WHO WE ARE

Our experienced education consultants, trainers, researchers, and evaluators provide practical solutions to even the most complex problems. Whether you need short-term help or a long-term partner, our team can help you focus on what matters most to change the odds of success for your students and staff. We collaborate with our clients to help transform mindsets, inspire great education practices, and discover ever-better ways to help students flourish.

You’ll find a trusted, reliable partner in us, and service that exceeds your expectations. Contact us today to see how we can help your school or system achieve its goals.

Call us at 800.858.6830 or email info@mcrel.org to get started now!

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Leadership

Bryan Goodwin, CEO & President

Bryan thrives on translating research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and helping educators everywhere adapt them to address their own challenges. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student Success, and co-author of The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching and Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning: Tools for Achieving Success in Your School. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and an award-winning business journalist.

Robin Jarvis, Chief Client Solutions Officer

Committed to ensuring that all children are given high-quality educational opportunities, Robin and her team work with school and system leaders on policies, structures, and practices that help all students succeed. A career educator from Louisiana, Robin was a classroom teacher, a principal, a superintendent, and an administrator at the Louisiana Department of Education. In 2005 and 2006, immediately following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Robin served as the acting superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, working with the community, neighborhood groups, school board members, and staff to rebuild the school system.

Wesley Boykin, Chief Research & Evaluation Officer

Drawing on his background as a national leader in education research, accountability, policy, and analysis, Wesley provides strategic vision and leadership to McREL’s teams of evaluators and researchers working to uncover new knowledge and enhanced understanding of the teaching-learning process and facilitate improved educational practices and student outcomes. Prior to joining McREL, Wesley served in leadership roles at large, urban public school systems in Maryland, New Jersey, and Texas, and with national organizations such as the Institute for Student Achievement, Riverdeep Interactive Learning, ACT’s National Center for Educational Achievement, and Affective Education.

Ron Miletta, Chief of Staff
Sue Desch, Chief Financial Officer
Melissa Gray, Chief Human Resources Officer
Roger Fiedler, Director of Communications and Marketing

Board of Directors

Mr. Patrick Woods, Chair
Mr. Michael Middleton, Immediate Past Chair
Mr. Kenneth Anderson, Chair Elect
Ms. Deborah Backus, Treasurer
Ms. Mickey Bogart
Mr. John Canuel
Mr. Michael Ceballos
Mr. Jim Edwards
Ms. Kimberly Norwood
Dr. Rita Sablan

Consultants

Cheryl Abla, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5604, cabla@mcrel.org
Laura Arndt, Consultant, 303.632.5593, larndt@mcrel.org
Terri Bissonette, Consultant, 303.632.5652, tbissonette@mcrel.org
Whitney Cobb, Consultant, 303.632.5572, wcobb@mcrel.org
Tony Davis, Consulting Director, 303.632.5575, tdavis@mcrel.org
Kent Davis, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5537, kdavis@mcrel.org
Kathleen Dempsey, Senior Director, 303.632.5634, kdempsey@mcrel.org
Grace Gutierrez, Consultant, 303.632.5566, ggutierrez@mcrel.org
Jane Hill, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5529, jhill@mcrel.org
Heather Hoak, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5512, hhoak@mcrel.org
Jean Isip-Schneider, Managing Consultant, 808.664.8181, jisip@mcrel.org
Catherine Johnson, Consultant, 303.459.5036, cjohnson@mcrel.org
Andrew Kerr, Consulting Director, 303.459.5056, akerr@mcrel.org
Dale Lewis, Senior Director, 303.632.5522, dlewis@mcrel.org
Lisa Maxfield, Manager of Digital Solutions, 303.632.5561, lmaxfield@mcrel.org
Adena Miller, Consultant, 303.632.5530, amiller@mcrel.org
Kristin Rouleau, Consulting Director, 303.459.5042, krouleau@mcrel.org
Susan Ryan, Consultant, 303.632.5531, sryan@mcrel.org
Bess Scott, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5631, bscott@mcrel.org
Matt Seebaum, Senior Director, 303.632.5552, mseebaum@mcrel.org
Bj Stone, Consulting Director, 303.632.5584, bstone@mcrel.org
Mel Sussman, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5589, msussman@mcrel.org
Anne Tweed, Managing Consultant, 303.632.5528, atweed@mcrel.org

Researchers & Evaluators

Katie Andersen, Director of Research and Evaluation, 303.632.5567, kandersen@mcrel.org
Sheila Arens, Executive Director of Research, 303.632.5625, sarens@mcrel.org
Karen Bumgardner, Managing Researcher and Evaluator, 304.347.1841, kbumgardner@mcrel.org
Daisy Carreon, Researcher and Evaluator, 808.664.8180, dcarreon@mcrel.org
Tedra Clark, Managing Researcher and Evaluator, 303.632.5629, tclark@mcrel.org
Nitara Dandapani, Research and Evaluation Specialist, 303.632.5518, ndandapani@mcrel.org
Tara Donahue, Managing Researcher and Evaluator, 304.347.0419, tdonahue@mcrel.org
Kimberly Good, Managing Researcher and Evaluator, 304.347.0449, kgood@mcrel.org
Sarah Gopalani, Research and Evaluation Specialist, 303.632.5643, sgopalani@mcrel.org
Phillip Herman, REL Pacific Executive Director, 808.664.8187, pherman@mcrel.org
Hsiang-Yeh Ho, Managing Researcher and Evaluator, 615.565.0104, hho@mcrel.org
Kevin Knoster, Research and Evaluation Specialist, 304.347.0461, kknoster@mcrel.org
Ashli Knotts, Research and Evaluation Specialist, 304.347.0462, aknotts@mcrel.org
Shelby Maier, Researcher and Evaluator, 303.632.5611, smaier@mcrel.org
Jesse Rainey, Research and Evaluation Specialist, 303.632.5590, jrainey@mcrel.org
Spencer Scanlan, Research and Evaluation Specialist, 808.664.8194, sscanlan@mcrel.org
Susan Shebby, Managing Researcher and Evaluator, 303.632.5613, sshebby@mcrel.org
Joshua Stewart, Researcher and Evaluator, 303.632.5630, jstewart@mcrel.org