Meet the Team
Our team is a diverse group of highly experienced professionals with wide-ranging expertise in student recruitment, enrollment, academic success, edtech, risk management, administration, and operations. The majority of our staff are professionals of color—with many earning degrees from HBCUs—and half of our team members were the first in their families to graduate from college. We believe this combination of lived experiences, both personal and professional, affords a unique perspective from which to approach our work.
James Runcie
CEO and Co-Founder of Ed Advancement
Wayne Cummings
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
Zina Evans, Ph.D.
SVP, Higher Ed Strategy, Enrollment Management, & Student Success
William Leith
Managing Director
Robin S. Minor
SVP, Institutional Partnerships & Engagement
Annie Reznik
Chief of Staff
Sherill Anderson, Ed.D.
Director, Partnership Engagement and Transformation Management
Monica Ballinas
Program Associate, Research
Cory Boone
Associate Director, Project Lead
Tonia Brown
Executive Associate
Julian Capel, Ed.D.
Associate Director, Project Lead
Isabelle Cayo Sanders
Associate Director, Partnership Engagement and Transformation Management
Zalika Coleman
Coordinator, Special Projects
Kariny Contreras Nuñez
Associate Director, Network Solution Integrations
Dwight Doughty
Associate Director, Project Lead
Nara Lee
Senior Financial Officer
Cecilia Marshall
Director, External Partnerships
Lacy McDowell
Director of Technology Solutions and Support
Aquafie Munroe
Business Manager
Diane Nguyen
Associate Director, Project Lead
Jacqueline Ose
Associate Director, Network Solution Integrations
Charrita D. Quimby, Ph.D.
Director, Institutional Partnerships and Engagement Strategy
Alan Royal
Director of Communications
Kenneth Rubenstein
Technical Support Analyst
Alton Russell
Associate Director, Partnership Engagement and Program Development
Amanda Schaffer, Ed.S.
Associate Director, Partnership Engagement and Program Development
Lynsey Steele
Grants Manager
Brian Thompson
Associate Director, Project Lead
Ka’rin Thornburg, Ph.D.
Director, Partnership Engagement, Program Development, and Effectiveness
Jane Vo
Associate Director of Technology
Victoria Walker
Director, Partnership Engagement and Program Development
Tiffany Wilson
Associate Director, Institutional Partnerships and Engagement Strategy
Takeyah Young
Senior Consultant, Technology Implementations and SolutionsAdvisory Board
Our advisory board includes nationally recognized leaders with demonstrated success in increasing access to higher education for underrepresented students. Their unique perspectives on a vast scope of higher education issues helps them to not only keep their finger on the pulse of current trends, but also to guide the industry forward in innovative ways.
Advisory Board
Our Network
Our network also includes organizations who, like us, value the important role of colleges and universities, like HBCUs, in advancing socioeconomic mobility for historically underrepresented students.
Careers at Ed Advancement
We are always seeking skilled, resourceful and dedicated individuals to help us advance and amplify the powerful work of our partner institutions. Working at Ed Advancement means joining a team of mission-driven professionals who are committed to working collaboratively with these institutions on large-scale projects that help them serve their students. To be a part of these efforts, please explore our opportunities below.
See Open Roles