Meet the Team

Alexza serves as Interim Executive Director of EdTrust-Tennessee, where she works alongside advocacy organizations and stakeholders to increase educational opportunity...

As a Communications Associate, Britney supports EdTrust-Tennessee's digital communications strategy and works to amplify and promote the organization’s policy and...

Jazmin is the Advocacy and Partnership Manager at EdTrust-Tennessee. In this role, she supports our coalition-building and alliance-management through maintaining,...

Jenny Mills McFerron is the Assistant Director for P-16 Policy and Research. She leads the development and conceptualization of policy...

Juliana Hoover Potash is the Senior Manager of Advocacy and Engagement for Ed Trust’s Southerners for Fair School Funding initiative....

MaKenzie is the Senior Manager of Government Relations at EdTrust-Tennessee, where she develops legislative strategy to advance ET-TN’s policy agenda,...

Meili Powell is the Assistant Director of Advocacy and Engagement for EdTrust-Tennessee, where she leads a team who builds strategic...

Melissa is the Manager of People & Operations for EdTrust-Tennessee, where she manages the day-to-day operations of the Tennessee office...

Sonny Metoki is the Higher Education Policy Analyst for EdTrust-Tennessee. In this role, Sonny analyzes data and research to support...

Ellie is a P-12 Policy Fellow where she assesses new and existing policies, data, and research to inform and promote...

Emily Bengyak is a Higher Education Policy Fellow at EdTrust-Tennessee. In this role, Emily utilizes data analysis and research to...