Stephanie Sowl, PhD
Program Officer
Stephanie Sowl, PhD, oversees a portfolio of grants focusing on increasing college persistence and completion for students from underserved backgrounds. Stephanie has recently completed her PhD in Higher Education from Iowa State University and her dissertation explored how college access and enrollment were spatialized across the United States and the role community context played in creating college-going cultures in rural areas. She has worked in higher education for more than a decade in areas such as academic advising, retention coordination, data management under a federal research grant, and college access and success programming.
Stephanie holds an MEd in Higher Education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and BAs in mathematics, accounting, and business management from Blackburn College.
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Jacob Fraire
President
Lynn Alvarez
Vice President, Programs and Strategy
Amber Angel
Program Officer
Sarah Belnick
Senior Program Director
Danielle Carrillo
Grants Manager
Jessica Diep
Manager, Grants Administration
Bryan Fahrbach
Program and Evaluation Associate
Anna Fontus
Program Officer
Stephen J. Handel, PhD
Senior Program Officer, Special Opportunities
Jessica Haselton
Director, Education Innovation Ventures
Paula Kashtan
Program Officer
Ali Miller
Learning and Evaluation Officer
Loraine Park
Director, Learning and Evaluation
Jonathan T. Reid
Program Officer
Joanna Rosenthal
Communications Director
Ireri Rivas Mier y Teran
Program Officer
Saúl Valdez
Senior Program Officer
Megan Wery
Senior Associate, Education Innovation Ventures
Jennifer Zeisler
Senior Program Director