Education Initiatives Staff

Contact Us:
 The Ball Foundation
800 Roosevelt Rd. Suite E-200
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
(630) 469-6270
(l. to r.: Joann Lawrence, Carla Colmenarez, Bob Hill, Barbara Iversen,
Rex Babiera, Srik Gopalakrishnan, Melody Euhus, Michael Palmisano,
KaiLonnie Dunsmore)

Education Initiatives team members serve as coaches and consultants to urban school districts for bringing about whole system change in the fundamental nature of how schools and school districts do business. The team holds expertise in literacy as well as organizational learning and change.

Rex Babiera
rbabiera@ballfoundation.org		 Director, Learning and Communications
Carla Colmenarez
colmenarez@ballfoundation.org		 Director, Instructional Development
KaiLonnie Dunsmore
kdunsmore@ballfoundation.org		 Director, Literacy Development
Brief bio
Melody Euhus
meuhus@ballfoundation.org		 Administration
Srik Gopalakrishnan
srik@ballfoundation.org		 Director, Evaluation
Bob Hill
bhill@ballfoundation.org		 Director, Education Initiatives
Barbara Iversen
biversen@ballfoundation.org		 Director, Organizational Learning and Development
JoAnn Lawrence
jlawrence@ballfoundation.org		 Coordinator, Rowland Unified School District Partnership
RUSD Principal on Special Assignment
Michael Palmisano
mpalmisano@ballfoundation.org		 Senior Fellow