Our Leadership

Lily Acton

Manager, Measurement, Evaluation and Learning

Miranda Alamilla

Manager, Local Infrastructure Hub (LIH)

Beth Alberty

Associate Director, Economic Mobility Catalog

Elise Allari

Associate, Certification, What Works Cities

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)

Cheryl Burnett

Director, Strategic Communications

Patrick Carter

Vice President and State Practice Lead

Samuel Christensen

Associate Director, Federal Policy Implementation

Zachary Coile

Vice President, Strategic Communications

Brandon Conner

Associate, Development

Tlahuilli Cortez

Associate, People & Culture

Daniel Craig

Associate Director, Technology and Impact Systems

Aja Croteau

Senior Manager, Federal Practice

Rosemary DaCruz

Associate, Federal Practice

Molly Daniell

Director, Results Network

Daniel Daponte

Associate, Economic Mobility Catalog

Nichole Dunn

Vice President and Federal Practice Lead

Giovanni Exume

Junior Analyst, Measurement, Evaluation and Learning

Katherine Ferguson

Senior Manager, Strategic Communications and Marketing

Emily Ferris

Director, What Works Cities

Danielle Francis

Associate, Finance and Operations

Staci Fowler

Director of Events

Ryan Galvin Wise

Senior Writer

Valeria Garcia

Associate, Local Practice & Federal Policy Implementation

Ana Garmendia

Associate, Partnerships & Community Impact

Ariana Goertz

Associate Director, Impact Measurement and Data

Naquita Goldston

Manager, Certification, What Works Cities

Morgan Golin

Associate Director, Workforce Development

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, Strategic Initiatives

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

Natasha Latzman

Associate Director, Federal Practice

Leah Lee

Associate, What Works Cities

Emily Lewis

Director, Development

Alisha Limoges

Associate Director, Certification (US and Canada)

Fiona Lin

Vice President, People & Culture

Alex Lis-Perlis

Senior Manager, Solutions

Marissa Loterina

Senior Manager, What Works Cities

Salwa Majeed

Manager, Policy, Federal Practice

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)

Jassie Morcos

Associate, State Practice

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

Director, State Impact

Samatha Nemana

Director, Partnerships & Community Impact

Owen O’Malley

Associate Director, Community and Implementation

Nana Osei

Senior 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

Deanna Ping

Invest in What Works Senior Fellow

Sue Pippel

Senior Manager, Salesforce System Administration and Data

Giovanna Piragua Romero

Director, Finance and Operations

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

Senior Manager, Events and Communications

Shelby Rothstein Stanton

Senior Manager, People and Culture

Jadeen Samuels

Manager, Solutions Accelerator

Aaron Samulcek

Vice President, Finance and Operations

Karina Sibata

Senior Manager, Strategic Communications

Amie Sillah

Program Assistant, Solutions

Quinn Stevenson

Senior Manager, Local Practice

Yera Tavarez

Senior Manager, People and Culture

Ross Tilchin

Director, Economic Mobility Catalog

Jen Tolentino

Director, Local Practice

Saurav Upadhyay

Associate Product Manager, Results Network

Amanda Walters

Senior Manager, Finance and Operations

Cole Ware

Manager, Economic Mobility Catalog

Jonta Williams

Director, Operations & Planning, What Works Cities

Kaydrianne Young

Associate Director, Communication and Mobilization

Pingjing Zou

Vice President, Technology and Impact Systems

Miles Bullock

Strategic Communications Consultant