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SEL Center

Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety

  • Peer Collaboratives
    • Transforming Kindergarten
    • Data for Truth and Action
    • Comprehensive School Safety
    • Alignment, Coherence, and Strategic Communication
  • State Profiles
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Our Team

SEL Center Leadership

  • Natalie Walrond
    Natalie Walrond

    Director
    nwalron@wested.org
  • Christina Pate
    Christina Pate

    Deputy Director & Collaboratives Co-Lead
    cpate@wested.org

Team

  • Shaun Ali
    Shaun Ali

    Technical Assistance
    sali@wested.org
  • Jenny Betz
    Jenny Betz

    Technical Assistance
    jbetz@wested.org
  • Erin Browder
    Erin Browder

    Technical Assistance
    ebrowde@wested.org
  • Laura Buckner
    Laura Buckner

    Technical Assistance
    lbuckne@wested.org
  • Steve Canavero
    Steve Canavero

    Collaboratives Co-Lead & Technical Assistance
    scanave@wested.org
  • Ruthie Caparas
    Ruthie Caparas

    Technical Assistance
    rcapara@wested.org
  • Leslie Fox
    Leslie Fox

    Collaboratives Co-Lead & Technical Assistance
    lfox2@wested.org
  • Erin Freschi
    Erin Freschi

    Technical Assistance
    efresch@wested.org
  • Shazia Hashmi
    Shazia Hashmi

    Technical Assistance
    shashmi@wested.org
  • Joe McKenna
    Joe McKenna

    Technical Assistance
    jmckenn@wested.org
  • Meg Nelson
    Meg Nelson

    Technical Assistance
    mnelson@wested.org
  • LA Nix
    LA Nix

    Project Coordinator
    lnix@wested.org
  • Bradley Quarles
    Bradley Quarles

    Technical Assistance
    bquarle@wested.org
  • Natalie Romer
    Natalie Romer

    Collaboratives Co-Lead & Technical Assistance
    nromer@wested.org
  • Lauren Trout
    Lauren Trout

    Technical Assistance
    ltrout@wested.org
  • Amber Valdez
    Amber Valdez

    Technical Assistance
    avaldez@wested.org
  • Lorelle Wien
    Lorelle Wien

    Project Manager
    lwien@wested.org
  • Deborah Sigman
    Deborah Sigman

    Director Emeritus
    dsigman@wested.org

Advisory Board

Jennifer Brown Lerner
Bill Modzeleski
Castle Redmond
Brooke Stafford-Brizard

Center Partners

RAND Corporation

The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions for public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier, and more prosperous. RAND brings significant experience in conducting reviews of evidence and primary research on school and afterschool-based SEL and safety initiatives. RAND will advise on evidence-based programs and practices for SEL and school safety and will serve as the Center’s evaluator.

WestEd

The center will be led by WestEd, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research, development, and service agency, working nationally to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning and other outcomes for children, youth, and adults. Across all content-specific areas of WestEd’s education and human development work, the agency offers a range of research, evaluation, consulting, technical assistance, professional learning, tools and measures, and policy analysis. WestEd will provide overall vision and leadership for the center, subject-matter expertise, project administration, and stakeholder coordination.

Contact us for technical assistance with tools and resources, professional learning networks and consultation, or extended partnerships.

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    • Transforming Kindergarten
    • Data for Truth and Action
    • Comprehensive School Safety
    • Alignment, Coherence, and Strategic Communication
  • State Profiles
  • Resources
  • News
  • Events
  • About
    • Our Work
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us

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