FOR TEACHERS, BY TEACHERS 

More than 90% of NMSI’s full-time and part-time employees are current or former educators who have served their schools and communities from the classroom to the district office. 

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Leadership Team


Nichole Austion
Marketing Communications & Government Relations


LaFonda Cousin
Talent


Paul Duchene
Chief Operating Officer


Bernard A. Harris, Jr. 
Business Development & Fundraising


Tammy Knapp
Chief Financial Officer


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Thomas Lawson
Development


Stacy Miles
President & Acting CEO


Karen Salerno
Program & District Sales


Michelle Stie
Teaching & Learning


Ashleigh Thomas
Business Operations

Staff Directors


 Muriel Fox Alim
Programmatic Partnerships


Taylor Alston
Coach Development



Stephen Jehl
PreK-12 Program Design

Rayshaun Murray
Development



Brenda Neuman-Sheldon
Research & Evaluation



Kim Saleem
Programmatic Partnerships



Toni Schneider
Programmatic Partnerships
 

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Ajinder Singh
Applications Development & Business Analysis


 
Jen Stancil
Development


 
Ed Veiga
Corporate & Government Relations

 

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.

Shirley Malcom, Ph.D.
Chairwoman
Senior Advisor and Director, SEA Change
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dr. David E. Chavez
Scientist
Los Alamos National Library

Tom Finke
Chairman
Adara Acquisition Corporation

Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick
Presidental Scholar
Towson University

Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D.
​Business Development & Fundraising, NMSI
Retired NASA Astronaut
President and Founder, Harris Foundation

Talia Milgrom-Elcott
Founder, Executive Director
100Kin10

Reynold "Pete" Mooney
Board Chair, Project Hope
Retired Deloitte Principal

Ron Ottinger
Executive Director
STEM Next Opportunity Fund 

Raymond C. Pierce
President and CEO 
The Southern Education Foundation 

Mary Ann Rankin, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Maryland

Susan Sclafani
Vice President, Programs
Forum for World Education

Philip Sprick
VP, Human Resources
Service Corporation International

Lawrence Warder BS, MBA, CPA
Retired

Board of Advisors

Sharif El- Mekki 
CEO  
Center for Black Educator Development  

John Herrington, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Herrington Aerospace Ltd. Co. 


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