Dropout Recovery Discussion Group
All Invitees
Lili Allen
Program Director
Jobs for the Future
88 Broad Street
8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Business: 617-728-4446 / Fax: 617-728-4857
lallen@jff.org
Cheryl Almeida
Program Director
Jobs for the Future
88 Broad Street
8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Business: 617-728-4446 / Fax: 617-728-4857
calmeida@jff.org
Thomas Applegate
Senior Director, Business and Industry Initiatives
Association for Career and Technical Education
6628 Wild Rose Lane
Westerville, OH 43082
Business: 512-797-7271 / Fax: 614-839-4968
tomgobucks@insight.rr.com
Laudan Aron
Senior Research Associate
The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Business: 202-261-5673 / Fax: 202-463-8522
Laron@ui.urban.org
Rosa Aronson
Director, Advocacy and Strategic Alliances
TREE Foundation
National Association of Secondary School Principals
1904 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Business: 703-860-7279 / fax: 703-476-8937
aronsonr@principals.org
Joan Auchter
Executive Director
GED Program
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20036
Business: 202-939-9435 / fax: 202-775-8578
joan_auchter@ace.nche.edu
Robert Balfanz
Professor
Center for Social Organization of Schools
Johns Hopkins University
3003 North Charles Street, Room 200
Baltimore, MD 21218
rbalfanz@csos.jhu.edu
Ana Bermudez
Co-Director
Community Prep High School
40 E. 29th Street
New York, NY 10016
Business: 212-889-7567 / Fax: 212-889-8056
abermudez@cases.org
Mason Bishop
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Strategic Planning and
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room S2307
Washington, DC 20210
Business: 202-693-2700 / Fax: 202-693-2725
bishop-mason@dol.gov
Betsy Brand
Director
American Youth Policy Forum
1836 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Business: 202-775-9731 / Fax: 202-775-9733
bbrand@aypf.org
2/17/2016
Jan Bray
Executive Director
Association of Career and Technical Education
1410 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business: 703-683-3111 / Fax: 703-683-7424
jbray@acteonline.org
Anne Bryant
Executive Director
ServicesNational School Boards Association
1680 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business: 703-838-6722
abryant@nsba.org
Cynthia Brown
Director of Education Policy
Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, NW
10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Business: 202-741-6399 / Fax: 202-682-1867
cbrown@americanprogress.org
Joseph Burks
Assistant Superintendent for Districtwide Instructional
Jefferson County Public Schools
P.O. Box 34020
Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Business: 502-485-3672
joe.burks@jefferson.kyschools.us
Michele Cahill
Senior Counselor for Education Policy
New York City Public Schools
52 Chambers Street
Room 320 B4
New York, NY 10007
Business: 212-374-0210 / fax: 212
mcahill@nycboe.net
Daniel Cardinali
President
Communities in Schools National
277 South Washington
Suite 210
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business: 703-518-2561 / Fax: 703-837-4561
cardinalid@cisnet.org
Terry Cash
Assistant Director
National Dropout Prevention Center
209 Martin Street
Clemson, SC 29631
Business: 864-656-2737 / Fax: 864-656-0136
tcash@clemson.edu
Michael Cohen
President
Achieve, Inc.
1775 Eye Street, NW
Suite 410
Washington, DC 20006
Business: 202-419-1540 / Fax: 202-828-0911
mcohen@achieve.org
Courtney Collins-Shapiro
Director
Multiple Pathways & Alternative Education
School District of Philadelphia
Office of Secondary Education
440 N. Broad, 2nd Floor Portal B
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Business: 267-236-2601 / Fax: xxx
Cacollinsshapiro@phila.k12.pa.us
Antonia Cortese
Executive Vice President
American Federation of Teachers
555 New Jersey Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2079
Business: 202-393-8642
acortese@aft.org
Alvin Crawley
Assistant Superintendent for Student Services
Arlington Public Schools
1426 North Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Business: 703-228-6060
acrawley@arlington.k12.va.us
Stephen Daeschner
Superintendent
Jefferson County Public Schools
Van Hoose Education Center
3332 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40232-4020
Business: 502-485-3251 / Fax: 502-485-3991
sdaesch1@jefferson.k12.ky.us
2/17/2016
Janet Daisley
Senior Program Manager
Commonwealth Corporation
Center for Youth Development and Education
355 Bridge Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Business: 413-582-9054 x 107
jdaisley@commcorp.org
Ernest Dorsey
Youth Opportunity Grant Project Director
101 W. 24th Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Business: 410-396-6722
edorsey@oedworks.com
Lucinda Dugger
Research Associate, Education
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
National League of Cities
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 550
Washington, DC 20004
Business: 202-626-3052 / Fax: 202-626-3043
dugger@nlc.org
Fritz Edelstein
Senior Consultant
U.S. Conference of Mayors
1620 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Business: 202-861-6737 / Fax: 202-293-2352
fritz@usmayors.org
Karen Elzey
Senior Co-Director
Institute for a Competitive Workforce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20062-2000
Business: 202-463-5644 / Fax: 202-463-5308
Kelzey@USChamber.com
Thaddeus Ferber
Program Director
The Cady-Lee House
The Forum for Youth Investment
7064 Eastern Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20012
Business: 202-207-3333 / Fax: 202-207-3329
Thad@ForumFYI.org
Josephine Franklin
Associate Director, Research and Information Resources
National Association of Secondary School Principals
1904 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1537
Business: 703-860-7281 / Fax: 703-860-4017
franklinj@principals.org
Braden Goetz
Group Leader, HS Programs
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
3W103
Washington, DC 20202-6200
Business: 202- 260-0982
braden.goetz@ed.gov
Lisa Grossman
Operations Associate
MDRC
16 E 34th St., 19th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Business: 212-340-8643 / Fax: 212-684-0832
lisa.grossman@mdrc.org
Samuel Halperin
Founder and Senior Fellow
American Youth Policy Forum
1836 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Business: 202-775-9731 / Fax: 202-775-9733
shalperin@aypf.org
Linda Harris
Senior Policy Analyst
Center for Law and Social Policy
1015 15th St. N.W
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Business: 202-906-8012 / Fax: 202-842-2885
Lharris@clasp.org
Kati Haycock
Director
The Education Trust
1250 H Street NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Business: 202-293-1217 ext. 311 / fax: 202-293-2605
khaycock@edtrust.org
2/17/2016
Angela Hernandez-Marshall
Project Director
Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
Business: 202-336-7036 / Fax: 202-789-1792
angelahm@ccsso.org
Ann Higdon
President
Improved Solutions for Urban Systems
140 N. Kiwi Street
Dayton, OH 45402
Business: 937-223-2323 / Fax: 937-223-9303
ahigdon@isusinc.com
Naomi Housman
Director
National High School Alliance
Institute for Educational Leadership
4455 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20008
Business: 202-822-8405x131 / fax: 202-872-4050
housmann@iel.org
Paul Houston
Executive Director
American Association of School Administrators
801 North Quincy St., Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22203-1730
Business: 703-875-0709 / fax: 703-528-2146
phouston@aasa.org
JD Hoye
President
Keep the Change, Inc.
775 Day Valley Road
Aptos, CA 95003
Business: 831-689-9190 / fax: 831-689-9170
jdhoye@aol.com
Linda Huddle
Director of Alternative Programs
PCC Prep Alternative Programs
Portland Community College
2305 S.E. 82nd Ave.
Bldg. MSH Room 106D
Portland, OR 97216
Business: 503-788-6119 / Fax: 503-788-6144
lhuddle@pcc.edu
Audrey Hutchinson
Program Director
Education and Afterschool Initiatives
National League of Cities
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Business: 202-626-3053 / Fax: 202-626-3043
Hutchinson@nlc.org
Robert Ivry
Senior Vice President
MDRC
16 East 34th Street
New York, NY 10016-4326
Business: 212-340-8672 / fax: 212-684-0832
robert.ivry@mdrc.org
JoAnn Jastrzab
Senior Research Associate
Abt Associates, Inc.
55 Wheeler Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Business: 617-349-2375 / fax: 617-349-2670
JoAnn_Jastrzab@abtassoc.com
Clifford Johnson
Executive Director
Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
National League of Cities
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 550
Washington, DC 20004
Business: 202-626-3013 / Fax: 202-626-3043
cjohnson@nlc.org
Debbie Kasak
Executive Director
National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform
P.O. Box 11346
Champaign, IL 61826-1346
Business: 217-351-2196
dtkasak@gmail.com
Peter Kleinbard
Vice President
Youth Development Institute
Fund for the City of New York
121 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-1590
Business: 212-925-6675 / Fax: 212-925-5675
pkleinbard@fcny.org
2/17/2016
Howard Knoll
Senior Director
ARBOR Education and Training
212 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
Business: 212-967-2619 / Fax: 212-967-2735
hknoll@arbornyc.com
Dawn Krusemark
Associate Director & QuEST Coordinator
Educational Issues Department
American Federation of Teachers
555 New Jersey Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2079
Business: 202-393-6373 / fax: 202-393-6371
dkrusema@aft.org
David Lemmel
Director of Youth Development
The Big Picture Company
17 Gordon Avenue
Providence, RI 02905
Business: 401-215-4718
dlemmel@bigpicture.org
Dane Linn
Director, Education Division
National Governors Association
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 267
Washington, DC 20001-1512
Business: 202-624-3629 / fax: 202-624-5313
dlinn@nga.org
Phillip Lovell
Director of Public Policy
Camp Fire USA
1319 F Street NW
Suite 601
Washington, DC 20004
Business: 703.535.3862 / Fax: 703.535.3904
PhillipL@americaspromise.org
Nancy Martin
Senior Program Associate
American Youth Policy Forum
1836 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Business: 202-775-9731 / Fax: 202-775-9733
nmartin@aypf.org
Carlas McCauley
Project Director
National Association of State Boards of Education
277 S. Washington St.
Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business: 703-684-4000 x105 / Fax: 703-836-2313
carlasm@nasbe.org
Andrew Moore
Senior Consultant
Institute for Youth, Education and Families
National League of Cities
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 550
Washington, DC 20004
Business: 215-848-6910
moore@nlc.org
Robin Nixon
Excecutive Director
National Foster Care Coalition
1776 I St., NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Business: 202-756-4842 / fax: 0
robinnixon@msn.com
Pedro Noguera
Professor and Director
Steinhardt School of Education, Center for Research on Urban
Schools and Globalization
New York University
New York, NY
Business: 212 998-5787
pedro.noguera@nyu.edu
Ida Oberman
Director of Research and Development
Springboard Schools
181 Fremont Street, 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Business: 415-348-5513 / Fax: 415-348-1340
ioberman@springboardschools.org
Alissa Peltzman
Policy Analyst
Achieve, Inc.
1775 Eye Street NW
Suite 410
Washington, DC 20006
Business: 202-419-1573 / Fax: 202-828-0911
apeltzman@achieve.org
2/17/2016
Marion Pines
Director, Levitan Center; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies
Sar Levitan Center for Social Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Wyman Building, 5th Floor
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-2696
Business: 410- 516-5398 / fax: 410-516-4775
mpines@jhu.edu
Karen Pittman
Executive Director
The Forum for Youth Investment
7064 Eastern Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20012
Business: 202-207-3333 / Fax: 202-207-3329
karen@iyfus.org
Bonnie Politz
Vice President and Director
Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
Academy for Educational Development
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Business: 202-884-8270 / Fax: 202-884-8404
bpolitz@smtp.aed.org
Daniel Princiotta
Senior Policy Analyst, Education Division
Center for Best Practices
National Governors Association
Hall of the States
444 North Capitol Street, Suite 267
Washington, DC 20001-1512
Business: 202-624-5387 / Fax: 202-624-7828
dprinciotta@nga.org
Sally Prouty
President
National Association of Service and Conservation Corps
666 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20001-4525
Business: 202-737-6272 / Fax: 202-737-6277
sprouty@nascc.org
Jan Richter
Advocacy Director
Connect for Kids
1625 K St., NW
11th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Business: 202-454-5628
jan@connectforkids.org
Sandra Ruppert
Senior Policy Analyst/Program Director
Education Commission of the States
Denver, CO
Business: 303-299-3624
sruppert@ecs.org
Marc Saunders
Associate Director for Education
YouthBuild USA
58 Day Street
Somerville, MA 02140
Business: 617-741-1250 / Fax: 617-623-4359
msaunders@youthbuild.org
Gail Schwartz
Director
Division of Academic and Technical Education
U.S. Department of Education
550 12th Street, SW
Room 11106
Washington, DC 20202
Business: 202-245-7788
gail.schwartz@ed.gov
Roy Seitsinger
Director
Office of Middle and High School Reform and Adult Education
Rhode Island Department of Education
255 Westminster Street
Room 500
Providence, RI 02903
Business: 401-222-8461 / Fax: 410-222-2537
roy.seitsinger@ride.ri.gov
David Shreve
Director of Education Committee
National Conference of State Legislatures
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20001
Business: 202-624-5400 / fax: 202-737-1069
david.shreve@ncsl.org
Laura Shubilla
President
Philadelphia Youth Network
714 Market Street, Suite 304
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Business: 267-502-3800
lshubilla@pyninc.org
2/17/2016
Carole Smith
Chief of Staff
Office of the Superintendent
Portland Public Schools
6941 North Central
Portland, OR 97203
Business: 503- 916-5438
csmith1@pps.k12.or.us
Robert Smith
Superintendent
Arlington Public Schools
1426 North Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Business: 703-228-6009 / fax: 703-228-6188
rgsmith@arlington.k12.va.us
Mark Soler
President
Children's Legal Protection Center
Youth Law Center
1010 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20005
Business: 202-637-0377 / Fax: 202-379-1600
Marksoler@aol.com
Adria Steinberg
Associate Vice President
Jobs for the Future
88 Broad Street
8th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Business: 617-728-4446 / Fax: 617-728-4857
asteinberg@jff.org
Anne Stom
Youth Development Specialist
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
N4511
Washington, DC 20010
Business: 202-693-3377 / Fax: 202-693-3113
stom.anne@dol.gov
Dorothy Stoneman
President
YouthBuild USA
58 Day Street, P.O. Box 440322
Somerville, MA 02144
Business: 617-623-9900 x1224 / Fax: 617-623-4331
dstoneman@youthbuild.org
Christine Sturgis
MetisNet
292 Arlington Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
Business: 415-285-2686
chris@metisnet.net
Christopher Swanson
Research Associate
Education Policy Center
The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washignton, DC 20037
Business: 202-261-5880 / Fax: 202-833-2477
CSwanson@ui.urban.org
Mala Thakur
Executive Director
National Youth Employment Coalition
1836 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Business: 202-659-1064 / Fax: 202-659-0399
mt@nyec.org
Jamie Tresselt
Center for Youth Development and Education
Commonwealth Corporation
529 Main Street, Suite 110
Boston, MA 02129
Business: 617-727-8158 / Fax: 617-242-7660
jtresselt@commcorp.org.
Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt
Senior Policy Analyst
Center for Law and Social Policy
1015 15th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Business: 202-842-2885
rtsoiafatt@clasp.org
Sangeeta Tyagi
Vice President for Education and Career Development
Education Department
YouthBuild USA
58 Day Street
P.O. Box 440322
Somerville, MA 02144
Business: 617-623-9900 x1273 / Fax: 617-623-4359
styagi@youthbuild.org
2/17/2016
Dennis Udall
Program Officer
Walter S. Johnson Foundation
525 Middlefield Road
Suite110
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Business: 650-326-0485 / fax: 650-326-4320
dennis@wsjf.org
Paul Vallas
Chief Executive Officer
School District of Philadelphia
440 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Business: 215-400-4000
ceo@phila.k12.pa.us
Merrill Vargo
CEO
Springboard Schools
181 Fremont Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Business: 415-348-5505 / Fax: 415-348-1340
mvargo@springboardschools.org
Elliot Washor
Co-Founder and Co-Director
The Big Picture Company
17 Gordon Avenue
Suite 104
Providence, RI 02905
Business: 508-369-6104 / Fax: 401-752-2632
ewashor@bigpicture.org
Ephraim Weisstein
Vice President
Commonwealth Corporation
529 Main Street, Suite 110
Boston, MA 02129
Business: 617-727-8158 ext. 1229 / Fax: 617-242-7660
eweisstein@commcorp.org
Brenda Welburn
Executive Director
National Association of State Boards of Education
277 South Washington Street
Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business: 703-684-4000 / fax: 703-836-2313
brendaw@nasbe.org
Richard Whalen
Program Manager, HS Programs
School Dropout Prevention, Smaller Learning Communities
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
3W107
Washington, DC 20202-6200
Business: 202-205-3785
richar.whalen@ed.gov
Jack Wuest
Executive Director
Alternative School Network
1807 West Sunnyside
Suite 1-D
Chicago, IL 60640
Business: 773-728-4030 / Fax: 312-274-1848
jwuest@asnchicago.org
Armando Zumaya
Director of External Relations
Springboard Schools
181 Fremont Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Business: 415-348-5505 / Fax: 415-348-1340
azumaya@springboardschools.org
2/17/2016