
Senior Director of Sales and Client Partnerships
bwatson@mcrel.org
303.632.5536
Joe Simpson
Program Director
jsimpson@mcrel.org
307.222.5261
Erin Chaparro
Director, Research & Evaluation
echaparro@mcrel.org
303.632.5520
Kent Davis
Director, Consulting
kdavis@mcrel.org
303.632.5537
Lisa Jones
Director, Research & Evaluation
lmjones@mcrel.org
303.632.5517
Jeanette Rope
Senior Controller
jrope@mcrel.org
303.632.5540
Susan Shebby
Director, Research & Evaluation
sshebby@mcrel.org
303.632.5613
Meagan Taylor
Director, Consulting
mtaylor@mcrel.org
808.664.8180
Ok Park
Senior Fellow
opark@mcrel.org
303.325.7163
Research, Program, and Administrative Staff
Cheryl Abla
Senior Consultant
cabla@mcrel.org
303.632.5604
Katie Allen
Associate Program Director
kallen@mcrel.org
303.632.5596
Michelle Askeland
Communications Specialist
maskeland@mcrel.org
303.632.5524
Karen Baptiste
Senior Consultant
kbaptiste@mcrel.org
303.632.5539
Mya
Birrell-
Jackson
Project Specialist
mbjackson@mcrel.org
303.632.5543
Keri Budinger
Sales & Executive Administrator
kbudinger@mcrel.org
303.632.5533
Betsy Callaway
Knowledge Management Lead
bcallaway@mcrel.org
303.632.5504
Tedra Clark
Senior Researcher
tclark@mcrel.org
303.632.5629
Kara Contos
Accountant
kcontos@mcrel.org
303.632.5559
Hilary Cooper
Manager, Sales & Client Partnerships
hcooper@mcrel.org
303.632.5541
Judy Counley
Media Development Lead
jcounley@mcrel.org
303.632.5548
Ben Cronkright
Senior Consultant
bcronkright@mcrel.org
303.632.5521
Marisa Crowder
Researcher
mcrowder@mcrel.org
808.664.8181
Erin D’Amelio
Researcher
edamelio@mcrel.org
808.664.8183
Dallas Duncan
Manager, Marketing
dduncan@mcrel.org
303.632.5566
Katie Gao
Manager, Communications
kgao@mcrel.org
808.664.8178
Tonia Gibson
Senior Consultant
tgibson@mcrel.org
303.632.5652
Marc Graeber
Senior Business Operations Analyst
mgraeber@mcrel.org
303.632.5647
Fayce
Hammond
Knowledge Management Specialist
fhammond@mcrel.org
303.632.5646
Diana
Hirabayashi
Manager, Communications
dhirabayashi@mcrel.org
808.664.8189
Rai Imlay
Administrative Specialist
rimlay@mcrel.org
303-632-5653
Kanoa
Ishihara
Administrative Specialist
kishihara@mcrel.org
808.664.8190
Haley Johnson
Researcher
hjohnson@mcrel.org
303.632.5590
Kim Jones
Administrative Specialist
kjones@mcrel.org
303.376.2876
Jeanette Joyce
Senior Researcher
jjoyce@mcrel.org
303.632.5551
Christina Lemon
Consultant
clemon@mcrel.org
303.632.5575
Michele Kimball
Consultant
mkimball@mcrel.org
303.632.5603
Andrea Kreuzer
Project Manager
akreuzer@mcrel.org
303.632.5643
Dylan Kriescher
Researcher
dkriescher@mcrel.org
720.726.9792
Tinsley Long
Support Specialist
tlong@mcrel.org
303.632.5503
Robert Merth
Research Associate
rmerth@mcrel.org
303.376.3794
Nathan Pope
Research Associate
npope@mcrel.org
303.632.5567
Bradley Rentz
Researcher
brentz@mcrel.org
808.664.8184
Rochelle Rojas
Support Specialist
rrojas@mcrel.org
808.664.8177
Susan Ryan
Program Manager
sryan@mcrel.org
303.632.5531
Natasha Saelua
Researcher
nsaelua@mcrel.org
808.664.8179
Lylia Shantz
Senior Accounting Associate
lshantz@mcrel.org
303.632.5502
Ollie Smith
Accountant
osmith@mcrel.org
303.632.5550
Sinton Soalablai
Regional Advisor
ssoalablai@
mcrelpalau.org
808.650.7906
Nancy Taylor
Senior Manager, Development
ntaylor@mcrel.org
304.347.1863
Isha Tohill
People & Culture Generalist
itohill@mcrel.org
303.632.5529
Mary Alice Uniack
Office Manager
muniack@mcrel.org
303.632.5563
Mark Yu
Researcher
myu@mcrel.org
808.664.8193
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
Director of Strategic Planning at iLearn Collaborative
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
Michael
Middleton
Director
Former Deputy Chancellor and Interim President at the University of Missouri
Sione
Thompson
Director
Principal, Silver Falls School District, Oregon