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

Lisa Wyatt
Senior Director, Implementation and Design

Kaycee Salmacia
Senior Director, Partnerships, Strategy and Operations
Implementation support

Mary Brown
Assistant Director of Regional Implementation Support

Nick Carson
Assistant Director of Regional Implementation Support

Amanda Dahm
Implementation Coach

Lisa Cannon
Implementation Coach

Kevin Corner
Implementation Coach

Sandy Smith
Implementation Coach

Krista Adams
Implementation Coach
Design

Mishara Cruz
Project Manager, Learning and Design
Partnerships

Jan Vesely
Senior Program Manager and Professor of Practice

Andrea LaRocca
Assistant Director, Partner Success

John Roberts
Assistant Director, Partner Development
Community educators

Korbi Adams
Senior Program Manager, Community Educator Initiatives

Monique Reveles
Program Manager, Community Educator Partnerships

Lauren Conn
Senior Project Manager, Community Educator Learning Hub

Alex Nelson
Senior Project Manager, Community Educators
Innovation and policy

Lennon Audrain
Program Manager and Research Professor
Information strategy and systems

Liam Honigsberg
Director, Information Strategy and Systems

Valentina Melikhova
Senior Research Analyst, Harvard Strategic Data Fellow

Claire Shaner
Senior Research Analyst
Marketing, communications, event programing and support

Kelly Jasper
Director, Strategic Marketing and Communications

Rachel Nguyen-Priest
Manager, Marketing and Communications

Deirdre Smith
Senior Project Manager, National Events

Melissa Tolson
Events Coordinator, Senior

Dazetian Crain
Project Coordinator, Events
