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Team & Partners

Program Team

Amy Singh

Sr. Manager, Operations

Claire Galdun

Senior Manager of Learning Design

Destiny McLurkin

Manager, Foundational Literacy

Dr. Brandy Nelson

Academic Director

Elly Zimmer

Associate Director of Foundational Literacy

Rebecca Kockler

Executive Director (Reading Reimagined)

Rebecca Sutherland

Associate Director, Research

Sara Solar

Associate Director of Stakeholder Engagement

Veanet Laos

Executive Assistant

Winnie Chan

Director of Evaluation and Research for 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.

Kwasi Asare, Director of Channel Marketing, DigitalOcean

Janice Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, HOPE Chicago, former Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools

Ginny Lee, Former President and COO, Khan Academy

Sue Pimentel, Founding Partner, StandardsWork and Student Achievement Partners

Shalinee Sharma, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Zearn Math

Robert Sheffield, President, Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education

Dr. Julie Washington, Professor of Language and Literacy, University of California, Irvine

Joanne Weiss, President, Weiss Associates, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Education

Educator Advisors

Patricia Carlos, 4th Grade National Board Certified Teacher, Hawthorne School District, CA

Diana Cook, Assistant Principal, Burks Elementary School, Putnam County Schools, TN

Dr. Dolores Cormier-Zenon, NBCT, Founder, Wise Owl Scholar Academy, LA

Emily Eaton, Director of Federal Programs, Curriculum, and Assessment, North Tippah School District, MS

Dr. Lashenna Gaines, Coordinator Study Support, Union County Public Schools, NC

Claudine James, 8th grade ELA teacher and Social Media Educational Content Creator, AR

Bill Jarrett, EL teacher grades 3-5, McNair Elementary, Guilford County, NC

Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez, Dual Language Instructional Support Specialist, Crowley Independent School District, TX

Dani Morrison-White, Independent Indigenous Education and Curriculum Specialist (Indigenous Framework PBIS, SEL, MTSS), Bozeman, MT

Kristen Rhodes Beland, 3rd Grade Educator, Hamilton Elementary and Teach Plus Senior National Board Advisor, RI

Elaine Shobert, Literacy Coach, Rock Rest Elementary School, Monroe, NC

Talitha Simeona-Stewart, Mentor Teacher, Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD

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