Staff & Board

Staff & Board

Our staff and board come from an array of backgrounds. We welcome and celebrate diverse perspectives.

NCTR is transforming teacher preparation nationally to ensure children of color have access to effective, culturally responsive teachers. Our core values reflect who we are as an organization and how we work with our clients and the communities we serve.

Staff

Get to know the people behind the National Center for Teacher Residencies.

Rosemary Baker

Director of Programs

Shannon Black

Managing Director of Programs

Kathlene Holmes Campbell, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Keilani Goggins

Director, Black Educators Initiative

Tabitha Grossman, Ph.D.

Chief External Relations Officer

Jill Harvieux Pitner

Chief Growth Officer

Elizabeth Hearn

Director of Programs

Erica Hines

Chief Program Officer

Tyiesha Hoskins

Associate Director of Programs

Celena Jenkins

Director of Talent

Bill Kennedy, Ph.D.

Managing Director of Partnerships and Development

Randall Lahann, Ph.D.

Director of Programs

Eduardo Lara, Ph.D.

Director of Programs

Kevin Levay, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Research and Evaluation

Krystian Palmero

Associate Director of Programs

Kelly Riling

Managing Director of Programs

Alicia Roberson

Associate Director of Marketing and Communications

Cortney Rowland, Ph.D.

Director of State and Federal Policy

Carrie Scheib

Director of Research and Evaluation

Wayne Shen

Chief Operating Officer

Aja Simpson Zulfiqar

Director of Programs

Lakisha Thompson

Manager of Administration and Events

Jared Villanueva

Associate Director of Operations

Allyson Williams Eubanks

Director of Programs

Board

Lina Bankert

Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Treasurer

Travis J. Bristol, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Bethany Little

Principal, EducationCounsel, LLC

Secretary

Talia Milgrom-Elcott

Executive Director and Co-Founder, Beyond100K (100Kin10)

Corey Scholes

2Rev Coach, 2Revolutions

Javaid E. Siddiqi, Ph.D.

President & CEO, The Hunt Institute

Daniel Velasco, Ed.D.

Education Sector Leader

Laura Weeldreyer

Executive Director, Maryland Family Network

Board Chair