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Our Team

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Transforming education is what drives everything we do at NMSI. Many of our staff began their careers in the classroom, while others have backgrounds in education policy, technology, business and consulting. Hundreds of expert teacher consultants help lead NMSI's nationally acclaimed teacher and student training session at schools across the country.

The NMSI executive team provides strategic leadership as the organization addresses today’s education challenges to create the workforce of the 21st century.

Executive Team

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Bernard A. Harris, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer

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Stacy Miles

Chief Operating Officer

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Tammy Knapp

Chief Financial Officer

Team Leaders

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Jackie Castma
Vice President
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Paul Duchene
Vice President
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Jonathan Durfield
Vice President
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Melissa Moritz
Vice President
Strategic Initiatives
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Mort Orlov
Vice President
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Michelle Stie
Vice President
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Nicole Beeman-Cadwallader
Senior Director
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Ronda Brandon
Senior Director
Teacher Development & Strategy
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Juan Elizondo
Senior Director
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Jen LoPiccolo
Senior Director
Regional Growth
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Debbee Reynolds-Johnsen
Senior Director
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Ed Veiga
Senior Director
Military Families Mission
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Scott Webb 
Senior Director  
Application Development

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Megan Allegretti
Director
School Partnerships & Program Management, NYC

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Taylor Alston
Director
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LaFonda Cousin
Director
Program Delivery & Operations


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Director
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Nichole Lopez-Riley
Director
Human Capital Management

Sara Leikin
Director
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Deborah Moore 
Director
AP Fine Arts
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Chad Spurgeon
Director
School Partnerships & Program Management		      

Board of Directors

Our board of directors, comprising national leaders in business, education and science, play a critical role in shaping NMSI’s strategic plans and ensuring that we’re positioned to meet our ambitious goals.

 

Kenneth P. Cohen

Chairman
Retired Vice President, Public and Government Affairs
ExxonMobil Corporation


Bruce Alberts, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco


Tom Arseneault

Chief Operating Officer
BAE Systems, Inc.


Norman Augustine

Retired Chairman and CEO
Lockheed Martin Corporation


Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D.

Retired Maryland State Superintendent of Education


Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D.

Retired NASA Astronaut
President and Founder, Harris Foundation


Shirley Malcom, Ph.D.

Director, Education and Human Resources Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science


Jamison Monroe

Chairman, CEO

Monroe Vos Consulting Group

  

Mary Ann Rankin, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President and Provost
University of Maryland, College Park


Susan Sclafani

Director of State Services
National Center on Education and the Economy


P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.

Retired Chairman and CEO
Merck & Co., Inc.


Lawrence Warder

Retired Global Director of Operations
Deloitte Consulting