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Department: Education

Maria Arms

Maria Arms is a program associate for the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2024, Maria served as the development coordinator at Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), where she engaged donors in philanthropic work, including grantmaking and impact investing. Previously, Maria served as the special assistant to the …

Elizabeth Post Musgrove

Elizabeth Post Musgrove is a program associate for the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2021, Elizabeth worked at San Francisco State University for 14 years, serving as the assistant to the associate dean of Student and Curricular Services in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts, operations coordinator …

Andrea Michel

Andrea Michel is a program manager for the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2019, Andrea managed partnerships and community outreach at an education nonprofit that connected high school students from underserved communities to summer enrichment programs. Andrea received her bachelor’s degree in international studies with a focus on …

September Jarrett

September Jarrett is a program officer for the Education program of the Heising-Simons Foundation, focusing on policy and systems change in California. September draws on two decades of experience in program and policy development focused on children and families in the public and private sectors. Her experiences include serving as executive director of San Francisco …

Malia Ramler

Malia Ramler is a program officer for the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation, where she focuses on effective early childhood practice. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2018, Malia was with First 5 Alameda County, where she co-led the development and implementation of Quality Counts, the county’s quality rating and improvement system for early …

Barbara Chow

Barbara Chow is the director of the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she completed an eight-year term as the director of the Education program for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Before that, Barbara was the policy director of the House Budget Committee and the executive director of the …

Rebecca Gomez

Rebecca Gomez is a program officer for the Education program at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2016, Rebecca was an assistant research professor at Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education Research, where she led the State of Preschool Yearbook data collection and analysis team, and provided technical assistance to states …

Kimberly Brenneman

Kimberly Brenneman is a program officer for early mathematics at the Heising-Simons Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2015, Kimberly was research faculty at Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education Research, where she led projects focused on curricular and instructional practices to foster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning for young children in …