OUR TEAM

Collaborating and problem-solving together.

  • Jack Elsey

    Founding Partner & CEO

  • Becca Tisdale

    Partner & VP of Programs

  • Kati Meader

    Director of Finance & Operations

  • Barbara Thompson

    Director of Programs

  • Adrian Monge

    Director of Programs

Board of Directors

Ben Jackson
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Detroit Public Schools Community District

Jason Cooper
Wealth Trust Advisor, US Bank

Nick Paradiso
President, Paradiso Consulting

Kristen Howard, Esq.
Senior Director, Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, University of Michigan Medicine

Lou Glazer
President, Michigan Future, Inc.

Dana Williams
President, Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation

Jack Elsey
Founder & CEO, Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative

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As an adaptive organization, we play the roles necessary to foster innovation and long-term, systematic capacity-building in the educator talent space. This enables our team to capture insights and learnings to share with systems leaders, policymakers, parents, and community leaders.