Betsy Miller Kittredge,Research and Outreach Director
Mike Kruger,Online Outreach Specialist
Rachel Racusen, Communications Director
Melissa Salmanowitz,Press Secretary
Education Staff
Jeff Appel,Senior Education Policy Advisor/Investigator
Catherine Brown, Education Policy Advisor
Elementary and Secondary Education (K-12), 21st Century Learning
Centers, ed-flex, graduation rates/dropout prevention, high school
reform (supports) Impact Aid, magnet schools, parent involvement, rural
schools, safe and drug-free schools, smaller learning communities,
Title I (assessments), wrap-around services
Alice Johnson Cain,Senior Education Policy Advisor (K-12)
Elementary and Secondary Education (K-12), charter schools, data quality, education technology, English Language Learners, Even Start, growth models, high school reform (accountability), migrant education, national standards, NAEP, Native American education, teacher and principal quality, Title I (accountability)
Adrienne Dunbar, Education Policy Advisor
Sarah Dyson, Policy Assistant
Curtis Ellis,Legislative Fellow
Denise Forte, Director of Education Policy
Institution for Education Sciences, Juv. Justice, Runaway, Title IX, Career and Technical Education/Vocational Education/Perkins Act, Youth Issues, Child Nutrition
Ruth Friedman,Senior Education Policy Advisor (Early Childhood)
CAPTA, CCDBG, Child Care, Child Poverty, CSGB, Early Childhood, Foster Care, Head Start, IDEA-part c and 619, Welfare TANF
Lloyd Horwich,Policy Advisor -
Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Individual with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), Community Service Block Grant (CSBG), Low Income Home Energy Assistant Act (LIHEAP), high school reform, displaced homemakers, elementary and secondary education issues (including vocational and disability education), school lunch/breakfast, school construction and repair, and migrant education
Fred Jones , Staff Assistant, Education
Sharon Lewis,Senior Disability Policy Advisor
Ricardo Martinez,Policy Advisor - Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness Subcommittee
Americorps, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), Foster Care, Libraries/Museum Services (NEA/NEH), Vocational Rehabilitation Act, charter schools, minority serving institutions, international education, immigrant education and migrant/bilingual education
Carlos Fenwick,Policy Advisor - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Therese Leung, Labor Policy Advisor
Celine McNicholas, Labor Counsel
Megan O'Reilly, Labor Counsel
Meredith Regine, Junior Legislative Associate
James Schroll,Junior Legislative Associate
Michele Varnhagen,Labor Policy Director
Employee Benefits, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Equal Pay Act, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Health Care Issues, Pensions, Social Security (select topics), Unemployment Insurance, and Workforce Investment Act (WIA)