Who We Are
We are a diverse and dedicated team of experienced practitioners driven by our passion for improving college access and success in higher education for today’s students.
IHEP experts are available to provide evidence-based and data-driven analysis and trusted expertise that shape federal, state, regional, and institutional policies to improve access and success in higher education for all people, regardless of background, race, or circumstance.
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Our team
Mamie Voight
President & CEO
Diane Cheng
Vice President of Research and Policy
Tola Fadeyi, MS, CPA, CGMA
Chief Financial Officer
Kelly Leon
Vice President of Communications and Government Affairs
Amanda Janice Roberson
Vice President of Operations
Adewale Adams, M.A.
Finance Manager
Lauren Bell, MEd
Communications Associate
Kimberly Dancy
Associate Director of Research and Policy
Jessica Elias
Government Affairs Associate
Anita Guberovic
Senior Executive Assistant
Andrea Maertens
Human Resources Consultant
Taylor Myers
Assistant Director of Research and Policy
Lauren McLeese
Research Analyst
Eleanor Eckerson Peters
Director of Research and Policy
Madeline Rowe
Research Intern
Janiel Santos
Senior Research Analyst
Sean Tierney
Director of Research and Policy
Vallery Valle
Research Intern
Marián Vargas
Senior Research Analyst
Board of directors
Peter O. Nwosu Ph.D., Chairperson
President of State University of New York-Oswego (SUNY)
MaryEllen McGuire, Vice Chair
Founder and President, Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI)
Ajita Talwalker Menon, Secretary
President and CEO, Calbright College
Brian Bridges, Ph.D.
Secretary of Higher Education for the state of New Jersey
Denisa Gándara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin
Mike Krause
Senior Advisor at the John M. Belk Endowment
James Larimore
Co-founder and Chairperson of the EdSAFE AI Alliance
Rob Olcott
Founder and CEO of the olcott group
Amanda R. Tachine
Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership & Innovation at Arizona State University
Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Owner of Rise & Design, LLC
