Dr. Erika Hunt is a Director for the Lead Hub at ROE #17, a new position that she assumed in May 2022. Prior to that, Hunt spent 18 years as Co-Director and Senior Policy Analyst in the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University. Hunt brings experience in state policy as a former staff member for Governor Jim Edgar. She serves on several state task forces and served on

Tom Withee has over 20 years’ experience as an educator, education researcher and adjunct faculty and currently is a senior researcher for Goshen Consulting. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana and his master’s degree in physics from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with an emphasis on education research. Prior to joining Goshen,