Staff and Boards
Meet EWA’s staff, board of directors and advisory boards.
Secretary
Barbara McKenna is chief of communications for the Learning Policy Institute...
Board Member
Cathleen Kenny has served as vice president for finance and administration at Pratt Institute....
Board Member
Dorie Turner Nolt is a communications consultant known nationwide for her work with education organizations, nonprofits, and school districts....
Treasurer
She has spent the majority of her career in education, both on college campuses and for 12 years with The New York Times Company...
Board Member
Denise-Marie Ordway was most recently the managing editor of The Journalist’s Resource....
Board Member
Joy Resmovits is the senior editor for local impact at The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting on gun violence...
Executive Director
Beth Francesco became executive director of the Education Writers Association in September 2026. ...
Board Member
Alia Wong is an award-winning journalist who serves as education collaborations editor at The Associated Press....
