Staff
Samantha Anderson
Improvement Coach
Samantha Anderson serves the CORE Districts as an Improvement Coach supporting school districts in equity-based reform initiatives...View Profile
Noah Bookman
Chief Strategy Officer
Noah Bookman is the Chief Strategy Officer of CORE Districts. In his role, Noah leads CORE’s strategic initiatives, including CORE’s...View Profile
Dave Calhoun
Senior Associate
Dave Calhoun retired in 2017 from his position as the Executive Director of Research, Evaluation and Assessment (REA) for...View Profile
Atiyyah Edwards
Program Manager
Atiyyah Edwards currently serves as Program Manager for CORE Districts, based in Sacramento, CA. Prior to joining CORE, she worked...View Profile
Juli Coleman
Deputy Chief of Improvement
Juli Coleman has worked in public education for 27 years, which has spanned across K-12, regular and special education. She began...
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Sonum Dixit
Program Associate
Sonum Dixit is one of the Program Associates at CORE. Before CORE, she worked at OCA-Greater Los Angeles (OCA-GLA) and...View Profile
Brandon Giles
Program Manager
Brandon is the program manager for CORE’s improvement communities and CORE capability building programs. Prior to joining CORE...View Profile
Marissa Kalu-Thompson
Senior Improvement Coach
As I start my new role as a Senior Improvement Coach for the North Bay region, I am thrilled to be a part of the CORE Districts Improvement Family! I have been coaching...View Profile
Doug Kriedeman
Senior Improvement Coach
Doug is a coach for site and district improvement teams in Southern California. Most recently Doug served as...View Profile
Morgan Matthews
Program Specialist
Morgan is the program specialist for the CORE Districts. Most recently Morgan served as an education policy analyst in San Francisco USD. In San Francisco she...View Profile
Amanda Meyer
Director of Improvement
Amanda Meyer serves the CORE districts as Director of Improvement, supporting educators in their efforts to solve important problems...View Profile
Rick Miller
Executive Director
Rick Miller serves as the Executive Director of the CORE districts. Prior to joining CORE, Miller was the Deputy State Superintendent for P-16...View Profile
David Montes de Oca
Deputy Chief of Improvement
David Montes de Oca has been working in education for twenty-five years, beginning as a teaching assistant, a teacher in Los Angeles...View Profile
Michelle Steagall
Chief Academic Officer
As the CORE Chief Academic Officer, Michelle Steagall is responsible for bridging the work to support the implementation of Common...View Profile
Whitney Stormberg
Program Associate
Whitney Stormberg serves as a Program Associate for CORE Districts. Primarily serving as the assistant to CORE’s Executive Director...View Profile
Julie White
Director of External Relations
Julie White joined the CORE Districts as director of external relations in July 2016. White serves as the organization’s primary spokesperson...View Profile