
Our Team

Danica Lewis
Director of FIRST Education Literacy Center and FIRST Education Coaching Center
Consultants

Jackie Amato
Consultant, Math Center

Stefanie Arzonetti Hite
Consultant, Collective Efficacy Center

Anne Beninghof
Presenter, SOAR Center

Renae Braun
Presenter, Literacy Center

Rainey Briggs
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Doug Brown
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Rachel Carillo-Fairchild
Presenter, SOAR Center

Jimmy Casas
Presenter, Leadership Center

Richard Cash
Presenter, SOAR Center

Rebecca Coda
Presenter, Leadership Center

Peter DeWitt
Presenter, Leadership Center

Myron Dueck
Presenter, STAGR Center

Mark Flaten
Presenter, STAGR Center

Ebony Grice
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Dennis Griffin, Jr.
Presenter, STAGR Center

Thomas Guskey
Presenter, STAGR Center

Gabe Hackett
Assistant Director and Consultant
PLC Center

Mark Hansen
Presenter, Leadership Center

Victoria Hansen
Presenter, SOAR Center

Andy Hartman
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Garnet Hillman
Presenter, STAGR Center

Katy Honish
Presenter, Literacy Center

Mark Ito
Presenter, Collective Efficacy Center

Rick Jetter
Presenter, Leadership Center

Jethro Jones
Presenter, Leadership Center

Rufus Lott, III
Presenter, SOAR Center

Cyndie Lowe
Presenter, Math Center

Amy Lubben
Presenter, Literacy Center and
Coaching Center

Michael McDowell
Presenter, Leadership Center

Katie McKnight
Presenter, Literacy Center

Jay McTighe
Presenter, STAGR Center

Leah Mermelstein
Presenter, Literacy Center

Brian Misfeldt
Presenter, STAGR Center

Thomas Murray
Presenter, Leadership Center

Kathy Myles
Presenter, Coaching Center and Civil Rights Center
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Nichelle Nichols
Presenter, Civil RIghts Center

Ken O'Connor
Presenter, STAGR Center

Dom Ricks
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Silvia Romero Johnson
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

LaVonna Roth
Presenter, SOAR Center

Geoff Rose
Presenter, Collective Efficacy Center

Mandi Sersch Morstad
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Jamie Sims
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Todd Stanley
Presenter, Leadership Center

Matt Townsley
Presenter, STAGR Center
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Kara Vandas
Presenter, Collective Efficacy Center

Moses Velasco
Presenter, Collective Efficacy Center

Lori Verhagen
Presenter, STAGR Center
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Diane Wolf
Presenter, STAGR Center

Rick Wormeli
Presenter, STAGR Center

Danyelle Wright
Presenter, Civil Rights Center

Julie Wright
Presenter, Literacy Center and Coaching Center

Erik Youngman
Presenter, STAGR Center