The NCWIT staff, based in Boulder, Colorado, provides the backbone for our national operations. In-house administrative, communications, outreach, and social science positions work with dedicated consultants providing legal, research, and evaluative guidance.

Catherine Ashcraft
Senior Research Scientist

Lecia Barker
Senior Research Scientist

Adriane Bradberry
Communications Developer

Joanne M. Cohoon
Senior Research Scientist

Catherine Ertz
Senior Operations Director

Malia Hamilton
Administrative Assistant

Stephanie Hamilton
Program Manager

Kim Kalahar
Program Manager

Michele Leonard
External Relations Coordinator

Jenny Slade
Communications Director

John Ezell
Academic Alliance Project Manager

Ginger Makela
Volunteer Web Strategist

Paula Stern
Policy and Media Consultant

Suzanne Gage Brainard, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Development

Kay Cioffi
President and Founder, Texzen Partners, LLC

Patricia Lenkov
President, Agility Executive Search LLC

Elizabeth Litzler
Director for Research, Center for Workforce Development

Priti N. Mody
Director of New & International Initiatives at the Center for Workforce Development

Laura Medina
Co-Chief Legal Counsel

Roni Melamed
Legal Counsel

Trish Rogers
Chief Legal Counsel