Who We Are

We are a diverse and dedicated team of experienced practitioners driven by our passion for improving college access and success in higher education for today’s students.
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Our team

Mamie Voight
President & CEO

Diane Cheng
Vice President of Research and Policy

Kelly Leon
Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs

Tola Fadeyi, MS, CPA, CGMA
Chief Financial Officer

Adewale Adams, M.A.
Finance Manager

Lauren Bell, MEd
Communications Associate

Kimberly Dancy
Associate Director of Research and Policy

Chimére Dickson
Operations and Project Manager

Genevieve Garcia Kendrick, PhD
Senior Research Analyst

Anita Guberovic
Senior Executive Assistant

Pearl Lo
Research and Policy Intern

Andrea Maertens
Human Resources Consultant

Lauren McLeese
Research Analyst

Jaden Mikoulinskii
Research and Policy Intern

Amanda Janice Roberson
Senior Director of Strategic Engagement, Planning, and Operations

Eleanor Eckerson Peters
Director of Research and Policy

Charles Sanchez
Research Analyst

Janiel Santos
Research Analyst

Marián Vargas
Senior Research Analyst

Jessica Vivar
Government Affairs Associate
Board of directors

Peter O. Nwosu Ph.D., Chairperson
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success, Herbert H. Lehman College of The City University of New York (CUNY)

MaryEllen McGuire, Vice Chair
Founder and President, Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI)

Ajita Talwalker Menon, Secretary
President and CEO, Calbright College

Laura Cronin
Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Jacob Fraire
President, ECMC Foundation

Denisa Gándara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin

Mike Krause
Senior Advisor at the John M. Belk Endowment

James Larimore
Co-founder and Chairperson of the EdSAFE AI Alliance

Rob Olcott
Founder and CEO of the olcott group

Amanda R. Tachine
Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership & Innovation at Arizona State University

Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Owner of Rise & Design, LLC