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ERS Team

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    Mauro Ampie
    Analyst
    Mauro currently works with Tulsa Public Schools, providing analytic support to the districts’ work on portfolio and enrollment, among other areas. Prior to ERS Mauro completed his... More »
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    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 »
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    Hayley Bacon
    Principal Associate
    Since joining ERS in 2019, Hayley has worked on the Alliance for Resource Equity team, a partnership between ERS and the advocacy organization the Education Trust. This project is... More »
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    Karen Baroody
    Managing Partner, Core Services
    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... More »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Walter Chacon
    Associate
    Walter currently works with the Texas Education Agency to support districts within the System of Great Schools network. His work aims to design funding systems that empower school leaders... More »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Morgan Dewdney
    Analyst
    Morgan is a member of the Gates Networks for School Improvement team where he analyzes the sustainability implications for various intermediaries.     Prior to joining ERS, Morgan... More »
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    Meg Duberek
    Marketing Operations Specialist
    A member of the Knowledge and Technologies team, Meg's work concentrates on the data and technology of ERS' digital marketing strategies.  Originally, Meg joined ERS in 2009 as assistant... More »
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    Kristen Ferris
    Partner
    Kristen leads ERS’ R&D around school designs that support recovery and redesign in the 2021-22 school year and beyond. Currently, she supports Bridge Districts COP in WA state in aligning... More »
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    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 »
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    Diane Garcia Clayton
    Talent & Human Resources Manager
    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 »
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    Abel Girma
    Principal Associate
    Since joining ERS, Abel has supported numerous district partners transform their resource use and strategic practices to improve student outcomes. His work has taken him to: District... More »
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    Rashad J. Gober
    Senior Administrative Assistant & Event Coordinator
    Rashad provides direct support to partners Jonathan Travers and Joe McKown. In addition to administrative duties, Rashad also serves as our Special Events Coordinator, responsible for... More »
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    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 »
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    Mark Heath
    Associate
    At ERS, Mark is a member of the Indianapolis Public Schools team and is supporting the district’s most recent financial analysis. Specifically, his work aims to align the district's... More »
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    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 »
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    Ben Hopkins
    Analyst
    As a member of the Alliance for Resource Equity team, Ben assists with the development of the 10 Dimension Guidebooks, the planning and execution of the District Equity Leader Convening... More »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Nicole Katz
    Partnerships & Development Lead
    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Daven McQueen
    Digital Media Coordinator
    As a member of the Communications & Partnerships team, Daven works on crafting accessible and informative external messaging about ERS’ projects.  Prior to joining ERS, Daven attended... More »
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    Gayatri Mehra
    Principal Associate
    Gayatri currently works on the Tulsa team to support schools as they implement strategic school designs to facilitate expert-led collaboration, cycles of coaching and observation, and... More »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Tomas Molfino
    Associate
    Tomas currently works with the Dallas ISD team helping to align resources equitably to meet student need. Prior to ERS, Tomas taught high school math at Ronald Reagan IB High School in... More »
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    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 »
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    Molly Mullen
    Associate
    Molly has worked with and learned from ERS's district partners in Memphis, TN; Highline, WA; South Bend, IN; and Washington, D.C. In 2018-19, Molly wrote for ERS's Districts at Work... More »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    David Rosenberg
    Partner
    David provides strategic counsel to state and local education leaders, including most recently in Washington, DC; Shelby County (Memphis), and Nashville TN; Mesa, AZ; Dallas, TX;... More »
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    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 »
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    Gloria Samen
    Associate
    Gloria currently works on the System of Greater Schools Texas team. The Texas Education Agency’s SGS initiative is a system-level innovation and problem-solving approach that seeks to... More »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Sarah Seyler
    Principal Associate
    Sarah supports the analysis of district resource use, helping districts understand how their resource allocation aligns to their strategic goals. Her most current work involves analyzing... More »
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    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 »
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    Kristan Singleton
    Director of Knowledge & Technology Services
    Kristan leads ERS's Knoweldge & Technology Services team in deploying technology solutions that support ERS's work with district partners. Kristan leads ERS's technology infrastructure,... More »
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    Renée Sullivan
    Leadership Development Practice Lead
    Renée’s career at ERS has spanned consulting, Communications, and Leadership Development.  In her current role as Leadership Development Practice Lead, she translates lessons from ERS’... More »
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    Erin Sullivan
    Analyst
    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 »
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    Jonathan Travers
    Managing Partner, Consulting
    Jonathan leads the consulting practice area at ERS and works with districts to analyze and improve resource use across systems. Jonathan has led ERS teams supporting many districts across... More »
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    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 »
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    Ashley Woo
    Leadership Development Project Lead
    After spending six years on the consulting side, Ashley now applies the insights gained from her deep work with schools and districts to help lead our philanthropy and fundraising efforts... More »

Board of Directors

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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    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 »
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    Willis D. Hawley
    Former Dean of the School of Education, University of Maryland, 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... More »
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    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 »
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    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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