About

Jessica Juliuson, an expert in college and career readiness, cultivates partnerships among schools, communities, and industry to enhance youth outcomes. Experienced in whole-school change, she leads innovative initiatives on instructional design, professional development, career and technical education, and youth agency. In addition to her role as SRVCE principal investigator (PI), she is a director for the Amgen Biotech Experience Program Office, overseeing a global community of practice to support program implementation and continuous improvement. She also facilitates the Career Academy Leaders’ Collaborative in partnership with the National Career Academy Coalition, and she supported Ford Next Generation Learning with the Ford Motor Company. She was the lead writer for EDC’s Law and Justice program and has published papers on the future of work for high school and K–8 students, teacher development, and bridging school and work.

Tony Streit, co-principal investigator (co-PI) for SRVCE, is a managing project director at Education Development Center (EDC) with expertise in youth development, media literacy, out-of-school time, and informal STEM. Streit and his team provide professional development, program materials, research, evaluation, and technical assistance to organizations and educators in both formal and nonformal settings. Streit serves as the PI for the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE), a technical assistance initiative of the Administration for Children and Families to advance school-age care, and is a co-PI on a recently released landscape study on district summer learning strategies for the Wallace Foundation. Streit is also a co-founder of Street-Level Youth Media, a celebrated Chicago youth organization, and the past president of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE).

Jessica Brett, JD, MEd, is a project director and program evaluator at EDC. She has extensive experience in research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects focused on whole-school reform, workforce development, civic education, college pathways, and youth in alternative settings. She has worked on multiple evaluation projects at both local and national levels using a culturally responsive lens. She has also developed curriculum for an after-school mock trial program serving at-risk students in the Boston Public Schools.

Raegan Davenport is an experienced curriculum and research associate at EDC who specializes in professional learning design and facilitation. She currently serves as the professional learning lead and co-curriculum writer for the SRVCE project and community of practice manager for the Amgen Biotech Experience. She has worked as a professional learning lead for Detroit Public Schools, instructional coach lead for Wayne State University, and project-based learning expert at Ford Next Generation Learning.

Kate Goddard is an experienced project manager, training and technical assistance specialist, and instructional designer. She develops, oversees, and advances programs that improve the quality and equity of out-of-school time (OST) learning. Building on her experiences as an after-school practitioner, she puts youth development at the center of all of her work.

Wendy Rivenburgh, an expert in project-based learning, media literacy, and civics education, empowers learners through inquiry and community engagement, with a particular emphasis on cultivating youth voice. She has extensive experience developing curriculum and professional learning for K–12 teachers and educators in out-of-school time programs. In addition to her role leading curriculum development for SRVCE, she manages strategic communications, outreach, and engagement. Among her expansive body of work, she has designed and led civics and media literacy training for Massachusetts teachers and created youth media curriculum for Adobe Youth Voices.