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

Brent Maddin

Executive Director, Next Education Workforce Initiative
Lisa Wyatt

Lisa Wyatt

Senior Director, Implementation and Design
Kaycee Salmacia

Kaycee Salmacia

Senior Director, Partnerships, Strategy and Operations

Implementation support

Mary Brown

Mary Brown

Assistant Director, Region 1 (Arizona, Colorado)
Nick Carson

Nick Carson

Assistant Director, Region 2 (California, Michigan, Kansas, New York)
Amanda Dahm

Amanda Dahm

Senior Program Manager
Lisa Cannon

Lisa Cannon

Senior Program Manager
Kevin Corner

Kevin Corner

Senior Program Manager
Sandra Smith

Sandy Smith

Program Manager
Krista Adams

Krista Adams

Leadership Coach

Design

Colleen Broderick

Colleen Broderick

Director, Learning and Design
Mishara Cruz

Mishara Cruz

Project Manager, Learning and Design

Partnerships

Jeanette Vesely

Jan Vesely

Senior Program Manager and Professor of Practice
Andrea LaRocca

Andrea LaRocca

Assistant Director, Partner Success

Community educators

Korbi Adams

Korbi Adams

Senior Program Manager, Community Educator Initiatives
Monique Reveles

Monique Reveles

Program Manager, Community Educator Partnerships
Lauren Conn

Lauren Conn

Senior Project Manager, Community Educator Learning Hub
Alex Nelson

Alex Nelson

Senior Project Manager, Community Educators

Innovation and policy

Lennon Audrain

Lennon Audrain

Program Manager and Research Professor

Information strategy and systems

Liam Honigsberg

Liam Honigsberg

Director, Information Strategy and Systems
Valentina Melikhova

Valentina Melikhova

Senior Research Analyst, Harvard Strategic Data Fellow
Claire Shaner

Claire Shaner

Senior Research Analyst

Marketing, communications, event programing and support

Kelly Jasper

Kelly Jasper

Director, Strategic Marketing and Communications
Rachel Nguyen-Priest

Rachel Nguyen-Priest

Manager, Marketing and Communications
Deidre Smith

Deirdre Smith

Senior Project Manager, National Events
Melissa Tolson

Melissa Tolson

Project Coordinator, Events
Dazetian Crain

Dazetian Crain

Project Coordinator, Events
Mika Mandeville

Mika Mandeville

Project Coordinator, Events