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Our Team

GOVERNING BOARD ADVISORY BOARD

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. In this capacity she leads product-related business development and partnerships for iCivics. An... 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 >>

Julie Silverbrook

Senior Director of Growth Initiatives

Julie Silverbrook served as Executive Director of The Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource) in Washington, DC, from 2012-2020. She regularly writes and lectures on the United States Con... 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

Director of Social Engagement

Amber Coleman-Mortley is the Director of Social Engagement at iCivics. Her responsibilities include recruiting teacher influencers; elevating diverse voices and perspectives within the civic... READ MORE >>

Dave Buchanan

Director of Massachusetts Programs

Dave Buchanan joins iCivics as the Director of Massachusetts Programs. After 18 years at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, most recently as the Assistant Di... READ MORE >>

Aileen McQuillen

Senior Marketing Manager

Aileen graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 2013 with a love for leveraging digital marketing to tell impactful stories and to drive meaningful actions.  She ... 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 >>

Lora De Salvo

Curriculum Associate

Lora joins iCivics as a Curriculum Associate after 16 years teaching U.S. History and U.S. Government courses at the two-year college and high school levels.  Being an advocate for students... READ MORE >>

Gabriel Neher

Senior Development Manager

Gabriel joined iCivics in August 2015. Gabriel oversees much of iCivics’ institutional fundraising, with a focus on foundation relationships. He serves as principal grant writer, and manag... READ MORE >>

Lyubo Dopchev

Software Engineer

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

Manager, CivXNow Projects

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. She also se... 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 >>

Molly Launceford

Curriculum Assistant

Molly joined iCivics in 2019 as a Curriculum Assistant. She supports curriculum planning and development, responds to support requests, and represents iCivics at conferences and trainings. M... READ MORE >>

Kate Flanagan

Executive Assistant

Kate joins iCivics as the Executive Assistant. As such, she supports the Executive Director and Board of Directors while also maintaining the daily operations of the office. Prior to joining... READ MORE >>

OUR GOVERNING BOARD

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

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

Mary Henry

Partner and Managing Director (retired) Goldman Sachs

Tom Lue

General Counsel, DeepMind

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

Community Advocate

Pritesh Shah

Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Kathleen Smalley

of Counsel, Foley & Lardner, LLP

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

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

David Carter

Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Chris Cerf

Superintendent, Newark Public Schools

Jeff Curley

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

Jeffrey D. Dunn

President and Chief Executive Officer, Sesame Workshop

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