The Churn

Melissa Reynolds, former program officer at the Walton Family Foundation, is now senior director, policy and program at PIE Network.

Bailey Cato Czupryk, former chief program officer at Gradient Learning, has joined Leading Educators as chief research and design officer.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, former dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute, will be the next dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, succeeding Daniel L. Schwartz.

Elysa Cash, former senior policy associate at EducationCounsel, is now senior K-12 education policy advisor at Third Way.

Laura Meckler, national education writer at the Washington Post, is moving to the paper’s new Political Enterprise team. The education team at the Post now includes Lauren Lumpkin, Todd Wallack, Susan Svrluga, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel.

Allan Golston has stepped down as president of the U.S. Program at the Gates Foundation. Patrick Methvin will become interim president.

Karega Rausch, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, was chosen as the first executive director for the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation.

Sonja Santelises, previously chief education officer of Baltimore City Public Schools, will join The Council on Foreign Relations as vice president, senior fellow, and director of the Richard Haass Center for Education.