Kathryn Jo Mannes is a senior advisor at JFF. She identifies educational and employment needs and creates solutions for impact and scale. As a dot connector, she builds and promotes partnerships to reimagine equitable opportunities…
Tabitha Manross is chief of staff at JFFLabs. She partners with the unit’s leadership to develop and drive strategic initiatives that foster innovative solutions in education and workforce systems. Her skills and areas of expertise…
Tyra Mariani is the founder and principal of UP Advisors LLC, a firm that provides coaching and strategic advising services to help clients create results for themselves and their teams. Throughout her 25 years working…
Gopika Mavalankar is a senior manager on the Strategic Engagements team at JFF. Her work includes spearheading cross-organizational initiatives at national convenings like ASU-GSV and Horizons. She also leads initiatives for JFF’s Policy & Advocacy team,…
Jerre Maynor, Jr., is a senior director in Solutions Design & Delivery at JFF. His experience spans K-12, higher education, and government, and he is passionate about driving systems-level change to increase equitable access to…
Brianne McDonough is a director in Solutions Design & Delivery at JFF. She focuses on the intersection of higher education and workforce development, providing technical assistance and coaching and developing tools to assist postsecondary institutions…
Karishma Merchant is associate vice president of Policy & Advocacy at JFF. She leads nonpartisan engagement with federal and state policymakers to craft education and workforce policies that drive equitable economic advancement for all. Before…
Max Milder is a director in the Insights practice at JFFLabs. He oversees the research and design of JFF’s market scans and supports research efforts across the organization. His skills and areas of expertise include:…
