The NCWIT staff, based in Boulder, Colorado, provides the backbone for our national operations. In-house administrative, communications, outreach, and social science positions work with dedicated consultants providing legal, research, and evaluative guidance.

Catherine Ashcraft
Senior Research Scientist

Lecia Barker
Senior Research Scientist

Adriane Bradberry
Communications Developer

Joanne M. Cohoon
Senior Research Scientist

Wendy DuBow
Research Associate

Baat Enosh
Entrepreneurial Alliance Program Manager

Catherine Ertz
Senior Operations Director

John Leslie Ezell
Academic Alliance Program Manager

Ruthe Farmer
Director of Strategic Initiatives

Malia Hamilton
Administrative Assistant

Stephanie Hamilton
Program Manager

Kim Kalahar
Program Manager

Jane Krauss
Curriculum Consultant

Michele Leonard
External Relations Coordinator

Jill Ross
Director, NCWIT Workforce Alliance and Pacesetters Program

Jenny Slade
Communications Director

Leisa Thompson
Director of Research and Consulting, NCWIT Extension Services (ES)

Suzanne Gage Brainard, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Development

Kay Cioffi
President and Founder, Sequitor Partners, LLC

Patricia Lenkov
President, Agility Executive Search LLC

Elizabeth Litzler
Director for Research, Center for Workforce Development

Priti N. Mody
Director of New & International Initiatives at the Center for Workforce Development

Laura Medina
Chief Legal Counsel

Jenny Roberts
Legal Counsel

Trish Rogers
Chief Legal Counsel

Paula Stern
Policy and Media Consultant