WILLIAM T. GRANT FOUNDATION
i3 Learning Community Meeting
August 31 – September 1, 2011
PARTICIPANT LIST
i3 Project Representatives
i3 Learning Community Meeting Participant List, Page 1
Robert Balfanz
Co-Director, Everyone Graduates Center and
Research Scientist at the Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University
Monica M. Beglau
Executive Director
eMINTS National Center
University of Missouri
(573) 884-7202
Karla Ver Bryck Block
Director of VISTA Operations
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
(703) 993-5893
Alison Gould Boardman
Assistant Research Professor
University of Colorado at Boulder
School of Education
(303) 818-9226
Chris Brandt
Senior Researcher
American Institutes for Research
(630) 649-6649
Jie-Qi Chen
Professor and PI
Erikson Institute
(312) 893-7132
Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.
Director, School/Program Services –
EDUCATION CONNECTION
(860) 567-0863
Susie Crafton
Chief Development Officer
IDEA Public Schools
(956) 377-8224
JerryD’Agostino
Professor, The Ohio State University
614-247-5323
Danielle Eisenberg
Director, Evaluation, Assessment, and Strategic Partnerships
KIPP Foundation
(216) 374-6847
Carole Gallagher
Senior Research Associate
WestEd, Assessment and Standards
Development Services
(415) 615-3211
Rachel Goldklang
Program Manager
KIPP Foundation
Heather Harding
Vice President of Research and Public Affairs
Teach for America
(202)309-5126
Audrey Hooks
Chief Human Assets Officer
IDEA Public Schools
Weslaco, Texas
(956) 975-0248
Kelly Hunter
InterimExecutive Director
Children's Literacy Initiative
2314 Market Street, 3rd Floor
(215) 561-4676 ext. 141
Deborah Kasak
Executive Director
National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform
(217) 351-2196
Cathleen Kral
Multi-Sites Coordinator for RAISE i3 Project
WestEd
South Wellfleet, MA
(781) 828-4462
Frank LaBanca
Director, Center for 21st Century Skills
EDUCATION CONNECTION
Jim Lindsay
Senior Researcher
American Institutes for Research
(630) 649-6591
Nancy A. Madden
President & CEO
Success for All Foundation
(410) 616-2330
Jennifer McCray
Assistant Research Scientist and
Director, Early Mathematics Education Project
Erikson Institute
(312) 893-7249
Peter F. Mulhall
Director
Center for Prevention Research and Development
Institute of Government and Public Affairs
University of Illinois
Kristin E. Porter
Senior Research Associate, MDRC
(510) 844-2251
CynthiaPulkowski
Acting Executive Director
ASSET
Janet Quint
Senior Research Associate
MDRC
(212) 340-8816
Emily M. Rodgers
Associate Professor
College of Education & Human Ecology
The Ohio State University
(614) 292-9288
Elma Ruiz
CSR Director
Denver Public Schools
(720) 404-2763
TerrySalinger
Chief Scientist for Reading Research
American Institutes for Research
RuthSchoenbach
Co-Director, Strategic Literacy Initiative Program
WestEd
(510) 302-4255
Robert E. Slavin
Director, Center for Research and Reform in Education Johns Hopkins University
Chairman, Success for All Foundation
(410) 616-2310
Donna R. Sterling
Professor of Science Education
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
(703) 993-2022
Ila Deshmukh Towery
Director, External Evaluation
The New Teacher Project
(617) 625-6694
Sharon Twitty
SLOPE Project Director
ICC/ARCHES
(559) 930-4544
Steven M. Yanni
Principal
West Creek Hills Elementary School
(717) 732-0142
Marykate Zukiewicz
Research Analyst
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc
Princeton, NJ 08543-2393
(609) 945-3360
Meeting Hosts/Facilitators
Elizabeth Devaney
Consultant
Forum for Youth Investment
Tacoma, WA
(617) 429-0427
Kimberly Ann DuMont
Program Officer
William T. Grant Foundation
(212) 752-0071
Robert C. Granger
President
William T. Grant Foundation
(212) 752-0071
Jim Kohlmoos
President
Knowledge Alliance
Washington, DC
(202) 518-0847
Charlie Kurose
Research Associate
The Spencer Foundation
(312) 274-6524
Michael McPherson
President
The Spencer Foundation
(312) 274-6519
Colin Ong-Dean
Associate Program Officer
The Spencer Foundation
(312) 274-6512
Vivian Tseng
Senior Program Officer
William T. Grant Foundation
(212) 752-0071
Nicole Yohalem
Director of Special Projects
The Forum for Youth Investment
(202) 207-3344
Guests
Courtney A. Bell
Research Scientist
ETS
(609) 273-6328
John Q. Easton
Director, Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
(202) 219-1385
Barbara D. Goodson
Leader, Technical Assistance Team
Dillon-Goodson Research Associates
(617) 595-7045
Bridget Hamre
Associate Director
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
University of Virginia
(434) 982-4855
AudreyPendleton
U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
Jefferson Pestronk
Director of Special Initiatives
Office of Innovation and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
(202) 453-7448
Cristofer Price
Principal Scientist
Abt Associates Inc.
301-634-1852
Stephen W. Raudenbush
Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Sociology and the College
Chairman, Committee on Education
University of Chicago
(773) 834-1904
Jim Shelton
Assistant Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Education
Peggi Zelinko
Director
Teacher Quality Programs
Office of Innovation and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
(202) 260-2614
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