Our Leadership

Miranda Alamilla

Manager, Local Infrastructure Hub (LIH)

Elise Allari

Assistant, Certification, What Works Cities

Kelsey Berkowitz

Senior Manager, Workforce Development

Pete Bernardy

Senior Advisor

Heather Boughton

Director, Education Policy Implementation

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, Opportunity Accelerator

Zachary Coile

Vice President, Strategic Communications

Emily Collins

Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships

Tlahuilli Cortez

Associate, Executive Team

Daniel Craig

Senior Manager, What Works Cities Systems and Platforms Administrator

Pankti Dalal

Senior Manager, Community and Implementation, What Works Cities

Molly Daniell

Director, Community and Implementation, What Works Cities

Nichole Dunn

Vice President and Federal Practice Lead

Katherine Ferguson

Manager, Strategic Communications and Marketing

Emily Ferris

Associate Director, Certification, What Works Cities

Danielle Francis

Associate, Finance and Operations

Valeria Garcia

Program Assistant, Local Practice & Federal Policy Implementation

Brittany Giroux Lane

Director, Solutions

Ariana Goertz

Senior Manager, Impact Measurement and Data

Leslie Grueber

Senior Manager, Economic Mobility Catalog

Rochelle Haynes

Managing Director, What Works Cities

Jake Hemphill

Associate, Community and Implementation, What Works Cities

Daniel Herrera

Director, Opportunity Accelerator

Morgan Golin

Associate Director, Workforce Development

Karen Guzmán

Senior Manager, Solutions

Lee Hollis Jr.

Senior Manager, Workforce Development

Dakota Homsey

Manager, Opportunity Accelerator

Ellen Hur

Vice President, Solutions and Early Childhood

Jana Iwasaki

Associate, Opportunity Accelerator

Maia Jachimowicz

Senior Advisor, Equity Centered Program Design

Michele Jolin

CEO and Co-Founder,
Chair of the Board

Haley Kadish

Associate Director, Local Practice

Veronica Kapnick

Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Sara Kerr

Vice President, Education Policy Implementation

Mike Larson

Vice President, Development

Tessa Laubacher

Manager, Community and Implementation (C&I)

Leah Lee

Associate, What Works Cities

Olivia Leonard

Associate Director, Federal Evidence Based Policy Implementation

Alisha Limoges

Senior Manager, Certification (US and Canada)

Zachary Markovits

Vice President and Local Practice Lead

David Medina

COO and Co-Founder

Kenneth Megan

Associate Director, Federal Practice

Jack Monahan

Associate, 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

Senior Advisor, Opportunity Accelerator

Sarah Needler

Associate Director, State Impact

Samatha Nemana

Associate Director, Opportunity Accelerator

Owen O’Malley

Associate Director, Community and Implementation, What Works Cities

Nana Osei

Manager, Community and Implementation, What Works Cities

Jennifer Park

Executive Director, Opportunity Accelerator

Sue Pippel

Senior Manager, Salesforce System Administration and Data

Giovanna M. Piragua Romero

Associate Director, Grants and Contracts, Finance and Operations

Dan Poniachik

Senior Manager, Certification (LATAM)

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

Senior Talent Manager, People and Culture

Jadeen Samuels

Associate, Solutions

Aaron Samulcek

Vice President, Finance and Operations

Mi-Mi Saunders

Associate Director, Federal Education and Workforce Policy

Quinn Stevenson

Manager, Local Practice

Lauren Su

Director, Certification, What Works Cities

Yera Tavarez

Senior Talent Manager, People and Culture

Ross Tilchin

Director, Solutions

Jen Tolentino

Director, Local Practice

Jessica Valand

Director, Workforce and Economic Development

Cole Ware

Associate, Solutions

Kaydrianne Young

Associate Director, Communication and Mobilization

Pingjing Zou

Director, Technology and Impact Systems