The Churn

Jessica Cardichon, who previously served as special assistant to the president for education on the Domestic Policy Council during the Biden administration, rejoined the Learning Policy Institute as chief of strategic impact in March 2025.

Lupita Cortez Alcalá, previously the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction at the California Department of Education, is the incoming executive director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) at Stanford University.

Brad Wolverton, founder of Wolverton Media Solutions and former senior director of content at HubSpot, has been named editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Carol Rava, former vice president of operations & external affairs at Postsecondary Commission, is the new vice president of education grantmaking at Ascendium Education Group.

Sarah J. Johnson, current chief executive officer of Teaching Lab, will become the new president and chief executive officer of Relay Graduate School of Education as the two organizations merge.

Dr. Janice K. Jackson, former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, has been named the new executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Education & Society Program.

Natasha Trivers, former chief executive officer of Democracy Prep Public Schools, is now the executive director at the Broad Center at the Yale School of Management.

Meilan Akaka Manfre, coach and former managing director at Teach For America Hawai‘i, now serves as the organization’s executive director.