Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS), the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments is comprised of a powerful team of experts with direct experience in addressing the challenges of improving the conditions for learning at the school, district, State, and federal levels.
The Center is operated by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in collaboration with the Center for School Mental Health; Child Trends; the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL); EMT Associates, Inc. (EMT); Futures Without Violence; Macrosys; Sanametrix; and Vision Training Associates, Inc. (VTA).
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students
Paul Kesner, Interim Director, Office of Safe and Healthy Students
Rita Foy Moss, Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for NCSSLE
Bryan Williams, Program Officer for the Safe and Supportive Schools and Promoting Student Resiliency Grant Programs
Nicole White, Program Officer for the Project Prevent Grant Program
Center Leadership
David Osher, Principal Investigator (AIR)
dosher@air.org
Sandy Williamson, Director (AIR)
swilliamson@air.org
Greta Colombi, Deputy Director (AIR)
gcolombi@air.org
Pia Peltola, Lead on Survey Training (AIR)
ppeltola@air.org
Jeanne Poduska, Lead on TA Support (AIR)
jpoduska@air.org
Kristen Darling, Lead on Product Development and Dissemination (Child Trends)
kdarling@childtrends.org
Tim Duffey, Lead on Training (Vision Training Associates, Inc.)
tim.duffey1@gmail.com
Kellie Anderson, Lead on Higher Education (AIR)
kanderson@air.org