The Leadership Conference Education Fund is led by a diverse and talented team of people who are dedicated to our mission of building an America as good as its ideals.
Executive Office
Maya Wiley
President and CEO
Chris Canning
Executive Vice President and COO
Corrine Yu
Senior Advisor of Institutional Knowledge Management
Charlene Dillard
Senior Office Associate & Receptionist
Tatiana Montalvo
Senior Projects Associate
Khalid Pitts
Senior Advisor, Executive Office
O’neil Pryce
Senior Operations Manager, Project Management
Campaigns and Programs
Meeta Anand
Senior Program Director, Census and Data Equity
Nadia Aziz
Senior Program Director, Fighting Hate and Bias Program
Reginald Belle
Senior Justice Assistant
Tierra Bradford
Senior Program Manager, Justice Reform
Imani Bryant
Senior Census and Data Equity Assistant
Shekinah Hall
Senior Education Equity Associate
Liz King
Senior Program Director, Education Equity
Scott Simpson
Managing Director of Campaigns and Programs
Bree Spencer
Senior Program Director, Justice Reform
David Stoll
Senior Campaigns & Programs Assistant
Natalie Truong
Senior Program Manager, K12 Education
Tania Valencia
Senior Program Manager, Higher Education
Amy Vertal
Senior Program Manager, Census & Data Equity
Carter Wynne
Program Manager, Fighting Hate & Bias
Center for Civil Rights and Technology
Koustubh Bagchi
Vice President, Center for Civil Rights & Technology
Alejandra Montoya-Boyer
Senior Director, Center for Civil Rights & Technology
Frank Nolan
Senior Center – Civil Rights & Tech Associate
Frank Torres
Senior AI & Privacy Advisor
Communications
Phoebe Plagens
Managing Director, Communications
Emelynn Arroyave
Manager, Digital Writer
Sofia Costas
Senior Manager, Strategic Communications
Dena Craig
Director of Media Relations
Oprah Cunningham
Strategic Communications Associate
Nisreen Eadeh
Senior Manager, Digital
Mattie Goldman
Senior Manager, Strategic Communications
Evan Hartung
Senior Communications Assistant
Rachel Hooper
Senior Manager, Strategic Communications
Shalonda Hunter
Senior Director, Digital, Social & Creative
Christian Madison
Senior Manager, Creative Graphic
Patrick McNeil
Senior Manager, Strategic Communications
Taelor Nicholas
Digital & Social Media Associate
Mark Ricks
Web Producer
Mariah Wildgen
Senior Manager, Strategic Communications
Development
Pamela Giller
Vice President, Development
Tahir Ahmad
Director, Development
Adrina Bradley
Senior Assistant, Development
Paz Cisternas
Senior Revenue Operations Associate
Patrick Farace
Senior Manager, Ind Giving & Major Gifts
Jariah McFadden
Manager, Institutional Relations
Sashia Moore
Senior Manager, Corporate Relations and Special Events
Field and Membership
Anjali Thakur-Mittal
Interim Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Field & Membership
Calandra Burgess
Senior Member Services Associate
Esteban Camarena
Field Manager, Census & Data Equity
Fey Cárdenas
Senior Field Manager
Sabina Dorvile
Field Manager, Justice
Lisa Haywood
Senior Member Services Advisor
Zaha Khawaja
Senior Field Assistant
Hillary Medina-Loveless
Senior Field Manager, Education Equity Program
Finance and Administration
Michael Clausell
Controller
Eloy Kapote
Staff Accountant
Carmen Morrison
Budget Analyst
Wayne Shamblin
Senior Accounting Assistant
Information Technology
Ron Bigler
Senior IT Director
Amy Britt
Senior Data Manager
Ben Goldberg
Senior IT Assistant
Andy Meruvia
Senior IT Manager
Mohammad Rawof
Senior IT Manager
Government Affairs
Jesselyn McCurdy
Executive Vice President for Government Affairs
Kanya Bennett
Managing Director of Government Affairs
Samantha Cyrulnik-Dercher
Senior Manager, Fair Courts
Leslie Proll
Senior Director, Voting Rights Program
Peggy Ramin
Senior Policy Counsel, Economic Justice
Phoebe Dias
Senior Government Affairs Assistant
Rob Randhava
Senior Policy Counsel
Kylee Reynolds
Policy Counsel, Fair Courts
Chanel Sherrod
Government Affairs Program Manager
Jonathan Walter
Policy Counsel, Technology
Chloé White
Policy Counsel, Justice
Jheanelle Wilkins
Senior Government Affairs Advisor (Director)
Lena Zwarensteyn
Senior Director, Fair Courts & Advisor
People and Culture
Alicia King
Vice President, People & Culture
Kristen Booker
Director, People Operations
Katie Boutwell
Senior People Operations Associate
Erika Friman
Senior People & Culture Associate
Crystal Smith-Hunt
Senior Manager, Benefits & Compliance
Steven Taylor
Senior Manager, Recruitment & Development
Sean Ward
Senior Manager, Staff & Labor Relations