Our Team

Each staff member’s biography includes bonus facts about our past schooling experiences and what inspired us to join the educational choice movement.

Leadership

Robert C. Enlow

President and CEO

Paul DiPerna

Vice President of Research and Innovation

Carey Folco

Vice President of Operations

Leslie Hiner

Vice President of Legal Affairs, Director of Legal Defense & Education Center

Steve Holwerda

Vice President of Development

Keri Hunter

Vice President of Training and Outreach

Brian McGrath

Vice President of External Relations 

Jennifer Wagner

Vice President of Communications

Jason Bedrick

Director of Policy

Sarah Bosso

Training and Outreach Manager

Katie Brooks

Marketing Director

Drew Catt

Director of State Research and Special Projects

Michael Davey

Graphic Designer

Emory Edwards

Senior Outreach Director

Lauren Hodge

Senior Director of State Relations

Mandy Kett

Office Manager

John Kristof

Research Analyst

Martin Lueken

Director of Fiscal Research & Education Center

Michael McShane

Director of National Research

Alexis Price

Senior Marketing Associate

Michelle Stephens

Controller

Jacob Vinson

Art Director

Veronica Wilson

Director of Development

Jordan Zakery

State Relations Director

EdChoice Fellows

Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D., EdChoice Fellow

Director, Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Fellow in Education, The Heritage Foundation

Angela Dills, Ph.D., EdChoice Fellow

Distinguished Professor, Western Carolina University

Greg Forster, Ph.D., Friedman Fellow

Matthew Ladner, Ph.D., EdChoice Fellow

Senior Research Fellow, Charles Koch Institute

John Merrifield, Ph.D., EdChoice Fellow

Professor of Economics, University of Texas San Antonio

Kathaleena Edward Monds, Ph.D., EdChoice Fellow

Professor of Management Information Systems, Albany State University

Michael Podgursky, Ph.D., Friedman Fellow

Professor of Economics, University of Missouri – Columbia

Benjamin Scafidi, Ph.D., Friedman Fellow

Professor of Economics and Director, Education Economics Center, Kennesaw State University

James V. Shuls, Ph.D., EdChoice Fellow

Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director, University of Missouri

Board Members

Fred Klipsch Chairman

J. Scott Enright Secretary & Vice Chairman

Devin Anderson Treasurer

Robert C. Enlow

President and CEO

Dr. David D. Friedman

William J. Hume

Fred Reams

Virginia Walden Ford

Dr. Michael Walker

Founding Directors

Milton Friedman

Founder

Rose D. Friedman

Co-founder

Gordon St. Angelo

Founding President & CEO

Charles H. Brunie

Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.

Samuel Husbands

Janet Friedman Martel

John Mutz

Lawrence A. O’Connor, Jr.

Howard Rich

J. Patrick Rooney