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Meet Our Staff

Senior Managing Director, Strategy & Program Impact

Alexa Brunton Crew

Rhode Island

14

Alexa started her career in education as a teacher in Providence Public Schools.

Director, Development & Communications

Katie Ballah

Rhode Island

18

Katie pivoted from her career in communications and fundraising to enter the classroom as a Teach For America Rhode Island corps member in 2018.

MANAGER, TEACHER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Jenna Cote Fitzhugh

Rhode Island

17

Jenna is a Rhode Island native who began her journey with Teach For America in 2017 as a corps member. She taught at her placement school for four years as a special education teacher. She joined staff in the fall of 2021.

MANAGER, TEACHER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Mike Northup

Rhode Island

10

A member of the 2010 RI Corps, Mike taught in Providence for several years, before transitioning onto staff as a Manager, Teacher Leadership Development.

Manager, Team Operations & Network Engagement

Christian Collins

Rhode Island

18

Originally from Southern California, Christian was a 2018 Rhode Island corps member, where he taught middle school English to multilingual learners.

VP, NEW ENGLAND DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE

Elizabeth Hastie

Massachusetts

10

Izzy was a 2010 Massachusetts corps member where she taught middle school science and reading in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Manager, Data & Storytelling

Allegra Bradley

Allegra joined Teach For America in 2021 on the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Development team. Although Allegra was born in Oregon, New England has been their home for the last nine years.

Director, Partnership & Network Innovation

De Andre Woods-Walker

Greater Tulsa

De Andre, a native of Brooklyn, NY, joined Teach For America Rhode Island in January 2021. He leads our partnerships work, onboarding and matriculation, and hiring and placement.

Meet Our Advisory Board

School Empowerment Network

Cameron Berube

The Washington Trust Company

Laurel Bowerman

Blue Ridge Partners Consulting

Spencer Dickinson

Mavenly Consultants

Elaine Dickson

Board Chair

Locke Lord LLP

Christopher Graham

Bank of America

Tony Hitchman

Vice Chair

Morgan Stanley

Dan Lima

Rhode Island

14

Bain & Company

Drew Madden

Rhode Island

10

Education Advocate

Kara Milner

Insulet Corporation

Angela Wiczek