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Javaid E. Siddiqi, Ph.D.
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President & CEO
Michele Lockwood Jordan
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Vice President
Minda Watkins
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Chief of Staff
Greg Barnette
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Human Resources Manager
Theresa Fernandez
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Finance & Operations
Annie McCray-Gore
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Senior Director of Finance & Operations
Laura Nicholson
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Phytina Gonzalez
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Accounting & Payroll Specialist
LaDana Reid
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Grants Manager
Early Learning
Dan Wuori, Ph.D.
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Senior Director of Early Learning
Karen McKnight
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Deputy Director for Early Learning Programs
Lauren Zbyszinski, Ph.D., LLM
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Deputy Director for Early Learning Policy
Emily Chavis
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Associate Policy Analyst
Amanda C. Eastern, Ph.D.
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Policy Analyst
Becca Hanlin
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Associate Policy Analyst
Josh McGee
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Associate Policy Analyst
Marina Mendoza, Ph.D.
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Senior Policy Analyst
Maria Spinetti
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Associate Policy Analyst
K-12
Erica Vevurka
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Director of K-12
Jessica Au
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Lucy Berrier
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Senior Policy Analyst
Juan-Pablo Camacho
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Michael Sheehy
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Julia Whitfield
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Katie Yunker
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Higher Education
Madeline Smith, Ph.D.
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Director of Higher Education
Winn Decker, Ph.D.
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Deputy Director of Higher Education
Julia Ahrns Hoffman
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Policy Analyst
Jasmine Kelly, Ed.D.
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Senior Program Manager
Equity Initiatives
Ashlee Louise Canty, Ph.D.
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Director of Equity Initiatives
Sean Banks
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Educator Diversity Program Manager
Jamison Lowery
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Internship and Belk Impact Fellows Program Coordinator
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Renee Ortiz
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Director of National Programs
Julia Cunningham
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Deputy Director of State Engagement
Allison Goff Clark
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Deputy Director of North Carolina Programs
Kristin Baddour
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Senior Policy Analyst
Aliyah Bryant
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Associate Policy Analyst
Tanessa Cowan
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Program Coordinator for State Engagement
Lexy Locklear
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Tarik Woods
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Joanie Lawson
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Director of Legislative Engagement
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Veronica Butcher
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Director of Events & Engagement
Katie Boyle
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Events Coordinator
Sara Carlson
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Events Coordinator
Sara Dittman
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Events Manager
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Kasha Ely
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Mallory Burns
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Jon-Taidje Joyner
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Erin Meyer
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Kelsey Moore
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Casta Childress
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Director of Instructional Design and Strategy
Tracey Ampaw
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Policy and Research Intern
Annie Ferry
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Policy and Research Intern
Jacob Griffin
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Policy and Research Intern
Dèjá Hood
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Policy and Research Intern
Lauren Lovitte
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Teach for America Intern
Hannah Morrow
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Teach for America Intern
Sydney Schertz
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Communications Intern
Amber Igodan
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Belk Impact Fellow
Mike Hafner
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Senior Advisor
Jennie O’Holleran
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Senior Advisor, Virginia
Rachel Schumacher
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Senior Advisor, Early Childhood
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Chesterfield Education Foundation Announces 2022 Bravo! Awards Recipients for Outstanding Alumni
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Updating education data systems is critical to COVID recovery
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