CCRC Staff
Leadership Team
Nikki Edgecombe
Senior Research Scholar
Expertise: Developmental education, equity, teaching and learning
John Fink
Senior Research Associate and Program Lead
Expertise: Dual enrollment, transfer, guided pathways
Corinne Herlihy
Senior Operations Strategist
Davis Jenkins
Senior Research Scholar
Expertise: Guided pathways, institutional effectiveness, dual enrollment
Hana Lahr
Senior Research Associate and Director of Applied Learning
Expertise: Guided pathways, performance funding
Veronica Minaya
Senior Research Associate and Program Lead
Expertise: Developmental education, financial aid, returns to education
Judith Scott-Clayton
Senior Research Scholar
Expertise: Financial aid, developmental placement, returns to education
Doug Slater
Communications Director
Sandra Spady
Director of Finance and Administration
Senior Researchers and Fellows
Thomas Bailey
Director Emeritus and Senior Fellow
Expertise: Guided pathways, student persistence, returns to education
Elisabeth A. Barnett
Senior Research Scholar Emeritus
Expertise: High school to college transition, dual enrollment, developmental placement
Maggie P. Fay
Senior Research Associate
Expertise: College readiness, developmental education, guided pathways
Elizabeth M. Kopko
Senior Research Associate
Expertise: Student experiences and engagement, developmental placement, high school to college transition
Jordan Matsudaira
Senior Research Scholar
Expertise: Social mobility, accountability policy, financial aid
Research Staff
Nicolas Acevedo
Senior Research Assistant
Megan Anderson
Project Assistant
Mycaeri Atkinson
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Haleh Azimi
Senior Research Assistant
Ahmet Besiroglu
Research Assistant
Amy E. Brown
Research Associate
Selena Cardona
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Selena Cho
Senior Research Assistant
Hollie Daniels
Research Associate
Ariel Deutsch
Project Assistant
Aurely Garcia Tulloch
Research Assistant
Jenivee Gastelum
Research Assistant
Sarah Griffin
Research Associate
Melissa Herman
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Joe Hille
Research Assistant
Erin Huffer
PEAR Fellow
Serena C. Klempin
Research Associate
CJ Libassi
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Andrea Lopez Salazar
Research Associate
Jorge Mahecha
Research Associate
Farzana Matin
Research Assistant
Tia Monahan
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Taylor Myers
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Hanna Nichols
Research Assistant
Astrid Pineda
PEAR Fellow
Julia Raufman
Research Associate
Daniel Sparks
Senior Research Assistant
Jessica Steiger
Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow
Akilah H. Thompson
Research Assistant
Diana Tiburcio
Research Assistant
Tatiana Velasco
Research Associate
Ellen Wasserman
Senior Research Assistant
Professional Staff
Paul Bisagni
Associate Editor
Amaya Breese
Grants and Contracts Assistant
Emily Ferron
Office Assistant
Elizabeth Ganga
Senior Communications Manager
Linda Hickman
Senior Grants and Contracts Manager
Grazyna Hulacka
Senior Grants and Contract Manager
Shayleah Jenkins
Communications Assistant
Mathilda Lombos
Grants and Contracts Associate
Stacie Long
Senior Designer and Web Manager
Sarah Prescott Phillips
Administrative Coordinator
