Meet the people behind the movement
826 National’s team has decades of experience running classrooms, growing nonprofits, and unlocking the power of the written word.
Laura Brief
Meghan Dove McAfee
Adeena Ellison
Elio Ervin
Praveena Fernes
Kayla Good, Ph.D.
Anna Griffin
Dennis Guardado
Abbey Hayward-Fogt
Kona Lai
Chris Lee, Ph.D.
Heidi Lepe
Gabi Oliveira
Amira Seaboch
Kait Steele
Sandro Olivieri
President
Chief Marketing Officer, Diffusion Studio
Miah Daughtery, Ed.D.
Vice President
Vice President of Academic Advocacy, Literacy at HMH
Tom Racciatti
Treasurer
Director, West Monroe Partners, Minneapolis
Tony Francis
Secretary
Senior Program Manager for Global Early Career Programing, Finance Dept., Google
Joaquín Alvarado
Chair, Consumer Reports Board of Directors; Founder, Partner, Studiotobe
Tina Barseghian
Marketing and Communications Director, The Redford Center
Laura Brief
Lane Brown
Managing Director, Keough Family Foundation
Nínive Calegari
Emeritus Board Member
Co-Founder of 826 National
Co-Founder of 826 Valencia
President and Founder, Teacher Salary Project
Leah Clapman
Executive Director, PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs
Andrew Cohn
826 Boston Representative
Fellow, Volunteer Lawyers Project
Kristen Conry
Senior Vice President Global Design, Marriott International
Alvin David
826 New Orleans Representative
Chief of Strategy and Impact, New Schools for New Orleans
Dave Eggers
Emeritus Board Member
Co-Founder of 826 National
Co-Founder of 826 Valencia
Founder of McSweeney’s Publishing & Award-Winning Author
Scott Ginsburg
826LA Representative
Managing Partner, Boulevard Partners
Amanda Gorman
Inaugural U.S. Youth Poet Laureate of the United States of America
Ronicka Harrison-Briscoe
826 New Orleans Representative
President, Legacy Inventive Solution for Schools
Ryan Landes
Partner, Quinn Emanuel, Los Angeles
Michael Masserman
Head of Global Policy & Social Impact, Lyft
Mary Kate Mullaney
826DC Representative
Senior Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Sesame Workshop
Kate O’Sullivan
General Manager, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft Corporation
Christian Rongavilla
826NYC Representative
Creative Director, Art Direction
He/Him
Jeff Shi
826 MSP Representative
Scientific Computing Consultant, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute at the University of Minnesota
Rachel Yeaman
826 Valencia Representative
Author for Children and Young Adults
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