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Pre-K
- First Focus Campaign for Kids
John Monsif
Vice President, Government Relations
johnm@firstfocus.org - ASCD
Megan Wolfe
Government Relations Manager
megan.wolfe@ascd.org - National Education Association
Corey Williams
Federal Lobbyist, Government Relations
cwilliams@nea.org
K-12 Education
- AASA, The School Superintendents Association
Noelle Ellerson Ng
Associate Executive Director, Policy and Advocacy
nellerson@aasa.org - Alleghany Intermediate Unit
Jamie Baxter
Director of Legislative Policy and Advocacy
jamie.baxter@aiu3.net - National PTA
Joshua Westfall
Government Affairs Manager
jwestfall@pta.org - National Association of Federally Impacted Schools
Jocleyn Bissonnette
Director of Government Relations
jocelyn@nafisdc.org
Special Education
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Valerie Williams
Deputy Director of Government Relations
valerie.williams@nasdse.org - Council for Exceptional Children
Katie Grady
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator
katieg@cec.sped.org
Post-Secondary
- American Council on Education
Jon Fansmith
Director of Government Relations
jfansmith@acenet.edu - Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success at the Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Wayne Taliaferro
Policy Analyst
wtaliaferro@clasp.org
Lauren Walizer
Senior Policy Analyst
lwalizer@clasp.org - Council for Opportunity in Education
Maureen Hoyler
President
maureen.hoyler@coenet.us
Kimberly Jones
Vice President for Public Policy and Communications
kimberley.jones@coenet.us - National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Stephanie Giesecke
Director for Budget and Appropriations
stephanie@naicu.edu - National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs
Frank Ballman
Director of Federal Relations
frank@nassgap.org - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Megan McClean Coval
Vice President of Policy and Federal Relations
mccleanm@nasfaa.org
Stephen Payne
Assistant Director of Federal Relations
paynes@nasfaa.org - US PIRG
Katie Steen
Higher Education Fellow
ksteen@pirg.org
Career and Adult Education
- National Association of Workforce Boards
Ron Painter
CEO
PainterR@NAWB.org - National Council of State Directors of Adult Education
Patricia H. Tyler
Executive Director
ptyler@naepdc.org - Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success at the Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Judy Mortrude
Senior Policy Analyst
jmortrude@clasp.org - Advance CTE
Kathryn Zekus
Senior Associate, Government Relations
kzekus@careertech.org
Cross-Educational
- American Library Association
Kevin Maher
Assistant Director, Office of Government Relations
kmaher@alawash.org - National Association of Music Education
Ronny Lau
Policy Advisor
RonnyL@nafme.org - Center on Law and Social Policy
Kisha Bird
Director of Youth Policy
kbird@clasp.org
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