Meet the team
Our team brings a wide range of P–12 education experience to our work.
We have held roles as superintendents, principals, teachers, paraeducators, teaching artists and curriculum designers. Since 2019, we have partnered with schools and school systems to build and test our model, a team-based approach to strategic school staffing. We also collaborate with state departments of education, foundations and other education organizations. These partnerships and collaborations are one way we deliver sustainable change and bring together diverse networks of stakeholders dedicated to redesigning the education workforce in service of better outcomes for students and educators.
Senior leadership
Brent Maddin
Executive Director, Next Education Workforce Initiative
Kaycee Salmacia
Senior Director, Partnerships, Strategy and Operations
Arizona partnerships
Lisa Wyatt
Senior Director
Mary Brown
Assistant Director, Regional Implementation Support
Kevin Corner
Implementation Coach
Community educators
Korbi Adams
Senior Program Manager, Community Educator Initiatives
Monique Reveles
Program Manager, Community Educator Partnerships
Lauren Conn
Senior Project Manager
Alex Nelson
Senior Project Manager
Implementation and design
Annie Ferrell
Director, Design
Nick Carson
Assistant Director, Regional Implementation Support
Evan Thomson
Manager, Product Lifecycle
Mishara Cruz
Project Manager, Learning and Design
Krista Adams
Implementation Coach
Amber Day
Implementation Coach
Emily Burton
Implementation Coach
Jess Brooks
Implementation Coach
Amira Elsheikh
Implementation Coach
Information systems and partnerships
Liam Honigsberg
Director, Information Strategy and Systems
Valentina Melikhova
Senior Research Analyst, Harvard Strategic Data Fellow
Gershwin Penn
Senior Research Analyst, Harvard Strategic Data Fellow
John Roberts
Assistant Director, Partner Development
Andrea LaRocca
Assistant Director, Partner Success
Dara Klein
Senior Program Manager, Partner Success
Innovation and policy
Lennon Audrain
Research Assistant Professor
Marketing, communications, event programming and support
Kelly Jasper
Director, Strategic Marketing and Communications
Deirdre Smith
Senior Project Manager, National Events
Rachel Nguyen-Priest
Manager, Marketing and Communications
Melissa Tolson
Events Coordinator, Senior
Dazetian Crain
Project Coordinator, Events