The Churn

James Kvaal, former under secretary of education for the U.S. Department of Education, was appointed as vice president of the  National Program at Carnegie Corporation of New York, effective December 8, 2025.

Ramón Carranza Jr., former director of legislative affairs in higher education at the U.S. Department of Education, is now vice president of federal policy at Teach Plus.

Rebecca Greenberg-Ellis, previously chief growth officer at Reading Partners, is now founding executive director in Connecticut at The Mind Trust.

Rachel Evans, former chief revenue & development officer at Teach For America, will join National Public Radio as chief development officer on November 17th.

Leslie Torres-Rodrigues, former superintendent and CEO of Hartford Public Schools, has joined Education Resource Strategies‘ Board of Directors.

Vanessa Steinhoff, former communications officer at Walton Family Foundation, is now managing director of communications and public affairs at Teach For America.

Elyse Shaw, former director of policy and programs at the U.S. Department of Labor, is now director of education, labor and worker justice at the Center for Law and Social Policy.

Paul Johansen, former chief product and technology officer at Pathful Inc., is now chief product officer at BrainPOP.