Our Leadership

Lily Acton

Manager, Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning

Elise Allari

Associate, Certification, What Works Cities

Miranda Alamilla

Manager, Local Infrastructure Hub (LIH)

Damarcus Bell

Associate Director, Solutions Accelerator

Kelsey Berkowitz

Associate Director, Workforce Development

Pete Bernardy

Senior Advisor

Heather Boughton

Director, Education Policy Implementation

Tessa Bryant

Manager, Community and Implementation (C&I)

Jessica Bundage

Associate, Education

Cheryl Burnett

Director, Strategic Communications

Patrick Carter

Vice President and State Practice Lead

Samuel Christensen

Associate Director, State and Federal Policy Implementation

Zachary Coile

Vice President, Strategic Communications

Brandon Conner

Associate, Development

Tlahuilli Cortez

Associate, People & Culture

Daniel Craig

Senior Manager, What Works Cities Systems and Platforms Administrator

Aja Croteau

Senior Manager, Federal Practice

Molly Daniell

Director, Community and Implementation

Nichole Dunn

Vice President and Federal Practice Lead

Katherine Ferguson

Senior Manager, Strategic Communications and Marketing

Emily Ferris

Associate Director, Certification, What Works Cities

Danielle Francis

Associate, Finance and Operations

Staci Fowler

Director of Events

Valeria Garcia

Program Assistant, Local Practice & Federal Policy Implementation

Ariana Goertz

Senior Manager, Impact Measurement and Data

Naquita Goldston

Manager, Certification, What Works Cities

Morgan Golin

Associate Director, Workforce Development

Leslie Grueber

Associate Director, Economic Mobility Catalog

Karen Guzmán

Senior Manager, Solutions Accelerator

Rochelle Haynes

Managing Director, What Works Cities

Jake Hemphill

Associate, Community and Implementation

Daniel Herrera

Director, Partnerships & Community Impact

Lee Hollis Jr.

Senior Manager, Workforce Development

Ellen Hur

Vice President, Solutions and Early Childhood

Jana Iwasaki

Manager, Partnerships & Community Impact

Maia Jachimowicz

Senior Advisor, Equity Centered Program Design

Judy Jiang

Associate, Rapid Response Unit (RRU)

Michele Jolin

CEO and Co-Founder,
Chair of the Board

Haley Kadish

Associate Director, Local Practice

Veronica Kapnick

Vice President of Measurement, Evaluation and Learning

Sara Kerr

Vice President, Education Policy Implementation

Courtney Kishbaugh

Senior Manager, RRU (Rapid Response Unit)

Brittany Giroux Lane

Director, Solutions Accelerator

Mike Larson

Vice President, Development

Leah Lee

Associate, What Works Cities

Emily Lewis

Director, Development

Alisha Limoges

Senior Manager, Certification (US and Canada)

Fiona Lin

Vice President, People & Culture

Alex Lis-Perlis

Senior Manager, Solutions

Marissa Loterina

Senior Manager, What Works Cities

Zachary Markovits

Vice President and Local Practice Lead

David Medina

COO and Co-Founder

Kenneth Megan

Director, Federal Practice

Jack Monahan

Manager, Workforce Development

Anne Montesano

Director, RRU (Rapid Response Unit)

Lisa Morrison Butler

Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer

Andrea Morrow

Senior Manager, Workforce Development

Christian Motley

Vice President, Partnerships & Community Impact

Sarah Needler

Associate Director, State Impact

Samatha Nemana

Director, Partnerships & Community Impact

Owen O’Malley

Associate Director, Community and Implementation

Nana Osei

Manager, Community and Implementation

Jennifer Park

Senior Advisor, Strategy and Business Model

Adam Peck

Associate Director, Federal and State Communications

Jessica Perez

Manager, Partnerships & Community Impact

Sue Pippel

Senior Manager, Salesforce System Administration and Data

Giovanna Piragua Romero

Associate Director, Grants and Contracts

Dan Poniachik

Senior Manager, Certification, What Works Cities

Chelsea Powell

Associate Director, Local Practice (Recovery, Evidence, Evaluation)

Yvonne Reyes

Senior Manager of Human Resources, People and Culture

Celeste Richie

Vice President, Workforce Development

Brittney Rose

Manager, Events and Communications

Shelby Rothstein Stanton

Senior Manager, People and Culture

Jadeen Samuels

Associate, Solutions Accelerator

Aaron Samulcek

Vice President, Finance and Operations

Jose Sanchez Molina

Associate Director, Strategic Communications

Karina Sibata

Senior Manager, Strategic Communications

Amie Sillah

Program Assistant, Solutions

Quinn Stevenson

Manager, Local Practice

Yera Tavarez

Senior Manager, People and Culture

Ross Tilchin

Director, Economic Mobility Catalog

Jen Tolentino

Director, Local Practice

Jessica Valand

Director, Workforce and Economic Development

Cole Ware

Manager, Economic Mobility Catalog

Kaydrianne Young

Associate Director, Communication and Mobilization

Pingjing Zou

Vice President, Technology and Impact Systems

Miles Bullock

Strategic Communications Consultant

Ryan Galvin Wise

Senior Writer