Advisory Board

SPEND’s Advisory Board brings together former federal officials, academic researchers, policy organization leaders, state and district practitioners, and technologists to help guide our work to sustain and upgrade national education finance data.

Christopher Candelaria
Senior Researcher
Basis Policy Research
- Research
- Policy
Betty Chang
Managing Partner, Field Building
Education Resource Strategies
- Policy
- Practice
Stephen Provasnik
(Retired) Deputy Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics
- Federal
Rick Rodriguez
(Retired) Chief Operating Officer
Lubbock ISD, Lubbock, Texas
- Practice
Paymon Rouhanifard
Co-founder and CEO
Timely
Former Superintendent
Camden City Schools
- Technology
- Practice
Christopher Saldaña
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Research
Rebecca Sibilia
Executive Director
EdFund
Former Chief Financial Officer
Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Washington, DC
- Policy
- Practice
James “Lynn” Woodworth
Research Faculty
Institute for Governance & Civics, Florida State University
Former Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics
- Federal
- Research
Bridget Worley
Chief State Impact Officer
The Commit Partnership
Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff
Louisiana Department of Education
- Policy
- Practice