Our Team
Leadership

Nada Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer
nahmed@eskolta.org

Jamel Adkins-Sharif
Director of Boston and Leadership Coaching
jadkins-sharif@eskolta.org

Benjamin Lorr
Director of DC and Partnership Expansion
blorr@eskolta.org

Johanny Mejia
Director of New York Network Coaching
jmejia@eskolta.org

Makila Meyers-Burgos
Director of Research, Policy and Network Strategy
mmeyers@eskolta.org

Tashaka Zeigler
Director of Operations and Organizational Strategy (Eskolta Compliance Officer)
tzeigler@eskolta.org
Staff

Sara Arcia
Operations Manager
sarcia@eskolta.org

Brittney Brown
Program Associate – Fellowships
bbrown@eskolta.org

Elana “E.M.” Eisen-Markowitz
School Research and Design Partner – Boston
eeisen-markowitz@eskolta.org

Salua Fawzi
Research and Evaluation Facilitator
sfawzi@eskolta.org

Jasmin Gomez
Executive Associate
jgomez@eskolta.org

Madeline Lam
Communications & Fund Development Associate
mlam@eskolta.org

Emily Levitt
Research and Evaluation Associate
elevitt@eskolta.org

Chandanie Orgias
Program Facilitator – NYC
corgias@eskolta.org

Ester Park-Cho
Partnership & Learning Facilitator, D.C.
epark@eskolta.org

Joshua Paverud
Research and Design Facilitator – NYC
jpaverud@eskolta.org

Fuschia Ray
Senior Learning, Knowledge, and Development Manager
fray@eskolta.org

Talia Sandwick
Senior School Research & Design Partner
tsandwick@eskolta.org

Ira Stillwell
Program Facilitator – Boston
istillwell@eskolta.org

Shenuque Tissera
Learning Engineer Associate
stissera@eskolta.org

Dana Yeary
Communications & Fund Development Manager
dyeary@eskolta.org
Consultants
Damian Bendersky
Web Development Consultant
Web and database development
Dr. Anna Brady
Research, Policy and Development Consultant
Research, Proposals, and Reports
Dr. Crystal Clarke
Race, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (REDI) Consultant
Community Learning Planning, Culture Projects, REDI Initiative and Systems Coaching/Strategy
Bloria Gordon
Education Design and Development Consultant
Ali Holstein
Research and Policy Consultant
School/District Contracts
Vivianne A. Njoku
Network Strategy Consultant
Network PLC, Community Learning, Network Events
Evin Orfila
Research and Policy Consultant
Strategy, Youth Advisory Board
Jennifer Ostrow
Chief Strategy Consultant
School/District Contracts and Partnership Expansions
Nadine O’Garro
School Partnership Consultant
School/District Contracts
Alicia Wolcott
Senior Research and Strategy Consultant
School/District Contracts and Partnership Expansions