EDUCATION ANALYTICS - Key Persons


Abhijeet Ball

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Analyst

Aldo Belmont

Job Titles:
  • Partner Strategist

Alice Chu

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • HR Generalist I

Alicia Taylor

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member

Alyssa Lucas

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Program Operations Strategist I

Andreana Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Future Forward Regional Coordinator

Andrew Rice - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • EA Staff Member

Andy Kitson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Software Engineer

Angelica Lastra

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Data Engineer II

Anna Geisthardt

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Office Manager

Annie Kime

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer

Annie Nielsen

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst Manager II

Anthony Milanowski

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Scientist

Ben Dederich

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Development Strategist

Bjorn Hauge

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Senior Software Engineer

Brianna Pollari

Job Titles:
  • Delivery Lead

Carlos Robledo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Treasurer / Independent Business Development Consultant and Former Infosys Global Alliances Director
Mr. Robledo is a self-employed business consultant leading business development projects in the private industry. He works primarily with high-tech startups in the Boston area, helping them drive revenue growth and expand their market presence. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Carlos worked as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and as Director of Business Development at two leading Field Service Management software companies. Additionally, Carlos serves as a business mentor at the non-profit EforAll in Lawrence, MA. Carlos is passionate about empowering people and enabling organizations to achieve growth through effective business partnering. Carlos has particular interest in engaging with the local LatinX community and using his experience and leadership skills to serve organizations that improve the lives of LatinX people. He hopes to use his experience to enable a brighter future through access to better education opportunities and to facilitate a smooth integration into the American workforce.

Carly Benson

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst Intern

Caroline Wang

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist II

Cary Soltis

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Customer Support Lead

Christian Faulkner

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Delivery Lead

Connor Lancaster

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • IT Helpdesk Administrator

Corey Hafner

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Cloud Engineer I

Crystal Lee-Thao

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Program Operations Strategist II

Cynthia Seals

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Accountant I

David J. Steele

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Vice President / Former Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director for Hillsborough County 's ( Florida ) Empowering Effective Teachers Initiative
Dr. Steele earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Florida, Master of Education at Harvard University, and Ph.D. at the University of South Florida. During his thirty-five year career he served the district as a high school math teacher, assistant principal, International Baccalaureate coordinator, high school principal, and General Director for Secondary Education. As Project Director for the Empowering Effective Teachers program, Dr. Steele was integrally involved in the design and implementation of Hillsborough's teacher and leader evaluation and professional development systems.

Doug Quinton

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Interoperability Engineer

Drew McDermott

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Manager of Analytics Programs

Elisabeth Nesmith

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Emily Arneson

Job Titles:
  • Office Administrative Assistant

Emily Janicik

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Delivery Lead

Emily Johnson

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Product Specialist

Eric Cramer

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Senior Financial Analyst

Erik Joranlien

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member

Ernest Morgan

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Director of Federal Projects, Contracts Management, and Grants Management

Eshara Mondal

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Cloud Engineer Manager

Faustina Bohling

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of People Operations

Gabe Rosen

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Vice President of Analytics

Gareth Shannon

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • People Operations Analyst

Grace Freeman

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Grayce Payne

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Hayley Tymeson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Analyst

Iris Zhong

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Jami O'Toole

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Chief of Partner Strategy

Jay Kaiser

Job Titles:
  • Senior Data Engineer

Jeremiah Mackin-Alonzi

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Jesse Kaser

Job Titles:
  • Cloud Engineer I

Jessie Gallagher

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Manager of Administrative Services

Joe Schubert

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Director of Analytics

John Cronin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Expert
  • Senior Research Fellow and Former Vice President of Education Research, NWEA
Dr. Cronin is an expert on issues related to testing and has published on assessments' impact on school accountability and on teacher evaluation practices. He consults with educational leaders on questions related to standards, accountability, and evaluation. He has consulted for the U.S. Department of Education, the Texas Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council of School Superintendents, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and others on issues related to testing and accountability. As a Research Fellow, he works alongside a team at NWEA that is focused on improving learning with a focus on equity and educational policy. In his work as an NWEA Vice President, he developed research partnerships with institutions such as Vanderbilt University, Stanford University, the University of Delaware, the Rand Corporation, and others.

John Merfeld

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Data Engineer II

Jordan Mader

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Director of Analytics Engineering

Jordan Owen

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member

Joshua Terchek

Job Titles:
  • Product Strategist

Julia Finch

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst Manager I

Julianna Alvord

Job Titles:
  • Senior Data Engineer

Julie McLeod

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Partner Strategist

Justin Keeling

Job Titles:
  • Software Engineer II

Justin Lewis - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Director of IT
  • EA Staff Member

Kale Mabin

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Program Operations Manager, Process Operations

Kate Marquez-Sweeney

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Coordinator
  • EA Staff Member

Katie O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Manager
  • Research Analyst

Kayla Bollinger

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst II

Kayleen Offringa

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Software Engineering Consultant

Keen Zarate

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Data Engineer II

Kelly Kemp

Job Titles:
  • HR Generalist II

Kerrie Lentz

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • HR Manager

Khadija Rashid

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Kiki Moritsugu

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Accountant II

Kim Mace

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst I

Krys Parsons

Job Titles:
  • DEI Program Manager

Lalanthika Vasudevan

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Technology

Libby Pier

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff & Director of Impact

Ludmila Janda

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Data Engineer II

Mark Stokosa

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • IT Manager

Mark TenHoor

Job Titles:
  • Principal Cloud Engineer

Marlena Holden

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Director of Brand & Communications

Mary Ellen Bohm

Job Titles:
  • HR Assistant

Maxin Dhanawade

Job Titles:
  • Financial Controller

Meagan Yan

Job Titles:
  • Accountant I

Megan Nash

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Cloud Engineer II

Melodie Lamm

Job Titles:
  • IT Helpdesk Administrator

Michael Christian

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Principal Researcher

Michele Gile

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Instructional Specialist

Mike Dokunmu

Job Titles:
  • Cloud Engineer II

Nichole Webster

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Analyst

Nick Masada

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Future Forward Deputy Director

Nicole Burckhardt

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Noah Bookman

Job Titles:
  • Chief Solutions Officer

Rachel Taverna

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Software Engineer II

Regan Vanden Boogard

Job Titles:
  • Director of Product & Development Operations

Richard Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President / Chief Information and Strategy Officer, Albuquerque Public Schools
Dr. Bowman has worked in education for more than two decades. After earning his doctorate at the RAND Corporation's Pardee RAND Graduate School in Policy Analysis (Quantitative Methods and Education Policy), he worked with Albuquerque Public Schools as a Harvard Graduate School Strategic Data Project Fellow to increase the strategic use of data and accountability through the Strategic Data Project at HGSE's Center for Education Policy. While in New Mexico, Dr. Bowman was asked to serve on the state teacher evaluation advisory council (NMTEACH) and spent four years at Santa Fe Public Schools as the Chief Information and Strategy Officer, where he led the digital learning, technology, accountability, and data analysis initiatives of the district. Deeply committed to equity in education, he returned to Albuquerque Public Schools in 2016 to continue his strategic approach to improving educational outcomes for all students and the collaborative implementation of educational technology. Currently, Dr. Bowman is a Board Member at the Association for Education Finance and Policy and the Chief Information and Strategy Officer for Albuquerque Public Schools.

Rinor Jahiu

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Associate

Rob Little

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Senior Data Engineer

Robert H. Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Research Officer
  • EA Staff Member
  • Member of the Board
  • Research Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Meyer is a research professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who founded the University's Value-Added Research Center. He is nationally known for his work on value-added modeling, evaluation methods, and strategic management of human capital. He has worked with school districts and local and state education agencies since the early 1990s to create and implement systems to evaluate and support student growth. Among his accomplishments, Dr. Meyer was awarded a Senior Urban Education Research Fellowship from the Council of Great City Schools in 2007 and received the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research in 2010.

Rosh Dhanawade

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Director of Cloud Engineering and Interoperability

Ruth Brandvik

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Project Coordinator

Ryan Aguilar

Job Titles:
  • Data Engineer II

Ryan Schmitz

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • IT Systems & Network Administrator

Ryan Stachowski

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Senior IT Systems & Network Administrator

Sam LeBlanc

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Data Engineer II

Samuel Meisterman

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Analyst II

Sara Hu

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Scientist I

Sarah K. Silverman

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Member of the Board
  • Secretary / Co - Founder and CEO of Outside Angle
Dr. Silverman is a trusted advisor to public and private sector leaders on organizational strategy relative to complex policy, personnel, and market dynamics. She advises senior executives and their teams on building effective strategies to conceptualize, communicate, manage, and lead change in rapidly evolving environments-while also deeply understanding and building their own capabilities as people, professionals, and leaders. An organizational psychologist, she is particularly interested in helping people develop a holistic approach to understanding themselves (self-awareness) and one another (relational trust) as the foundation for creating optimal experiences at work. Dr. Silverman resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her wife and two sons, divides precious free time among running, reading, and CrossFit, and is an avid women's sports fan.

Scott Bowers

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Associate

Sean McLaughlin - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • EA Staff Member

Selina Eadie Dhillon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Program Operations

Shane Jay Fairbairn

Job Titles:
  • Technical Delivery Lead

Shikha Goel

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Senior Research Analyst

Shuyuan Li

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Research Fellow

Susan Xiong

Job Titles:
  • Data Engineer Manager

Tia Hatchett

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Director of Family Engagement, Future Forward

Tom Reitz

Job Titles:
  • EA Staff Member
  • Senior Data Engineer

Tracy Diel

Job Titles:
  • Director of Partner Strategy, Product & Service Delivery

Zhyldyz Abdykadyrova

Job Titles:
  • Cloud Engineer II