WILLIAM T. GRANT FOUNDATION
Research-Practice Partnerships Meeting Participants
Hotel Palomar, Washington, D.C.
May 14-15, 2012
Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, BTEN
Jonathan Brice
School Support Networks Officer
Baltimore City Public School System
JBrice@bcps.k12.md.us
Louis Gomez
Senior Fellow, R&D Field Building
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
gomez@carnegiefoundation.org
Faith Connolly
Executive Director
Baltimore Education Research Consortium
faith.connolly@baltimore-berc.org
Paul LeMahieu
Vice President for Programs and Administration
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
plem@carnegiefoundation.org
Stephen Plank
David Lussier
Executive Director, Office of Educator Quality
Austin Independent School District
dlussier@austinisd.org
Associate Professor Department of Sociology,
Research Co-Director
Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Johns Hopkins University
splank@jhu.edu
Consortium for Chicago School Research
Bellevue/University of Washington
Elaine Allensworth
Interim Executive Director
Consortium on Chicago School Research
elainea@ccsr.uchicago.edu
Angie DiLoreto
Curriculum Developer
Bellevue Public Schools
DiloretoA@bsd405.org
Jennifer Cheatham
Chief of Instruction
Chicago Public Schools
jpcheatham@cps.k12.il.us
Nancy Vye
Principal Research Scientist
University of Washington
nancyvye@u.washington.edu
Melissa Roderick
Consortium on Chicago School Research
m-roderick@uchicago.edu
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Middle School Mathematics and the Institutional
Setting of Teaching (MIST)
Paul Cobb
Professor of Mathematics Education
Vanderbilt University, Peabody College
paul.cobb@vanderbilt.edu
Christopher Mazzeo
Deputy Director
REL Northwest
Christopher.Mazzeo@educationnorthwest.org
Research Alliance for New York City Schools
Sandy Ledford
sandy.ledford@jefferson.kyschools.us
James Kemple
Executive Director
Research Alliance for New York City Schools
james.kemple@nyu.edu
Tom Smith
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
College of Education & Human Development
Vanderbilt University, Peabody College
thomas.smith@Vanderbilt.Edu
Martin Kurzweil
Senior Executive Director
Office of Research, Accountability and Data
New York City Department of Education
mkurzweil@schools.nyc.gov
Michael Sorum
Chief Academic Officer
Fort Worth Independent School District
Michael.Sorum@fwisd.org
Lori Nathanson
Research Associate
Research Alliance for New York City Schools
lori.nathanson@nyu.edu
REL Midwest
Strategic Educational Research Partnership
(SERP)
Assistant Superintendent
Jefferson County Public Schools
Mattt Dawson
Managing Research Director
REL Midwest/American Institutes for Research
MDawson@air.org
Phil Daro
Director, San Francisco Field Site
Strategic Education Research Partnership
pdaro@serpinstitute.org
Walter DeBoer
Evaluation Specialist
Office of Assessment and Evaluation
Grand Rapids Public Schools
deboerW@grps.k12.mi.us
Suzanne Donovan
Executive Director
Strategic Educational Research Partnership
sdonovan@serpinstitute.org
Cynthia Hays
Chief Academic Officer
Boston Public Schools
Chays@boston.k12.ma.us
Hella Bel Hadj Amor
Senior Researcher
REL Midwest/American Institutes of Research
hbelhadjamor@air.org
Catherine Snow
Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
catherine_snow@harvard.edu
REL Northwest
Steve Fleischman
Director
REL Northwest
steve.fleischman@educationnorthwest.org
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Staff, Guests and Consultants
Cynthia Coburn
Associate Professor
Grad School of Education
University of California at Berkeley
cecoburn@berkeley.edu
Elizabeth Devaney
Consultant, Forum for Youth Investment
devaneye@gmail.com
Bob Granger
President, William T. Grant Foundation
bgranger@wtgrantfdn.org
Jim Kohlmoos
Executive Director
National Association of State Boards of Education
jimk@nasbe.org
Elizabeth Moje
Associate Dean for Research and Arthur F. Thurnau
Professor, School of Education
University of Michigan
moje@umich.edu
Vivian Tseng
Vice President, William T. Grant Foundation
vtseng@Wtgrantfdn.org
Brian Wilcox
Director, Center on Children, Families and the Law
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
bwilcox1@unl.edu
Nicole Yohalem
Special Projects Director, Forum for Youth Investment
nicole@forumfyi.org
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