Name: Education Resource Strategies
Address: 480 Pleasant St,, Watertown, MA, 02472
Telephone: (617) 607-8000
Price range: Not Specified

ERS Team and Board of Directors

ERS Team | Board of Directors

ERS Team

Lauren Albright

Knowledge Management & Research Coordinator

As the Knowledge Management & Research Coordinator, Lauren develops structures and processes to facilitate organizational knowledge transfer and learning through which ERS supports... More »
Mauro Ampie

Analyst

Mauro currently works as part of the ESSER strategy team, providing direct support and group workshops to cohorts of districts in Indiana and Tennessee. His work is focused on helping... More »
Tara Anderson

Manager

Since joining ERS in 2016, Tara has worked with district and state partners nationally, with a focus on the way resources are allocated and organized to support strategic school design.... More »
Hayley Bacon

Principal Associate

In her role as Principal Associate, Hayley supports district leaders by conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses and facilitating decision-making processes. Hayley has conducted a... More »
Karen Baroody

Managing Partner, Core Services

Karen has been a member of the ERS leadership team since 2005. She leads the Core Services group at ERS, which includes Human Resources; Organizational Development; Diversity, Belonging,... More »
Carson Bishop

Human Resources Associate

Carson supports Noah Carp, Director of Operations, and Diane Garcia Clayton, Talent and Human Resource Manager, in guiding ERS's HR, talent, and organizational development work. She helps... More »
Rachel Black

Partnerships & Strategy Lead

As Strategy & Partnerships Lead, Rachel is responsible for advancing ERS' partnership development strategy and aligning internal functions to business needs and a vision for ERS’ position... More »
Eddie Branchaud

Manager

In his time at ERS, Eddie has led work in Tulsa on enabling more time for professional learning and teacher leadership roles, and redesigning the annual school planning process to enable... More »
Sam Brobeck

Associate

Sam is a member of the Hartford Public Schools team where he supports the district’s COVID-19 progress monitoring and transition planning work, as well as their systems-level continuous... More »
Walter Chacon

Associate

Through three years of district work at ERS, Walter has developed substantial expertise in funding system design. Currently, Walter supports the Cleveland Metropolitan School District... More »
Betty Chang

Partner

Since joining ERS in 2008, Betty has worked with numerous partner districts on resource use analysis and student-based-budgeting (SBB), including Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Duval County,... More »
Crystal Chu

Associate

Crystal currently works on the Sustainable Transformation team, which is focused on empowering districts with models and resource considerations as they apply ESSER II stimulus dollars to... More »
Meredith Clarke

Analyst

Meredith is currently working on the Miami and Austin teams to support the districts’ COVID-19 school re-entry planning process. Previously, she has worked on the Alliance for Resource... More »
Christopher Cleveland

Manager

Since joining ERS, Christopher has managed work with the Texas Education Agency and its System of Great Schools initiative. Christopher’s work focuses on ensuring successful strategic and... More »
Morgan Dewdney

Associate

As an Associate, Morgan conducts various analyses to support strategic decision-making for ERS partner districts. Morgan has recently partnered with Hartford Public Schools (CT),... More »
Meg Duberek

Engagement & Operations Lead

A member of the Knowledge and Technologies team, Meg's work concentrates on reach and efficicay of ERS' message delivery and digital marketing strategies. They work with the... More »
Kristen Ferris

Partner

Kristen leads ERS’ R&D around school designs that support recovery and redesign in the 2021-22 school year and beyond. A recent outcome of this work was the Schools Start Here Guides for... More »
Ilana Fitzpatrick

Analyst

Ilana is a member of the South Bend Empowerment Zone Team, on which she analyzes various strategic approaches for turnaround schools to improve student outcomes. Prior to joining ERS,... More »
Diane Garcia Clayton

Associate Director, Talent & Human Resources

Diane leads the talent and human resource work at ERS. She collaborates with teams across ERS to enhance organizational development; build strong team engagement; and advance diversity,... More »
Abel Girma

Principal Associate

Since joining ERS, Abel has supported numerous district partners transform their resource use and strategic practices to improve student outcomes. Internally, Abel helps lead ERS' Funding... More »
Stephanie Haroules

Staff Accountant

Stephanie is responsible for payroll, benefits administration, and various accounting duties within the Finance team. Her previous experience includes positions as Staff Accountant at... More »
Renee Harper

Director of Finance & Operations

Renee leads ERS’ finance, accounting and operations functions, managing resources that fuel our progress toward impact, sustainability, and scale. Renee leads a finance team which... More »
Mark Heath

Associate

Since joining ERS in 2020, Mark has supported several district and field-building projects in planning for sustainable shifts to districts and schools as they respond to new and increased... More »
Courtney Hitchcock

Manager

Courtney joined ERS in 2013 and is a leader on ERS’ Funding and Portfolio Practice Area. Through her work, Courtney supported groups of districts and states prepare for the new... More »
Jamila Issifu

Senior Administrative Assistant

Jamila in her administrative capacity, provides direct support to Karen Baroody - Managing Partner, Core Services and Kristen Ferris – Partner Lead in ERS’ R&D in School Designs. She... More »
Jenny Davidow Katz

Data & Learning Lead

Jenny helps to ensure that partner district data is clean, accurate and standardized across all projects while also helping many individual projects with their resource equity analyses,... More »
Nicole Katz

Associate Director, Partnerships & Development

Nicole focuses on supporting ERS’ impact and long-term sustainability through building and executing a successful and adaptable fundraising and partnership strategy. Prior to moving into... More »
Becca Luberoff

Senior Administrative & Communications Assistant

Becca provides direct support to partner David Rosenberg. In addition to her administrative support duties, she is part of the Communications and Partnerships team, supporting team... More »
Lauren Marinoff

Principal Associate

Lauren is a Principal Associate at ERS. She is currently on the Washington snapshot team, working with Seattle and the 6 surrounding districts to identify ways to improve elementary math... More »
Kate Matera

Executive Assistant & Administrative Team Lead

Kate is the Administrative Team Lead and provides direct support to the CEO and President, Karen Hawley Miles and Managing Director, Karen Baroody. She provides additional support to... More »
Torrie Mekos

Field Building Lead

Torrie works on building two-way connections between our work and the larger education field. Prior to joining ERS, Torrie worked on the Educator Effectiveness team at the Southern... More »
Karen Hawley Miles

Chief Executive Officer

Karen Hawley Miles is the president and CEO of Education Resource Strategies, Inc. She has worked intensively with school systems nationwide to analyze and improve their funding systems,... More »
Tomas Molfino

Principal Associate

Tomas supports districts make strategic resource decisions through rigorous data analysis, project planning, and collaborative partner relationships. Since joining ERS in 2019, Tomas has... More »
Caroline Moore

Analyst

Caroline currently works on the Baltimore team to support the district’s COVID-19 school re-entry planning process. Prior to joining ERS, Caroline earned her B.A from Hamilton College... More »
Molly Mullen

Principal Associate

While at ERS, Molly has worked closely with district budget directors in Lowell, MA; Victoria, TX; and Washington, DC to develop budget allocation systems that more equitably support each... More »
Stanley Narcisse

Systems Administrator

Stan is a member of the technologies team. As such, he is responsible for the maintenance, support, and continuing improvement of the IT infrastructure. He also works with all of ERS’... More »
Callum Nelson

Associate

Callum is currently working to support Dallas ISD with the design and implementation of an extended school year. Callum’s work with Dallas specifically focuses on leveraging additional... More »
Luree Nikias

Senior Staff Accountant

Luree joined ERS in 2015 and is responsible for grant reporting, managing accounts payable functions, and various special projects within the Finance team. Luree graduated from Kansas... More »
Jess O'Connor

Manager

Since joining ERS in 2015, Jess has worked with district partners nationally, with a focus on the way in which resources are allocated and organized to support strategic school design. In... More »
Emily Parfit

Manager

Since joining ERS in 2014, Emily has worked on projects across the country, with a focus on realigning their resources to promote student achievement. Her work has taken her to Los... More »
Ventura Rodriguez

Partner

Dr. Ventura Rodriguez joined ERS as a partner in September 2021. He brings over 25 years of experience as a teacher, principal, and state-level administrator. At ERS, Ventura’s initial... More »
David Rosenberg

Partner

David provides strategic counsel to state and local education leaders, including most recently in Nashville, TN; Indianapolis, IN; Washington, DC; Mesa, AZ; and the States of Indiana,... More »
Nick Salamone

Staff Accountant

Nick reviews and enters expense reports and organizes, reviews, and reconciles invoices for accounts payable. He also cuts checks for the expense reports and invoices that need to be paid... More »
Kaylen Sanders

Associate

Kaylen is currently working with the Baltimore team to support the district's COVID-19 school re-entry planning process as well as its continuous improvement strategy. Before joining... More »
Laura Schick

Manager

Since joining ERS in 2011, Laura has conducted resource use analyses, high-level strategy support, and school-based budgeting support in over 20 school districts including Denver,... More »
Sarah Seyler

Manager

Since joining ERS in 2015, Sarah has worked with school, system, and national education leaders to transform how they use people, time, and money to best meet the needs of their students... More »
Arjun Shah

Principal Associate

Arjun currently works with the Uplift Education charter network in North Texas, supporting their efforts to create and implement a strategic plan for an extended school year. Prior to... More »
Kristan Singleton

Director of Technology Services

Kristan leads ERS's Technology Services team in deploying technology solutions that support data management, data governance, technology-based internal colalboration, knowledge... More »
Renée Sullivan

Associate Director, Leadership Development

Renée’s career at ERS has spanned consulting, Communications, and Leadership Development. In her current role as Associate Director of Leadership Development, she leads the team that... More »
Erin Sullivan

Associate

Erin is a member of the Alliance for Resource Equity team, where she supports the initiative's work to ensure that the allocation and use of school resources enables the success of all... More »
Nicholas Timms

Analyst

Since joining ERS, Nick has been a part of the ESSER Strategy and Toolkit team, where he supported the development of a curriculum that will be used to facilitate a cohort of school... More »
Jonathan Travers

Managing Partner, Consulting

Jonathan is responsible for ensuring that ERS’s footprint in the field maximizes our organization’s impact. This includes guiding our consulting project work in ways that respond to the... More »
Joseph Trawick-Smith

Director

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,... More »

Board of Directors

Desmond Blackburn

Chief Executive Officer of the New Teacher Center

Desmond Blackburn, Ph.D, is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Teacher Center (NTC). NTC is a national non-profit organization that works to disrupt the predictability of educational... More »
Marcia Blenko

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... More »
Ann Clark

Ann Blakeney Clark brought a quarter-century of experience in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to her role as school district superintendent. Clark has held a variety of teaching and... More »
Peter C. Gorman

President and Chief Executive Officer of Peter Gorman Leadership Associates LLC

Dr. Peter Gorman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peter Gorman Leadership Associates LLC, has been recognized nationally as an education leader and for developing outstanding... More »
Ellen Guiney

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.... More »
Willis D. Hawley

Former Dean of the School of Education, University of Maryland, Professor Emeritus of Education & Public Affairs, University of Maryland

Beloved husband, father, activist, and ERS board member Willis D. Hawley (Bill) passed away on Wednesday, November 17th of natural causes, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, surrounded in... More »
Monica Higgins

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... More »
Irvin Scott

Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dr. Irvin Scott joined the faculty of Harvard Graduate School of Education during the summer of 2016. At Harvard, Irvin’s concentration is Educational Leadership. Irvin is excited about... More »

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