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Principal Associate
Tara is supporting research on how urban school systems can shift to more strategic professional learning practices and documenting relevant proof points. Prior to joining ERS, Tara earned her MBA at the Yale School of Management, where she was co-chair of the Yale Education Leadership... More »
Communications Specialist
As a member of the Communications team, Kate brings her background in education research to her work with colleagues on content development, social media development, and the monthly newsletter. The main goal of this work is to connect ERS' knowledge and resources with the school district leaders... More »
Associate
Jordan is a member of the state practice area. His work focuses on actions that districts and state education agencies can take to improve resource effectiveness. Recently, he has written reports on policy in Illinois and New York. He has also been a part of deep resource analyses in Boston, New... More »
Partner and Managing Director
Karen has been a member of the ERS leadership team since 2005. She oversees ERS' research and product development, strategic planning, and internal operations. During her tenure the organization has grown from five to over 50 employees. Over the past decade she has worked to understand and... More »
Associate
Jess is currently working on the Baltimore team to identify districtwide opportunities for strategic resource deployment, specifically on school-level resource use, to support a school planning and budget process that enables strategic school design implementation in schools. Jess is also a... More »
Director, Finance and Operations
Noah is responsible for finance, accounting, HR and talent, the administrative team, and the internal operations of the organization. Prior to joining ERS, Noah was the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Endurance International Group, where he led financial planning, budgeting, and... More »
Leader, School Design Practice Area
Kate is a specialist in the School Design Practice Area. Her work focuses on supporting school leadership teams and working with central offices to redesign resources and practices to better support their vision and serve the needs of their students. Currently, Kate is working with Boston Public... More »
Human Resources & Operations Assistant
Emily supports Jessica Fick in guiding ERS' HR, talent, and organizational development work. She is heavily involved in the recruiting process, making sure ERS is hiring the best and most diverse talent to grow our team; she also supports the onboarding and training process for all of our new... More »
Administrative Assistant
Caitlin provides direct support to Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody. Along with the administrative and scheduling duties associated with the support of Karen and Karen, Caitlin assists the rest of the admin team in office management and event planning. Prior to joining ERS, Caitlin was the... More »
Principal Associate
Rob serves as a member of the School Design practice area, which trains and supports principals with the deliberate organization of their school’s resources—talent, time, money, and technology—to optimize student outcomes. Rob recently finished working with the State of Georgia on their Race to... More »
Senior Administrative Assistant and Events Coordinator
Meg wears many hats that are critical to our success. Meg’s primary responsibility at ERS is as scheduler and assistant to Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody. As the Senior Administrative Assistant and Events Coordinator, she leads the Admin Team in keeping the office running smoothly and... More »
Manager
Sam guides district leadership teams through the process of maximizing resources to improve student outcomes. Since joining ERS in 2010, she has worked with over a dozen partner districts. Currently, Sam manages ERS’ work with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), where she is supporting the... More »
Principal Associate
JaMaar currently works on the Baltimore project, helping the leadership team align district resource allocation with its strategic priorities, to improve student outcomes. He also assists districts in analyzing revenues and expenses to inform long term financial planning. Prior to ERS, JaMaar... More »
Partner
Kristen leads ERS’ strategic school design practice area, working directly with schools and districts to organize school budgets, staffing plans, and schedules to support student achievement. She also leads ERS’ development of curriculum and tools that support strategic school design. Kristen’s... More »
Senior Talent and HR Lead
Jessica leads the talent and human resource functions at ERS. She ensures that we hire the best talent, provide them with learning and development opportunities, and deliver a positive and productive work environment, so that each employee and the organization can accomplish their strategic... More »
Partner
Dr. Stephen Frank heads ERS research, methodology, and data analytics; and state practices. Over the past 14 years, Dr. Frank has led strategy development projects in school systems across the country, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Atlanta, Syracuse, Rochester, St.... More »
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
Alyssa keeps the ERS website updated, maintains our social media efforts and tracks press coverage and public speaking. She writes and edits print, online and multimedia content, and she creates videos about ERS work and tools (check out the Introduction to DREAM video.) As ERS Communications... More »
Senior Communications Specialist
Melissa joins the Communications team to help with the writing and editing of ERS content, from website text to white papers and blog posts. Along with the rest of the team, she will work to disseminate ERS’ tools and publications to educational leaders, and to develop compelling narratives that... More »
Principal Associate
Nisha initially joined ERS through the Education Pioneers Analyst Fellowship in 2012 and is now a founding member of the ERS West Coast Office. During her tenure, Nisha has worked in Oakland, Nashville, Charlotte, Boston, and with the Georgia and Tennessee Departments of Education. She is also a... More »
Manager
Genevieve joined ERS in 2012 and supports the school design practice area. She works directly with schools to align resources with improvement priorities, and she supports districts in developing the enabling conditions to bring strategic designs to scale. Genevieve has supported districts in... More »
Director, Communications
Allison is responsible for ERS communications, media relations, and marketing. ERS has chosen and is supported to take lessons learned from our deep partnership work to inform a broader network of districts. This includes publications, interactive web-based tools, media and conference... More »
Principal Associate
Courtney is currently working with the Cleveland team, specifically in the area of funding reform and strategic school design. She is helping the district implement student-based-budgeting, ensuring that the district’s funding model aligns with their overall portfolio reform strategy. Courtney is... More »
Associate
Winnie works on resource mapping, helping districts understand how their resource allocation is aligned with student need and strategic goals. Recently, she has conducted deep analyses on resource use for districts in West Palm Beach, New Haven, and Philadelphia, as well as helped redesign the... More »
Senior Research and Data Specialist
Jenny helps to ensure that partner district data is clean, accurate and standardized across all projects. She also supports the ERS Technology and ERS Methodology teams to ensure that the ERS data analysis platform is current and optimized for the needs of partner engagement. She is also a member... More »
Principal Associate
Nicole is currently working on the Baltimore team to create school design ‘prototypes’ for the district’s high schools and to identify districtwide opportunities and priorities for resource deployment based on the System 20/20 diagnostic. She is also working on the Palm Beach team’s year-long... More »
Education Pioneer Fellow
Bruck joins ERS as the Education Pioneers Analyst Fellow on the Oakland team. Prior to joining ERS, Bruck was a Product Analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance. As a Product Analyst, he helped manage a multi-million dollar insurance portfolio by providing insights through business intelligence and... More »
Analyst
Jessica currently works on School System 20/20, an internal project to develop new tools that quickly assess districts’ level of strategic resource use. Before joining ERS, Jessica worked in the New Haven Public School’s Office of Research, Assessment, and Student Information, with funding from... More »
Manager
Chris’ work at ERS has focused on managing teams as they map out resource use and allocation at districts, in order to help district leadership improve resource systems and policies to improve student outcomes. Since joining ERS in 2010, he has managed or supported projects in over a dozen... More »
Application Support Specialist
As part of the Technologies Team, Ben supports ERS’ most essential software such as CAPS and Spaces. He supports the implementation of software—identifying potential enhancements—and tests for bugs. Prior to joining ERS, Ben made a transition into tech with Uber Technologies (or just Uber as... More »
Administrative Assistant
Katie serves as primary support to partners David Rosenberg, leader of the funding and portfolio practice area, and Kristen Ferris, leader of the school design practice area. She also directly supports the strategic school design team, which works with schools and districts to organize school... More »
Partner
Joe returns to California—where he began his career in education—to lead ERS' newly established office and build our capacity to bring transformational change to districts and states in the West. Joe and the rest of the California team will continue to develop and deepen relationships with... More »
President and Executive Director
Karen Hawley Miles is the president and executive director of Education Resource Strategies, Inc. She has worked intensively with school systems nationwide to analyze and improve their funding systems, school-level resource use, and human capital and professional development systems. This work... More »
Systems Administrator
As a member of the Technologies team, Arthur is responsible for the implementation of the information technology infrastructure at ERS. His work includes the design and deployment of ERS’ financial, marketing, and collaboration tools. Prior to joining ERS, Arthur worked at the Glendale Unified... More »
Associate
Sara is currently working with the Indianapolis and Baltimore teams. Prior to joining ERS, Sara taught 6th grade math and science at Perspectives Charter Schools in Chicago, IL through Teach For America. She served as the Grade Level Coordinator for grades 6 through 8, where she helped diagnose... More »
Staff Accountant
Luree is responsible for all accounts payable, expense reports, and various special projects within the Finance team. Luree recently graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in accounting. Her previous experience includes a position as a Staff Accountant at Shorelight Education, and... More »
Principal Associate
Emily is a member of the New York team—a Race to the Top-funded project that aims to describe how people, time, and money are used in eight districts and to help the New York State Education Department (NYSED) better support local districts in using resources effectively to improve student... More »
Administrative Assistant
Denisha organizes and manages the daily schedules and calendars of Stephen Frank, Jonathan Travers, and Joe McKown. She also supports our monthly organization-wide professional development lunches, aiding in our California expansion efforts, and taking point on a couple of important ERS... More »
Associate
Taran is a member of the funding practice area. His work focuses on helping school districts better understand how their money is being spent in and across schools. Recently, Taran worked on a project that analyzed school district spending on teacher professional development. He has previously... More »
Analyst
Cooper works on district resource mapping, helping districts understand how their resource allocation is aligned with their strategic goals. He is currently a member of the Palm Beach County team. Prior to joining ERS, Cooper received his Ed.M. in Education Policy & Management from the Harvard... More »
Principal Associate
Sarah works on the Indianapolis team, where she has supported the district in the design and implementation of student-based-budgeting and school autonomy. She was a member of the New York State and Philadelphia teams and serves on the Human Capital Practice Area. Before coming to ERS, Sarah was... More »
Partner
David provides daily strategic and project leadership on ERS studies with large urban school districts, including most recently Cleveland, Boston, and Aldine, TX. He is also responsible for developing strategic partnerships that help school districts apply ERS’ intellectual capital, tools and... More »
Principal Associate
Laura works on district resource mapping, helping districts understand how their resource allocation is aligned with their strategic goals. She has worked with Denver and Prince George’s County and is currently working on the State of Georgia team doing resource analysis. Prior to joining ERS in... More »
Analyst
Sarah is currently a member of the Tulsa team, which is working with Tulsa Public Schools to understand how they are using their people, time, and money and inform their new five-year strategic plan. Prior to joining ERS, Sarah studied at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, where... More »
Strategic Growth Manager
Karen manages ERS’ fundraising strategy, including relationships with current and potential funders, board management, grant proposals, and reports. She also works to ensure that our funding strategy aligns with ERS’ organizational growth plans. Before joining ERS, Karen was senior vice... More »
Director, Tools and Technologies
Kristan leads the ERS Technologies Team in its work to create tools that help school systems transform their resource use to achieve dramatically improved student learning. He serves as the product manager for ERS’s Cost Allocation Performance System (CAPS) – ERS’s in-house web-based data... More »
Principal Associate
Ravi is currently working with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) team, helping to identify the most important areas of organizational change necessary to support NYSED's evolving vision, and helping to chart a pathway to that envisioned future state. Prior to ERS, Ravi was a... More »
Associate
Danielle currently works on the Oakland team, helping conduct a citywide study to analyze resource use across Oakland's district and charter schools. Prior to joining ERS, Danielle worked as a research assistant at Goodman Research Group, where she conducted external research and evaluation on a... More »
Associate
Nick is currently working with the Indianapolis team, specifically in the area of funding reform and strategic school design. He is helping the district implement student-based-budgeting, ensuring that the district’s funding model aligns with their overall portfolio reform strategy. Before... More »
Senior Communications Specialist
Renée is the Senior Communications Specialist in Strategy and Operations on the Communications team. She brings an analytical and consulting mindset to our communications and outreach efforts. Her role spans a range of work, from supporting events like the ERS-Aspen CFO Network and the ERS Budget... More »
Partner
Jonathan leads the consulting practice area at ERS and works with districts to analyze and improve resource use across systems. Jonathan currently leads the ERS teams working with Cleveland and Charlotte, and he most recently led the work in Denver and Washington, DC. This work includes examining... More »
Manager
Joseph is a Manager in ERS’ consulting practice. Since joining the team, he has supported a range of districts in realigning their resources to promote student achievement. Most recently, he has worked with the Georgia Department of Education on a multi-year engagement to refine their strategy... More »
Principal Associate
Ashley is currently on the New York team, which is working at the state and district level to help LEAs reimagine the use of people, time, and money to drive greater student learning. Ashley is also on the Human Capital Practice Area team. Prior to ERS, Ashley earned a master’s in education... More »
Advisor Partner, Bain and Company
Marcia Blenko is an advisor partner at Bain & Company, which she joined in 1988. She co-founded and led Bain’s Global Organization Practice for a number of years. Much of her consulting career with Bain was spent in London, serving global clients. She has extensive experience in organization... More »
Senior Vice President, Education Services for News Corporation
Peter C. Gorman brings more than two decades of experience in education to his role as senior vice president of Education Services for News Corporation. He began his career as a second-grade teacher in Orlando, Florida. He worked as a teacher, principal and district-level administrator in... More »
Executive Director, Boston Plan for Excellence
Since 1995, Ellen Guiney has led the Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE), a non-profit organization dedicated to innovative strategies for improving education in Boston Public Schools. During that time, BPE shifted its focus from teacher mini-grants to systemic issues, and worked closely with BPS... More »
Professor Emeritus of Education & Public Affairs, University of Maryland
Dr. Hawley joined the faculty at the University of Maryland in 1993 and his research and teaching interests include education policy, professional development, school improvement, and intergroup relations. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, he served as a Scholar in Residence at the... More »
Professor of Education Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Monica Higgins is the Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where her research and teaching focus on the areas of leadership development and organizational change. In education, Monica is studying the effectiveness of senior leadership... More »
Professor of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Treisman is professor of mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin and executive director of the Charles A. Dana Center. His research and professional interests include mathematics and science education, education policy, and community service and volunteerism. Professor Treisman has... More »