Our Team – Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child

Our Team

The Center for Reaching & Teaching the Whole Child’s team includes educational leaders in teacher preparation, coaching, classroom practice, and school administration. Our team members have extensive practical and research experience in the K-12 education space, as well as a thorough knowledge of best practices and key research findings related to social-emotional learning, culturally responsive and sustaining teaching practices, and well-being.

Meet our staff below.

Our Staff

Rachel Bacosa

Rachel Bacosa

Project Manager, Instructional Designer, Workshop Facilitator/Trainer

Rebecca Baelen, Ph.D.

Rebecca Baelen, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Linda Hutcherson, M.A., M.Ed

Linda Hutcherson, M.A., M.Ed

Professional Development Specialist

Nancy Lourié Markowitz, Ph.D.

Nancy Lourié Markowitz, Ph.D.

Founder and Strategic Advisor

Chelsea Rubin, M.Ed.

Chelsea Rubin, M.Ed.

Project Manager

Wendy Thowdis, M.A.

Wendy Thowdis, M.A.

Professional Development Specialist

Our Advisory Committee

David Adams

David Adams

Chief Executive Officer, Urban Assembly

Ernest Black

Ernest Black

Systemwide Director, CalStateTEACH CSU Office of the Chancellor

Suzanne Bouffard

Suzanne Bouffard

Vice President of Publications, Learning Forward

Ann McKay Bryson

Ann McKay Bryson

Manager of SEL Professional Learning, CASEL

Michael Gallagher

Michael Gallagher

Superintendent, Sunnyvale School District

Chi Kim

Chi Kim

Chief Executive Officer, Pure Edge Inc.

Ted Lempert

Ted Lempert

President, Children Now

Melissa Meetze-Hall

Melissa Meetze-Hall

Administrator, Center for Teacher Innovation

Jake Shuler

Consultant in Teacher Preparation, State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

Frederick Uy

Frederick Uy

Director, Educator Preparation

Vicki Zakrzewski

Vicki Zakrzewski

Education Director, Greater Good Science Center University of California Berkeley

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