Pooja Reddy Nakamura has experience overseeing a portfolio of projects on foundational learning in over 20 countries. She focuses on understanding how early literacy is acquired in complex, multilingual contexts.
In 2014, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal launched the High Demand Career Initiative (HDCI) to hear directly from businesses about their training and workforce development needs. With HDCI funding support, WorkSource Georgia Mountains partnered with Maher & Maher (now part of AIR) in November 2017 to help the region develop and ...
AIR has supported the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's (the Foundation) Talent Pipeline Management (TPM)® Initiative through a variety of projects and leadership engagements since 2019, including serving as faculty for TPM Academies across the U.S. AIR experts have served in TPM faculty and TPM fellow roles, facilitating and conducting ...
Elizabeth Adams is an expert in quantitative research design, including quasi‑experimental and causal inference methods, and in the development and validation of measures related to student learning, engagement, and well-being across K–12 and postsecondary educational contexts. She conducts applied research and evaluation with a focus on interventions that promote students’ ...
Sesame Street in Communities is a program that combines training and resources to equip Communities In Schools (CIS) site coordinators working in schools and classrooms to develop children’s social and emotional skills and resilience. Sesame Workshop, CIS, and AIR have partnered on an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) early-phase project ...
Christal Ramos is an expert in health policy and mixed methods research. She has over 20 years of experience implementing and evaluating federal policies affecting health care delivery. An experienced project director, Dr. Ramos has led implementation evaluation and technical assistance contracts and tasks for the Centers for Medicare & ...
With support from the AIR Opportunity Fund, AIR’s PROMISE Center is partnering with Year Up to expand its nationwide program to develop essential career readiness and business skills, build foundational technical capabilities, and complete an immersive, work-based learning experience with a leading employer partner. In this Q&A, Christina Curnow, managing ...
The AIR Opportunity Fund works to build relationships that inform and extend the reach and impact of our work. Through engagement and communication activities, we invite dialogue, encourage action, and develop relationships to forge meaningful paths forward.
At the the AIR Opportunity Fund, we believe the best ideas emerge when people with different perspectives, experiences, and expertise work together. By fostering leadership, supporting innovative research, and collaborating with partners who bring fresh insights, we strengthen research and technical assistance, develop new frameworks, and expand professional pathways. ...
The AIR Opportunity Fund awards grants to support to support youth and community leadership in defining public safety; positively impact the relationship between law enforcement and communities; and build the evidence base for public safety redesign and transformation.
