Sarah Linet is a policy specialist for the Great Schools Partnership. She works with internal and external partners and stakeholders to advance the mission of the New England Secondary Schools Consortium to close achievement gaps and promote educational equity and opportunity for all students through federal, state, and local policy.

Tim Blackstone is the Chief Creative Officer at Ethos—a multi-platform branding agency in Westbrook, Maine—where he leads a diverse team of creative and technology professionals developing and marketing authentic consumer brands. Tim brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the creative process, and has more than 20 years’ experience developing award-winning projects across a wide range of

Erica is a Research Associate at the University of Southern Maine’s Cutler Institute and works on projects related to population health and health policy with a particular focus on patient safety and healthcare quality performance measurement. Prior to this role, Erica worked in public health evaluation at Partnerships for Health, community finance-related program evaluation at