Team & Partners
Get to know the passionate innovators behind our mission to transform education.
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Meet the Reading Reimagined Program Team
Meet the Reading Reimagined advisory council
Reading Reimagined’s Advisory Council consists of national leaders representing practitioners, researchers, and product experts who share the program’s belief that every student is capable of being a great reader when given access to adequate resources and instruction. The Advisory Council helps build and hold the standard for evidence-based innovation projects and influence Reading Reimagined’s processes, goals, investment decisions, and overall outcomes during the program’s lifecycle.
Dr. Julie Washington
Professor of Language and Literacy, University of California, Irvine
Ginny Lee
Former President and COO, Khan Academy
Janice Jackson
Chief Executive Officer, HOPE Chicago, former Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools
Joanne Weiss
President, Weiss Associates, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Education
Kwasi Asare
Director of Channel Marketing, DigitalOcean
Robert Sheffield
President, Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education
Shalinee Sharma
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Zearn Math
Sue Pimentel
Founding Partner, StandardsWork and Student Achievement Partners
Meet the Reading Reimagined Educator Advisors
Bill Jarrett
EL teacher grades 3-5, McNair Elementary, Guilford County, NC
Claudine James
8th grade ELA teacher and Social Media Educational Content Creator, AR
Dani Morrison-White
Independent Indigenous Education and Curriculum Specialist (Indigenous Framework PBIS, SEL, MTSS), Bozeman, MT
Diana Cook
Assistant Principal, Burks Elementary School, Putnam County Schools, TN
Dr. Dolores Cormier-Zenon
NBCT, Founder, Wise Owl Scholar Academy, LA
Dr. Lashenna Gaines
Coordinator Study Support, Union County Public Schools, NC
Elaine Shobert
Literacy Coach, Rock Rest Elementary School, Monroe, NC
Emily Eaton
Director of Federal Programs, Curriculum, and Assessment, North Tippah School District, MS
Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez
Dual Language Instructional Support Specialist, Crowley Independent School District, TX
Kristen Rhodes Beland
3rd Grade Educator, Hamilton Elementary and Teach Plus Senior National Board Advisor, RI
Patricia Carlos
4th Grade National Board Certified Teacher, Hawthorne School District, CA
Talitha Simeona-Stewart
Mentor Teacher, Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD
Program Team
Meet the Reading Reimagined Program Team
Advisory Council
Meet the Reading Reimagined advisory council
Reading Reimagined’s Advisory Council consists of national leaders representing practitioners, researchers, and product experts who share the program’s belief that every student is capable of being a great reader when given access to adequate resources and instruction. The Advisory Council helps build and hold the standard for evidence-based innovation projects and influence Reading Reimagined’s processes, goals, investment decisions, and overall outcomes during the program’s lifecycle.