The Churn

Joshua Starr, former chief executive officer of PDK International and superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, is joining the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) as chief executive officer.

Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, chief knowledge officer at CASEL, has been appointed chair of the organization’s board of directors.

Ángel Cabrera, current president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected to serve as The Aspen Institute’s next president and chief executive officer.

Dr. Kristen McQuillan, former chief program officer at StandardsWork, is now executive director of Knowledge Matters.

Amy Yamashiro, previously director of school community and improvement programs, has transitioned to director of division of efficiency, data quality, and special projects in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education.

Shakira Petit, former chief executive officer of SLP Consultants LLC, is now executive director of Educators for Excellence’s New York chapter.

Dan Goldhaber has stepped down from the position of managing director of the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at the American Institutes of Research.

Jen Bluestein, former senior director of policy and advocacy at Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, has joined SKDK as a principal.

Jonathan Travers, president of Education Resource Strategies, will transition to the role of chief executive officer in July.