Type: Staff

Shayna Strom is the president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She has decades of experience bridging nonprofits, government, philanthropy, and academia, and a deep commitment to fostering economic growth by addressing inequality. Previously, Strom served as the chief deputy national political director at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she helped […]

Jessica Presher is the senior director of finance, HR, and operations at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She is responsible for ensuring that Equitable Growth has the internal systems and infrastructure in place to support its teams and enable the organization to meet its mission. Presher has spent more than a decade in nonprofit […]

Elena Waskey is the senior director of communications and marketing at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she served as an account director at Crosscut Strategies, a strategic communications firm, where she advised nonprofits and startups on how to grow their brand and increase their influence. Before that, Waskey led […]

Gina Salerno is the director of development at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She/they are a development professional with more than 15 years of experience in fundraising from government, corporate, and foundation sources. During their career, they have raised more than $75 million for programs working on entrepreneurship, women’s health, education, and climate change […]

Colleen Harwood is the senior manager of grant operations at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She is responsible for the management and administration of the grant program and the Dissertation Scholars program. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she was a program analyst for the Pro Bono Innovation Fund and Disaster Grants Program at the […]

Korin Davis is the Academic Programs Director at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She oversees the Grant program, the Junior Fellow program, the Working Paper series, the Seminar series, and Equitable Growth’s engagement at academic conferences. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she was a Project Manager in the Governance Studies Program at The Brookings […]

Christian Edlagan is the associate director of academic engagement at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He is responsible for helping Equitable Growth broaden and strengthen its academic network, identifying opportunities and tools to close the gap between academics and policymakers so that research is informative and actionable, and developing and stewarding relationships with Equitable […]

Farmata Fall is the associate director of finance at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Originally from Nouakchott, Mauritania, she came to the United States to learn English at Georgetown University. From there, she transferred to the University of the West in California, where she received her bachelor’s in business administration-accounting and graduated as the […]

Shanteal Lake is the senior manager of events and external engagement at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she managed a variety of work streams and policy portfolios focused on eliminating inequities in education with clients such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Collaborative for Student Success, and the Smarter […]

Kimberly De Guzman is the senior digital marketing associate at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, Kimberly spent time teaching English in South Korea. De Guzman also worked as a digital editor for a Chicago news startup and managed social media for Education Post, an education policy nonprofit. She received […]