Staff
The Commit Partnership is supported by a dedicated backbone staff of over 50 professionals, each a strong believer in the need to lift all voices within our community to reach our goals.
We believe talent is distributed equally but opportunity is not. Our team is dedicated to ending such inequity by supporting each of our 200-plus partners to collectively create significant economic mobility for every student in North Texas through equitable access to quality education.
More than 40 percent of our team is former teachers, campus principals, and school district and higher education leaders. We also include professionals with strong backgrounds in analytics, communications, and advocacy. We hire each one by one, always mindful of alignment with our core values and commitment to the transformational power of education.
Executive Leadership
Commit's Executive Leadership includes our chiefs and the managing directors of each team. They strive to not only lead with integrity but cultivate leadership in all employees.
Kate Greer
Managing Director, Policy & State Coalition
Chelsea Jeffery
Chief Regional Officer, EC–12
Abby Mayer
Managing Director, Philanthropic Investments
Kris Oliver
Chief Operating Officer
Sile Robinson
Managing Director, Middle Grades Initiative
Amber Shields
Managing Director, Early Matters Dallas
Miguel Solis
Chief of Staff
Jeannie Stone
Superintendent-In-Residence
Dash Weerasinghe
Managing Director, Analytics & Insights
Todd Williams
Chairman & CEO
Bridget Worley
Chief State Impact Officer
Analytics and Insights
The Analytics and Insights team works to drive student-centered decision making through actionable data and analysis.
Gennie Mae Balanon
Associate, Analytics & Insights
Leah Ballard
Director, Analytics & Insights
Kristen Davis
Manager, Analytics
Cesar Flores
Associate, Analytics & Insights
Ben Higgins
Director, Analytics & Insights
Joseph Mohr
Associate, Analytics & Insights
Sofia Muñoz
Associate, Analytics & Insights
David Rardon
Director, Analytics & Insights
Jacqueline Romero
Manager, Analytics & Insights
Communications
The Communications team builds public awareness and influences key stakeholders to drive systemic transformation of resource allocation aligned to living wage attainment.
Gene Davis
Communications Director, Strategic Relationships
Joshua Edwards
Associate, Communications
Joshua Kumler
Senior Manager, Communications
Adrien Palmer
Manager, Communications
Dallas County Promise
The Dallas County Promise is more than a last-dollar scholarship. Its team collaborates with high schools and colleges to promote college enrollment, persistence, and completion for thousands of young people each year.
London Durham
Continuous Improvement Manager, Dallas County Promise
Phillip Fabian
Senior Director, College Readiness & Success
Karla Garcia
Manager, Dallas County Promise
Travis Hill
Director, Dallas County Promise
Early Childhood - 12
The Early Childhood - 12 team works to improve our local education pipeline at a number of critical academic milestones: increasing pre-k enrollment, growing third grade reading achievement, expanding access to advanced math pathways in middle grades, and enhancing recruitment and retention of effective educators.
Devron Armstrong
Manager, Early Matters Dallas
Allison Braley
Manager, Early Matters Dallas
Paige Darstein
EC-12 Impact Associate
Chelsea Valdez
Director, Educator Effectiveness
Operations
Commit aims to reflect its equitable vision for education in its own internal operations, ensuring finances are well-managed and employees and partners are treated with care and respect.
Ashley Barco
Manager, Finance
Kristin Boyle
Associate, Operations
Briana Carter
Director, Finance
Sheena Fite
HR Generalist
Nicole Peña
Manager, Operations
Klarisa Perry
Executive Assistant, Operations
Donisha Santiago-Anderson
Director, Human Resources
Philanthropic Investments
Philanthropic Investments is a best-in-class fundraising team, not only securing sustainable revenue but building and maintaining trust across individual and institutional investors.
David Hatteberg
Manager, Philanthropic Investments
Trey Hoobler
Director, Philanthropic Investments
Ryanne Legrand
Director, Philanthropic Investments
Annette Nwabeke
Manager, Philanthropic Investments
Mark Sieckman
Manager, Philanthropic Investments
Nicole Wilson
Manager, Philanthropic Investments
Policy / State Coalition
The Policy / State Coalition team works to ensure education policy in Texas is students-first and data-driven, not only in its intent but in its implementation.
Lilac Ding
Associate, Postsecondary Education Policy
Kate Hoffman
Manager, Policy & State Coalition
Karla Lainez
Associate, Cross Coalition
Strategic Initiatives
Strategic Initiatives is the research and development arm of the organization, working to ensure internal systems are efficient and identifying new ways to apply our internal strengths to solve problems facing young people in Dallas County and Texas.
Turner LaBrie
Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Whit Payne
Associate, Strategic Initiatives
Chris Walters
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Texas College Bridge
Texas College Bridge provides online coursework to Texas high schoolers that maximizes college readiness and reduces the need for remediation.