BLOG: WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN THE EDTECH GENOME PROJECT?

Who is participating in The EdTech Genome Project? Below are the rosters for the main committees of this sector-wide initiative:

EdTech Genome Steering Committee, Co-Chaired by Melissa Collins, Verna Lalbeharie, and Joseph South

• Doretha Allen, Middle School Innovation Coordinator, Dallas Independent School District
• Lennon Audrain, Teacher, Brookline Public Schools; Former Student President, Educators Rising
• Jason Bailey, Director of Innovation and Design, State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)
• Danny Carlson, Associate Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
• Melissa Collins, Global Teacher Prize semifinalist, Teacher, Shelby County Schools (Memphis, TN)
• Kimberly Dadisman, Policy and Research Manager, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL North America)
• Stacey Dallas Johnston, Teacher, Clark County School District, former Teaching Ambassador Fellow, US Dept of Education
• Aman Dhanda, Director of Member Engagement and Partnerships, NASSP
• Candice Dodson, Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)*
• Jason Edwards, Senior Associate, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• Rose Else-Mitchell, President, Education Solutions, Scholastic
• Brent Engelman, Director of Education Data and Information Systems, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
• Meg Hamel, Director of Learning Initiatives and EdSurge Research, ISTE
• Kristin Hamilton, Vice President, Standards, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• Barbara Hickman, Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Wyoming
• Maria Hyler, Deputy Director of Washington D.C. Office and Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
• Alexander Kmicikewycz, Teacher, Chicago Public Schools; Teach Plus Fellow
• Keith Krueger, Chief Executive Officer, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
• Verna Lalbeharie, Managing Director of Digital Age Personalized Learning, American Institutes for Research
• Chris Liang-Vergara, Founder, World Class Edu
• Stephanie Marken, Executive Director of Education Research, Gallup
• Saro Mohammed, Founder and Principal, Ed Research Works
• Andrea Prejean, Director of Teacher Quality, National Education Association (NEA)
• Alexandra Resch, Director of Learning & Strategy, Human Services, Mathematica
• Brian Seymour, Education Technology Director, Pickerington Local School District (Columbus, OH)
• David Slykhuis, Chair, National Technology Leadership Summit; Director of Mathematics and Science Teaching (MAST) Institute, University of Northern Colorado
• Joseph South, Chief Learning Officer, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Daniel Stanhope, Vice President, Research and Analytics, LearnPlatform
• Katrina Stevens, President and CEO, The Tech Interactive
• Lauren Stuart, Teacher, Beverly Hills School District; Board Member, EdReports.org
• Michelle Tiu, Director of Education Technology, WestEd
• Bi Vuong, Managing Director of Education Practice, Project Evident

*Deceased

EdTech Genome Advisory Board

• Dana Ansel, Chief Academic Officer, LearnLaunch
• Thomas Arnett, Senior Research Fellow, Christensen Institute
• Ryan Baker, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
• Peggy Brookins, Chief Executive Officer, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• Eric Brown, Executive Committee, NEA
• Tonika Clayton, Managing Partner, New Schools Venture Fund
• Patrice Dawkins-Jackson, Director, Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship Programs, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• Elizabeth Foster, Vice President, Research & Standards, Learning Forward
• David Irwin, Co-Founder, Thru
• Eric Isselhardt, Former President, National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY)
• Jacqueline Jodl, Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development
• George Kane, General Manager, Education Ventures, Emerson Collective
• Tom Kane, Economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Sonny Magana, Chief Executive Officer, Magana Education
• Christopher Mazzeo, Director, Center for Research, Evaluation and Analysis, Education Northwest
• Michele McLaughlin, President, Knowledge Alliance
• Erin Mote, Executive Director and Co-Founder, InnovateEDU
• Dean Nafziger, Vice President, Westat
• Jennifer Norford, Chief Program Officer, Marzano Research
• Ronn Nozoe, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
• Leila Nuland, Managing Content Director, Hanover Research
• Lynn Olson, Consultant, Former Deputy Director of K-12 Education, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• John Pane, Senior Scientist, RAND
• Beth Rabbitt, Chief Executive Officer, The Learning Accelerator
• Ron Reed, Founder and Executive Producer, SXSW EDU
• Kimberly Smith, Executive Director, League of Innovative Schools, Digital Promise
• LaVerne Srinivasan, Vice President of National Program, Program Director for Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Bill Tally, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center
• Valerie Truesdale, Assistant Executive Director, The School Superintendents Association (AASA)
• Richard Varn, Distinguished Presidential Appointee, Educational Testing Service (ETS)
• Rob Weil, Director of Field Programs, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

EdTech Genome Industry Council, chaired by Steering Committee member Rose Else-Mitchell

• Jill Abbott, CEO, Abbott Consulting Group
• Kristal Ayres, Chief Business Develpment Officer, BrightBytes
• Malvika Bhagwat, Director of Outcomes & Efficacy, Owl Ventures
• Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer, Renaissance Learning
• Alex Brown, Senior Director of Customer and Technical Support & Services, Teaching Strategies
• Dan Carroll, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Clever
• Dan Cogan-Drew, Chief Academic Officer, Newsela
• Matt Doherty, Chief Operating Officer, LearnPlatform
• Patricio Dujan, Regional Vice President of Sales, Scholastic
• Nicole Foster, Head of Global Partnerships and Marketing, Amazon
• Sunil Gunderia, Chief Innovation Officer, Head of Mastery & Adaptive Product, Age of Learning, Inc.
• Greg Gunn, Founder, Lingo Ventures
• Amy Jackson, Vice President of Applied Research & Strategy, Illuminate Education
• Kelli Hill, Director of Efficacy & Research, Khan Academy
• Timna Molberger, Vice President of Partner Success, Ellevation
• LaShon Ormond, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Amplify
• Roya Salehi, Vice President, Customer Success, Lexia Learning and Voyager Sopris Learning, Cambium Learning Group® 
• Amy Scholz, Chief Marketing Officer, Imagine Learning
• Maia Sharpley, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Juvo Ventures
• Marty Thomas, Vice President, Professional Services, Edmentum
• Lanette Trowery, Senior Director, Learning Research and Strategy, McGraw-Hill

EdTech Genome Measurement Council

• Jonas Bertling, ETS
• Stephanie Marken, Gallup
• Saro Mohammed, Ed Research Works
• Chase Nordengren, NWEA
• Daniel Stanhope, LearnPlatform
• Bi Vuong, Project Evident
• Independent Equity Review by Wing Yi (Winnie) Chan, Education Trust

Variable Working Group: Selection Processes

• Kimberly Dadisman, J-PAL North America
• Jena Draper, CatchOn
• Julia Febiger, Curriculum Associates
• Jin-Soo Huh, The Learning Accelerator
• Vytas Laitusis, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Caitlin McLemore, Blank Crayon
• Bryan Matlen, WestEd
• Elizabeth Myers, WGBH

Variable Working Group: Competing Priorities

• Thomas Arnett, Christensen Institute
• Nathan Craver, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• Ryan Imbriale, Baltimore County Public Schools
• Nancy Kolas, Lexia Learning
• Emily Lepkowski, Newsela
• Ruby West, Curriculum Associates

Variable Working Group: Infrastructure & Operations

• Daniel Brenner, WestEd
• Doug Casey, Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology
• Monica Cougan, ENA
• Mark Samberg, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University
• Nithi Thomas, The Learning Accelerator

Variable Working Group: Implementation Systems & Processeses

• Malvika Bhagwat, Owl Ventures
• Ryan Burke, WestEd
• Jennifer Davis, Edmentum
• Barbara Hickman, University of Wyoming
• Marci Houseman, Lexia Learning
• Fan Jiang, Hanover Research
• Sierra Noakes, Digital Promise
• Jeremy Simon, Clever
• Eric Stickney, Renaissance Learning

Variable Working Group: Professional Learning 

• Doretha Allen, Dallas Independent School District
• Kat Brown, DreamBox Learning
• Leslie Fagin, Griffin Spalding County School System (GA)
• Brittany Guy, Chicago Public Schools
• Maria Hyler, Learning Policy Institute
• Nancy Mangum, Leading EDge Learning
• Amy O’Connell, LearnLaunch
• Stephen Pham, The Learning Accelerator

Variable Working Group: Staff Culture

• Debby Almonte-Bertling, Educational Testing Service (ETS)
• Elizabeth Birie, MIND Research Institute
• Danielle Brown, Arizona K12 Center at Northern Arizona University
• Shelby Hubach, Marzano Research
• Emily Nestor, Talladega County Schools (AL)
• Daniel Stanhope, LearnPlatform
• Devin Vodicka, Altitude Learning

Variable Working Group: Strategic Leadership Support

• Jason Bailey, SETDA
• David Chan, Evanston Township High School D202
• David Irwin, Thru
• Ann Koufman-Frederick, LearnLaunch
• Blair Rush, The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
• Ron Wahlen, Durham Public Schools
• Danny Carlson, NAESP

Variable Working Group: Teacher Agency

• Melissa Collins, Shelby County Schools (TN)
• Michael Dunlea, Tabernacle Township School District (NJ)
• Jeanette Joyce, Marzano Research
• Jarrett Reid Whitaker, Rice University
• Tiffany Wycoff, Learning Innovation Catalyst
• Talya Schwartz Naor, Teachers Pay Teachers

Variable Working Group: Teacher Beliefs and Knowledge

• Rachel Burstein, EdSurge
• Madhu Govind, Tufts University
• Chase Nordengren, NWEA
• Leila Nuland, Hanover Research
• Rachel Schechter, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• David Slykhuis, University of Northern Colorado, NTLS
• Molly Zielezinski, MBZ Labs

Variable Working Group: Vision for Teaching and Learning

• Emma Braaten, Chatham County Schools (NC)
• Cassondra Corbin-Thaddies, Learning Innovation Catalyst
• Paul Franz, MBZ Labs
• Yvonne Kao, WestEd
• James Frye, Catawba County Schools (NC)