Sudie Whalen is a senior technical assistance consultant with AIR working primarily on the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) out of the Sacramento office serving as Online Course Coordinator. She also works on other professional development projects specific to adult education and professional learning communities. Specifically, she is ...
Christina Herzog is a principal TA consultant. Prior to joining AIR, she served as a consultant, coach and project manager for technical assistance projects under contracts with federal and state agencies at Maher & Maher. Herzog’s expertise lies in developing national, state, and regional technical assistance that effectively blend in-person and ...
Christal Ramos is a managing director in the health division. She has over 16 years of experience implementing and studying policies and interventions to improve health equity, particularly for people with Medicaid or who are uninsured, and for communities of color. She is experienced in leading mixed-methods research, evaluation and ...
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 ...
Katie Rich is a senior researcher at AIR. She leads and supports a variety of projects related to mathematics and computer science education. She is currently serving as a coaching and technical assistance lead for the Engagement and Achievement through Computational Thinking (ENACT) partnership within the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, ...
Ann-Marie Akiwumi is a principal data scientist in the Health program at AIR. She has over 13 years of experience conducting focused analytic studies and advanced analytics using a variety of large disparate data including Medicare and Medicaid administrative, Marketplace, health equity, and social determinants of health (SDOH) data. As ...
Johannes M. (Hans) Bos is a senior vice president and Institute Fellow at AIR. Dr. Bos is a nationally recognized expert in the conduct of randomized control trials in education and other areas of social policy research. Since 1992 he has conducted numerous evaluations and policy studies in education, child ...
Mai Hubbard is a vice president at AIR and leads the Health Payer Innovation, Transformation and Support program area. Dr. Hubbard is a health economist whose primary expertise is in implementing policies aimed at improving the U.S. health care system by transforming value-based care delivery and payment models.
Dr. Hubbard has ...
Gina Wells is a senior TA consultant in the Workforce program at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include serving as a senior advisor, subject matter expert, and director on projects related to the expansion of the U.S. Registered Apprenticeship system. She also supports states in their efforts to increase equity in ...
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.