EdSource Staff
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Trish Williams has served as EdSource's Executive Director since 1992 and is responsible for strategic planning, business and fund development, board relations, and staffing. She is also responsible for oversight of mission-based program development. In recent years, EdSource has expanded its research role, with Williams serving as the study project director for both the Similar Students and the Similar English Learner Students research projects as well as the current study of California middle grades practices and student outcomes. Under Williams’ leadership, EdSource has also broadened the scope of education policy topics it studies, extended its mission from K–12 to K–14, diversified and significantly increased its audience reach within California and nationally, and enhanced its reputation as a unique, trusted, and credible resource for independent and impartial information on California's most important K–12 issues, including school finance. Before coming to EdSource, Williams served as a Presidential Management Intern and then as a management analyst for three years in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She subsequently served eight years as a program and policy consultant to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of Tulsa. |
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Deputy Director |
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Mary Perry has served as the Deputy Director of EdSource since 1993 and is widely known for her expertise in California school finance. In 2006, she was the study project director for a collaborative partnership between EdSource and School Services of California under the auspices of the Getting Down to Facts portfolio of school finance studies. EdSource's work yielded a groundbreaking report in March 2007 called School District Finance Management: Personnel, Policies, and Practices. She is currently project director for a study of remedial course taking patterns in California Community Colleges. Perry works with the executive director on personnel, budget development, and overall agency planning. She also oversees the agency's work on our annual publication series, our website, and the Ed-Data Partnership website. As the senior publications writer, she is the managing editor of all EdSource publications. She served as a member of the governing board of the Campbell Union School District from 1990-99 and also chaired a local bond election campaign. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Oregon and an M.A. in Liberal Arts from Stanford University. |
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Brian Edwards has been a Senior Policy Analyst at EdSource since 2002. He is responsible for monitoring and analyzing state and federal policy action; overseeing select data analyses; publication research, writing, and project management; and representing EdSource on advisory committees for research and evaluation projects. Edwards is responsible for the agency's annual report updating the state's education budget and has been lead on charter school research. Before coming to EdSource, Edwards was a Policy Analyst at the Office of the Secretary of Education, and a Research Assistant at the Public Policy Institute of California. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a M.A. in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. | |
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Matt Rosin has been a Senior Research Associate at EdSource since August 2007. He is responsible for publication research, writing, and project management. He also works on EdSource's original research projects on middle grades and California community colleges. Much of Rosin's work has focused on topics related to secondary education and secondary-to-postsecondary transitions. Prior to joining EdSource, Rosin worked as a Research Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, California. He is co-author (with William M. Sullivan) of A New Agenda for Higher Education: Shaping a Life of the Mind for Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2008), and author of Obsoleting Culture: Educational Conscience after Willy Loman (Sense Publishers, 2009). Rosin holds a Ph.D. in Education, a M.A. in Philosophy from Stanford University and a B.A. in Philosophy from Texas A&M University. | |
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Ben Webman joined EdSource in May 2009 as a Senior Data Analyst. He is responsible for data analysis and technical work done by EdSource, as well as overseeing execution of data work done by other staff. He is currently also working on the EdSource study of middle grades practices. Most recently, Webman was the Senior Planner at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. He also served as the Director of Research at City Year, Inc. in Boston, MA and as the Senior Analyst in the Institutional Research Department at Eastern Connecticut State University. He holds a B.A. in History from Clark University, Worcester, MA and an Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. | |
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Julian Leichty is a Research Assistant who joined EdSource in September 2007. He provides research and writing support for EdSource's core program areas and special projects. Leichty was a Fulbright Fellow in Taiwan from August 2006 to July 2007, where he studied and practiced the teaching of English as a foreign language. He has held numerous internships with such agencies and organizations as the Rhode Island Departments of Education and of Children, Youth, and Families as well as the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and the Fresno Unified School District. He holds a B.A. in Education Studies and Public Policy and American Institutions from Brown University. | |
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Susan Frey is a Program Associate who has been at EdSource since 1999. She is responsible for editing all publications and overseeing their design and printing. She also researches and writes parent guides, issue briefs, voter guides, articles for the website, informational materials, and occasional reports. She is responsible for managing all phases of EdSource's Resource Cards from research to printing. Frey also serves as secretary for Friends of African Village Libraries, a nonprofit that builds libraries and promotes the culture of reading in sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a B.A. in International Studies from Ohio State University and a B.A. in Journalism from San Jose State University. Smita Patel is a Web and Communications Specialist for EdSource. She coordinated the first redesign of EdSource Online in 2000 and the development of a content management system and e-commerce capability for the website in 2001. Since that time she has worked with EdSource on a variety of projects, including coordinating survey recruitment and retrieval for EdSource's original research projects. She is responsible for coordinating website projects, supporting the Ed-Data partnership, and helping EdSource maintain a strong and consistent web presence. She also volunteers actively for the Mountain Children's Forum, a project to empower children in rural mountain communities. She holds a B.A. with honors in Journalism from San Jose State University. Peg Austin is the Office & Distributions Manager and has been at EdSource since 1990. She is responsible for office management, overseeing the constituent database, sales and distribution of publications, Forum registration, and customer support. She is currently Board President of California Art in Action and has been a PTA president and treasurer of a local theatre group. She holds a B.A. in French from the University of California Santa Barbara. Rae Ann Ewbank has been Finance Manager at EdSource since 1995. She is responsible for agency and grant budget development and monitoring, accounts payable, payroll, and benefits administration; and assists in preparation for the agency's annual audit. Ewbank is a former PTA Treasurer at the unit, council, and district levels; and a former Co-Chair, Fremont Union High School District Budget Advisory Committee. She holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Hawaii. Maggie Rancatore is a Senior Administrator at EdSource and has been with the organization since 1999. She is responsible for board, fund development, and executive support, and assists with outreach efforts and Forum logistics. Before coming to EdSource, she worked as a library instructional aide with the Los Altos School District (LASD). She has served as the Mountain View High School Parent Association president, as president at the California State PTA unit and council levels, and on the LASD Long Range Planning Committee. She holds a B.S. degree in Business from San Francisco State University. Jamie Gowins joined EdSource in January 2009 as an Administrative Associate. She assists with office management and provides administrative, program, and customer support for the EdSource team. Prior to working at EdSource, Gowins was a substitute teacher, a Title I Reading Teacher, and an administrative assistant at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She graduated summa cum laude from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Education and a B.S. in Human Development, with an emphasis in Early Childhood Development and Education. Raquel Gonzales joined EdSource as an Administrative Assistant in October 2007. She provides administrative, program, and customer support for the EdSource team. Prior to joining EdSource, she was an office manager for a local energy conservation consulting firm for almost 10 years. Gonzales was an active public school volunteer during her children's school years. She currently volunteers at her grandson's school and at a food for low-income families program. She recently earned her B.A. in English at San Jose State University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with an A.A. in Liberal Arts – Business and Information Systems from De Anza Community College. Brent Zupp is a Web Editing Consultant for EdSource. He is responsible for the overall quality of the user experience for the EdSource website, including web content editing, posting, and quality control; technical management; and contributing to site development and enhancement. Prior to working for EdSource, he was a web production manager/web editor for IBM alphaWorks & developerWorks. Zupp has also served as a web content developer and email production manager for Razorfish, and as an interim managing editor for Fatbrain.com. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Reed College and a Masters in Business Administration from Oregon State University. |