Phomdaen Souvanna is a senior researcher at AIR. She has over 10 years of experience conducting research and evaluations of social programs using experimental, non-experimental, and descriptive methods. Dr. Souvanna has content expertise in workforce development policies and programs, including career pathways, reemployment services, and job training for low-income adults ...
Jonathan Margolin is a principal researcher in the Human Services program at AIR. His primary responsibilities involve managing evaluations of K–12 education programs and systems related to K-16 STEM education, educational technology implementation, and civics. He has extensive experience with evaluating educational interventions in STEM programs, including educational simulations, apps ...
Rachel Shapiro is a senior researcher at AIR. Shapiro has experience conducting qualitative and mixed-methods research focusing on a range of health care delivery and payment reforms that aim to achieve better quality of care, improve population health, and lower costs of care. Her experience covers a range of policy ...
Gretchen Sullivan is a senior technical assistance consultant in the Workforce Program Area at AIR. She has over 20 years of experience in the public workforce development system, spanning work at the federal, state, and regional/local levels. In her role at AIR, she works closely with state and regional/local clients, ...
Cecilia Xuning Zhang is an interdisciplinary researcher with years of mixed-methods research experience and a wide breadth of content knowledge in the areas of Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Technology-Based Learning Supports. She has rich technical expertise in collecting and analyzing extant data to inform enrollment trends and population estimates, leading user ...
Amanda Latimore is a social epidemiologist and the Director of AIR's Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES). AIR CARES’s multidisciplinary team conducts research, delivers education and technical assistance, engages communities, and translates research into action with the goal of preventing addiction and addressing the needs of those ...
Jessica Heppen, a nationally recognized expert in education research, policy, and practice, is the president & CEO of AIR. Dr. Heppen been with AIR for 20 years and, in that time, has held several key roles during her tenure.
Siobhan Mills De La Rosa is a senior researcher at AIR. She is passionate about using evaluation and data analytics to identify and replicate strategies that strengthen the workforce system. She brings over a decade of experience designing and implementing experimental, implementation, and cost studies of job training, income security, ...
Scott Davis is a principal economist at AIR. He is a labor economist with over 16 years of experience designing and implementing research and evaluation projects for a variety of clients, including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. Department of Education (ED), state and local workforce agencies, community ...
Stephanie Cronen is a managing researcher at AIR. Dr. Cronen’s work during the past 20+ years has focused largely on managing and conducting large-scale research studies, including survey research, experimental studies, and mixed-methods studies in adult education, professional development, and workforce preparation. ...