Strategic Data Project Convening 2026: Directory

Elena Schmidt

Apex Evaluation

Program Evaluation Manager

BB

Bob Balfanz

Johns Hopkins university

Professor

Peter Bartanen

Gilbert Public Schools

Senior Data Analyst

Courtney Bell

The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)

Vice President of Research and Innovation

Sean Berkstresser

Tulsa Public Schools

Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Sarah Blake

Strategic Data Project

Senior Program Coordinator

Alex Bowers

Teachers College, Columbia University

Professor of Education Leadership

Rhonda Broussard

Beloved Community

Founder & CEO

MC

Meg Caven

Boston Public Schools

Director of Organizational Insight

Remy Pages (Session Chair)

State of Hawaii - Executive Office on Early Learning / SDP Fellow

Tara Chiatovich

Christina Claiborne

Annenberg Institute at Brown University

Director- EdResearch for Action

Andrea Claver

InnovateEDU

Project Manager - EDSAFE AI Alliance

Calen Clifton

Center on Reinventing Public Education

Research Analyst

CC

Carrie Conaway

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Senior lecturer

Megan Lane Conklin

Hope Chicago

Director of Data

AC

Arthur Cunningham

Metro Nashville Public Schools

Assessment Coordinator | Strategic Data Project Fellow

Chris Cutrona

Edsightful, LLC

LD

Laura Davidson

Washoe County School District

Director of Research and Evaluation

Erin Dillon

Project Lead The Way

Vice President of Research

Shaun Dougherty

Boston College

Professor of Education & Policy

Shaunté Duggins

University of Florida

Director & Research Scientist, State Initiatives

MD

Matthew Duque

Maryland State Department of Education

Executive Director of Research

Nasaa Enkhbold

Guilford County Schools

Executive Director, HR Operations

Lief Esbenshade

University of Washington, AmplifyLearn.AI Center

Matt Faiello

Delaware Department of Education

Associate Data Scientist

Stephen Fedore

K12 Data Partners

Founder

MSI Cohort 1 Fellows

Strategic Data Project

SDP Cohort 16 Fellows

Strategic Data Project

Michaela Fernandez

Gilbert Public Schools

Data Analyst

David Figlio

University of Rochester

Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics

MF

Michael Frank

Stanford University

CG

Christina Gazdick

Christina M. Gazdick

Duval County Public Schools

Director, Research Evaluation and Data

Emily Gell

Atlanta Public Schools

Federal Programs Data Strategist

Sarah Glover

Littera

Board Member

Jason Godfrey

Accelerate

Director of Data Science

Christina Grant

Center for Education Policy Research

Executive Director

Miriam Greenberg

Strategic Data Project

Director

Ali Guerriero

Harvard CEPR

Associate Director, SDP Outreach and Partnerships

John H.L. Hansen

Center for Robust Speech Systems; The University of Texas at Dallas

Associate Dean for Research; Professor - ECE; Speech&Hearing

JH

John Hansen

Zong Her

Current: Her Data Insights, LLC. Prior (Madison College)

Founder and Principal Consultant

Liam Honigsberg

Next Education Workforce at Arizona State University

Director, InfoSys and Partnerships

Justine Ingram

Gilbert Public Schools

Data Strategist

TI

Tobie Irvine

New York State Education Department

New York State Education Specialist

Cara Jackson

The Center for Outcomes Based Contracting at SEF

Research Manager

Holly Karakos

Project Lead The Way

Research Director

Luke Kohlmoos

Accelerate

Managing Director Strategy

Matthew Kraft

Brown University

Professor of Education and Economics

Mary Laski

Center on Reinventing Public Education, ASU

Research Assistant Professor

Christopher Leake

Teach For America

National Senior Vice President

Elise Lenthe

Center for Outcomes Based Contracting

Director, Insights & Analytics

Nataya Lewis

Central Piedmont Community College

Director, Data Visualization and Analytics

Matt Linick

NORC at the University of Chicago

Senior Fellow

Eric Mackey

Alabama State Superintendent of Education

Rebecca Marshall

Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard

Associate Director of Programs, SDP

DM

David Martinez

Wyl McCully

Lansing Community College

Market Research Analyst

BM

Biko McMillan

Bellwether

Senior Analyst

Val Melikhova

Next Education Workforce at ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Senior Research Analyst, Harvard Strategic Data Fellow

VM

Valentina Melikhova

Next Education Workforce @ ASU Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation

Curt Merlau

Public Consulting Group

Manager

Atsuko Muroga

Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Travis Norvell

Atlanta Public Schools

Chief Strategy Officer

Bonnie O'Keefe

Bellwether

Partner

Jennifer Owens

Atlanta Public Schools

Data Coordinator

CO

Christopher Ozuna

CA Community Colleges Chancellor's Office

Gershwin Penn

Next Education Workforce, ASU

Senior Research Analyst

Tiffany Perkins

Guilford County Schools, NC

Executive Director - Strategic Planning

Erin Philip

Guilford County Schools

Director of Strategic Planning & Special Projects

Erin Phillips

Knox County Schools

Executive Director of Learning and Literacy

Ashley Pierson

Salem-Keizer Public Schools

Director of Data Strategy

Robert Pollard

Strategic Data Project

Network Engagement Manager

NR

Nicole Reddig

Boston Public Schools

Research & Partnerships Analyst

Justin Reich

Teaching Systems Lab

Asst. Professor

James Riddlesperger

ACT

Senior Program Director, State and Federal Policy

Carlos Romero

Apex Evaluation

Executive Producer

Meredith Rowe

Harvard University

Professor

MS

Magaly Sanchez

Akisha Osei Sarfo

Council of the Great City Schools

Director of Research

Megan Schoor

OFM Forecasting & Research Systems

Senior Data Operations Specialist

MS

Mavi Shrestha

Atlanta Public Schools

Datawarehouse Manager

Jeremy Simon

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Education Data Analyst

Sadeq Sohrabie

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Manager of Assessment, Reporting, and Analysis

SS

Sadeq Sohrabie

researcher

KS

Kellie Solowski

Center for Education Policy Research

Senior Research Program Manager

Alex Spurrier

Bellwether

Associate Partner

JT Stark

Washoe County Schools

Data Leader

Stephanie Downey Toledo

Central Falls School District

Superintendent

Marco Torrez-Miranda

Madison College

Dean, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Bo Yan

South Bend Community School Corporation

Chief of Accountability, Assessment & Strategy

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