BRYAN C. HASSEL is Co-President of Public Impact. He consults nationally with leading public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and foundations working for dramatic improvements in K–12 education. He is a recognized expert on charter schools, school turnarounds, school funding systems, and teacher and principal effectiveness. His work has appeared in Education Next, Education Week, and numerous other publications. He was named to the spring 2015 class of the Pahara-Aspen Education Fellows Program, designed to support exceptional leaders reimagining U.S. public schools. Dr. Hassel received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University and his master’s degree in politics from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he attended as a Morehead Scholar. He is a senior research affiliate with the Center on Reinventing Public Education. Read More or Contact Bryan…
EMILY AYSCUE HASSEL is Co-President of Public Impact. She provides thought leadership and oversight to Public Impact’s work on teacher and leader policy and emerging opportunities for dramatic improvement in pre–K to grade 12 education. Ms. Hassel is the chief designer of Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative, an effort to reach more students with excellent teachers and principals and provide more educators with paid residencies, on-the-job support, and paid career advancement. This work pays educators more and achieves higher-growth student learning within schools’ regular budgets. Ms. Hassel was a Pahara-Aspen Teacher Leader Fellow, in a group designed to cultivate and support teacher leaders who are working to improve the teaching profession and student outcomes. She was previously a consultant and manager for the Hay Group. Ms. Hassel received her law and master in business administration degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served on the North Carolina Law Review. Read More or Contact Emily…
LUCY STEINER is the senior vice president for educator excellence and implementation services and a group director at Public Impact. She spearheads implementation of Opportunity Culture staffing models in schools and districts nationwide, leads complex projects, manages and develops consultants, and serves on the firmwide strategy team. She and her project teams deliver research, training, and consulting on a variety of critical education issues, including teacher and leader policy, school restructuring and turnarounds, and teacher professional development. Her work often provides a bridge between district leadership, school leadership, and instruction. Read More or Contact Lucy…
SHARON KEBSCHULL BARRETT is the vice president for editorial services and communications at Public Impact. She writes publications about the Opportunity Culture initiative, edits all materials for the Opportunity Culture website, edits the firm’s blogs and Public Impact reports, works with Opportunity Culture Fellows to edit the columns they write, and provides other research, interviewing, and writing for the firm. Read More or Contact Sharon…
LYRIA BOAST is the vice president for data analytics and a senior consulting manager at Public Impact and serves on the firmwide strategy team. Ms. Boast leads Public Impact’s work evaluating educational quality metrics at the school, district and state levels and developing accountability systems to monitor school performance. She manages a range of survey projects that focus on teacher perceptions and school climate, and oversees data collection efforts to catalog charter school closure actions and develop a national database of authorizers and their schools. She also leads the development of and ongoing updates to the data dashboard illustrating Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture work in schools across the U.S. She has also contributed to projects on extending the reach of excellent teachers, school finance, and evaluating school turnarounds. Read More or Contact Lyria…
STEPHANIE DEAN is the strategic director and senior vice president of Opportunity Culture policy and outreach at Public Impact, serving on the firmwide strategy team. Her work focuses on identifying and cultivating state policy conditions that help schools extend the reach of excellent teachers. She has also written and advised clients on teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, school leadership, technology in rural education, competency-based assessment systems, and the development of “learner positioning systems” to create a platform for personalized learning. Read More or Contact Stephanie…
SHONAKA ELLISON is the vice president for district-wide Opportunity Culture, leading the expansion of Opportunity Culture implementation within districts to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams, and a consulting manager at Public Impact, serving on the firmwide strategy team. Read More or Contact Shonaka…
BEVERLEY TYNDALL is the vice president for production and web communications at Public Impact. She coordinates the layout and production of all publications, manages the firm’s websites, and produces videos for the Opportunity Culture initiative. Read More or Contact Beverley…
ALISON HARRIS WELCHER is the vice president of school turnarounds and transformation at Public Impact, and serves on the firmwide strategy team. Along with managing the turnaround and school transformation practice, Dr. Harris Welcher helps lead national Opportunity Culture implementation. She works intensively with school and system leaders to build both the culture and systems for sustained excellence for all students and educators. Read More or Contact Alison…
REEM AHMED is an associate consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading schools in designing and implementing Opportunity Culture models to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students. Read More or Contact Reem…
DOMINIQUE BRODIE is an operations coordinator at Public Impact, providing administrative support to the team responsible for Opportunity Culture implementation in schools and districts nationwide. Read More or Contact Dominique…
WHITAKER BROWN is a senior consultant with Public Impact, focusing on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models, which extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Whitaker…
ANDERS CAMPBELL is a consultant working with the Opportunity Culture implementation team, supporting districts and schools to reach more students with excellent teaching. Read More or Contact Anders…
RENEE COLEMAN is the strategy and talent lead at Public Impact, supporting the firm’s executive and management teams. Read More or Contact Renee…
GRAYSON COOPER is a consulting manager with Public Impact, conducting quantitative research and analysis and assisting schools and districts implementing an Opportunity Culture. Read More or Contact Grayson…
SHALEKA COVINGTON is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading Opportunity Culture design and implementation support teams in schools. Read More or Contact ShaLeka…
MEGAN DeJOHN is an associate consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading Opportunity Culture school design and implementation support teams in schools. Read More or Contact Megan…
PRESTON FAULK is a senior analytics consultant with Public Impact, conducting quantitative research and statistical analyses of schools, with a focus on alternative accountability, data visualization, and analytics. Read More or Contact Preston…
MICHELLE FOCKLER is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading Opportunity Culture design and implementation support teams in schools. Read more or Contact Michelle…
LYDIA FREEMAN is an associate consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading Opportunity Culture design and implementation support teams in schools. Read more or Contact Lydia…
PAOLA GILLIAM is the senior media coordinator for Public Impact, supporting the communications team’s efforts internally and externally on written, video, and social media. Read more or Contact Paola…
DAVID GILMORE is a senior analyst at Public Impact, doing research and collecting data on education issues and supporting the data analytics team on a variety of projects. Read More or Contact David…
MARY HAUSER is a senior consultant with Public Impact, assisting schools to extend the reach of excellent teachers through Opportunity Culture implementation. Read More or Contact Mary…
SUMMER HILL is a consultant with Public Impact, focused on leading Opportunity Culture design and implementation support teams in schools. Read More or Contact Summer…
JESSICA JENKINS is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models, which extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Jessica…
CHLOE KARLOVICH is an associate consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading Opportunity Culture design and implementation support teams in schools. Read More or Contact Chloe…
JULI KIM is a senior consultant with Public Impact conducting qualitative research, analysis, and evaluation related to a range of education issues. Her published work focuses on school turnaround models and initiatives, charter sector growth, and the role of philanthropy in education. Read More or Contact Juli…
KENDALL HEDDING KING is a consulting manager with Public Impact, with a focus on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models, which extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Kendall…
JEREMY KONAR is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on supporting schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models, which extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Jeremy…
CASSIE LUTTERLOH is a consulting and talent manager with Public Impact. Read More or Contact Cassie…
JOY MCDOWELL is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on supporting Opportunity Culture school design and implementation within schools. Read More or Contact Joy…
ERIN BURNS MEHIGAN is a consultant working with the Opportunity Culture implementation team, supporting districts and schools to reach more students with excellent teaching. Read More or Contact Erin…
OKEMA OWENS SIMPSON is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on supporting Opportunity Culture school design and implementation within schools. Read More or Contact Okema…
CLAIRE RENAUD is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on leading Opportunity Culture school design and implementation support teams in schools. Read More or Contact Claire…
CHANDLER ROWLAND is a senior consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models, which extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Chandler…
COLE SMITH is an analyst with Public Impact, collecting, analyzing, and communicating data and research on education topics, and supporting the data analytics team. Read More or Contact Cole…
TROY SMITH is a consulting manager with Public Impact, focusing on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models that extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Troy…
JESSICA STRUHS is a senior consultant with Public Impact, focusing primarily on assisting schools and districts with Opportunity Culture implementation to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Jessica…
ZACHARY TANNER is an associate consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students. Read More or Contact Zachary…
JESSICA WHALEN is a consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on assisting districts and schools in implementing Opportunity Culture models to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students. Read More or Contact Jessica…
ASHLEY WILLIAMS is a senior consultant with Public Impact, focused primarily on assisting districts and schools in Opportunity Culture implementation to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Read More or Contact Ashley…
Administrative Team
KARA AYCOCK is a senior systems support associate at Public Impact, supporting recruiting, hiring, and onboarding as well as managing HRIS and performance management systems. Read More or Contact Kara…
CARRIE FRAIPONT is the senior finance manager at Public Impact. She manages the firm’s financial systems, including financial accounting, planning, analysis and reporting. Read More or Contact Carrie…
ANNE HALSTATER is the senior manager of human resources and office systems at Public Impact. Her role includes overseeing benefits, compensation, and policies. Read More or Contact Anne…
HIRA JAVED is a systems support associate at Public Impact. She supports internal office functions by leading, implementing, and maintaining the firm’s databases and office systems. Read More or Contact Hira…
TARA MEADOWS-NEILL is a systems support lead at Public Impact, managing contracts and invoicing as well as implementing and maintaining of organization-wide finance and office systems. Read More or Contact Tara…
ADDIE LAURIE REAMER is a systems support associate at Public Impact, assisting with scheduling, traveling, and event planning. Read More or Contact Addie Laurie…
