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Our Team

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Louise Dubé

Executive Director

Louise joined iCivics as its Executive Director in July 2014.   Louise discovered the power of education in the early 1990’s as a co-founder of CASES, a New York alternative-to-incarcerat... READ MORE >>

Sue Meehan

Chief Operating and Financial Officer

Sue joined iCivics as Chief Operating and Financial Officer in 2015.    Sue specializes in helping entrepreneurial, early stage organizations successfully grow.  She has more than 20 year... READ MORE >>

Kelly Leahy Whitney

Chief Product and Partnerships Officer

Dr. Kelly Leahy Whitney joined iCivics in 2015 as our Chief Product and Partnerships Officer. A unique professional bridging research, development, and production in educational media and e... READ MORE >>

Emma Humphries

Chief Education Officer

Dr. Emma Humphries joined iCivics as Chief Education Officer in February 2016. Emma began her career in education as a classroom teacher in north Florida where she taught all levels of Ameri... READ MORE >>

Molly Morrison

Chief Development Officer

After graduating with a Political Science degree from Trinity Washington University and four years of national leadership for a variety of causes and campaigns in Washington, DC, Molly bega... READ MORE >>

Carrie Ray-Hill

Director of Digital Learning

Carrie oversees the conceptualization and development of iCivics’ educational resources, with a particular concern for teacher usability. She is responsible for maintaining a consistent fo... READ MORE >>

Matt Osber

Director of Technology

Matt joined iCivics as the Director of Technology in March, 2018. Matt has spent most of his career as a team leader developing educational technology.  Some product highlights are: Term Pa... READ MORE >>

Amber Coleman-Mortley

Senior Digital Media Manager

Amber serves the iCivics community as the Digital Media Manager, where she supports our community in all digital aspects of iCivics.org. Her responsibilities include advocating teacher needs... READ MORE >>

Dave Buchanan

Director of Field Analysis and Research

Dave Buchanan joins iCivics as the Director of Field Analysis and Research. After 18 years at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, most recently as the Assista... READ MORE >>

Taylor Davis

Senior Curriculum Developer

Taylor joined iCivics in 2017 in the position of Curriculum Associate.  She supports iCivics through curriculum and outreach efforts.  She also responds to support requests from iCivics ... READ MORE >>

Christina Wiley

Curriculum Associate

Christina’s love of civics traces back to 7th grade, when she joined the YMCA’s model government program. After nearly a decade of involvement as a participant and volunteer, Christina j... READ MORE >>

Gabriel Neher

Development Associate/Grant Writer

Joining the team as Development Associate in August 2015, Gabriel serves as a grant writer and supports iCivics’ numerous development efforts. He is responsible for tracking donor activity... READ MORE >>

Lyubo Dopchev

Web Developer

As a software engineer Lyubo helps with maintaining the website. He holds a bachelors in English and a certificate in Object Oriented Programming and Design. In his spare time he does roboti... READ MORE >>

Patricia Leslie-Brown

Executive Assistant

Patricia is part of the iCivics management team, oversees office operations, and supports the Executive Director and Board of Directors as the organization's Executive Assistant. Prior to jo... READ MORE >>

Kristen Chapron

ELL Project Lead

¡Hola! After participating in a study abroad program in Madrid, Spain, Kristen developed a passion for the Spanish language and culture (not to mention café con leche). Her time overseas i... READ MORE >>

OUR GOVERNING BOARD

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Chair Emeritus & iCivics Founder, U.S. Supreme Court (Retired)

Brendan Cullen

Principal, Cause First Consulting

Tom Lue

Senior Counsel, Google Advanced Technology and Projects

Laird M Malamed

Head of CORE Ops and GM Seattle, Oculus

Wendy May

Partner, Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP

Jay O’Connor

Managing Partner, Silver Tree Associates

Arnold B. Peinado, III

Senior Partner (retired) Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Ann M. Ravel

Professor, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

Lindsay Reimers

Founding Partner, SVP Connecticut

Pritesh Shah

Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Kathleen Smalley

Partner, Locke Lord LLP

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Abigail B. Taylor

Assistant Attorney General, Child and Youth Protection Unit, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

Paul Baumann

Director, National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement

Jocelyn Benson

Chief Executive Officer, The Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE)

Rebecca Burgess

Program Manager, Program on American Citizenship, AEI

Chris Cerf

Superintendent, Newark Public Schools

Jeff Curley

iCivics Co-Founder; Doctoral Candidate in Education Leadership, Harvard University

Richard Fishman

Venture Capital and Senior Counselor, Ashoka

Alan Gershenfeld

Co-Founder & President, E-Line Media

Erhardt Graeff

Assistant Professor of Social and Computer Science, Olin College of Engineering

Hon. Lee H. Hamilton

Director, Center on Congress, Indiana University

Michelle Herczog

Consultant III, History-Social Science Los Angeles County Office of Education

Diana Hess

Dean, School of Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Barry Joseph

Associate Director for Digital Learning, American Museum of Natural History

Joseph Kahne

Professor and Dutton Presidential Chair, The University of California, Riverside

Eric Klopfer

Professor and Director, MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program; Director, MIT Education Arcade

Michael Levine

Founding Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Peter Levine

Associate Dean for Research and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University

Ted McConnell

Executive Director, Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools

Paul Mihailidis

Associate Professor, School of Communication, Emerson College Principle Investigator & Co-Director, Engagement Lab

Julie O'Sullivan

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Eloise Pasachoff

Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University

John Richards

President, Consulting Services for Education, Inc.

Valerie Shute

Professor, College of Education, Florida State University

Benjamin Stokes

Assistant Professor, American University School of Communication