Meet our team
This is us! Our talented crew of staff and consultants, living and working from the East Coast to the West Coast with lots of stops in between.
reDesign Staff
Andrea Avery
Sr. Education Consultant
Educational designer, writer, and creative tinkerer energized by collaboration-rich communities committed to joyful, equitable learning opportunities for everyone.
Antonia Rudenstine
Creative Director
Co-founder of reDesign.
Emily Zebel
Multimedia Designer
Artist, adventurer, endurance athlete, and visual communications magician with a passion for authentic storytelling.
Erica Dolland
Learning Experience & Curriculum Designer
Free thinker with an EQ edge reconceptualizing new possibilities for what learning can look like, feel like, and do.
Holly Reardon
Sr. Education Consultant
Learner and collaborator challenging the status quo and looking for the gift in everything!
Jane Ngo Wiley
Interim Director of Adult Learning & Growth, Sr. Education Consultant
Lifelong educator and learner with a passion for honoring the strengths and diversity of all brains and building communities where all learners thrive.
Jen Soalt
Development Lead, Sr. Education Consultant
Skeptical optimist, rooted in literacy and multilingual learning, committed to connecting research to practice.
Jessica Cai
Intern
Learning designer and researcher – closing equity gaps in education through research technology and innovation.
KaTrina Wentzel
Director of Design
Idea baker and optimistic youth and educator advocate who collaborates for systemic change, blending passion with storytelling.
Laura Gutmann
Lead Researcher & Storyteller
Life-long believer in the power of stories to change hearts, minds, and educational practices.
Melissa Slater
School Leadership & Instructional Coach
Educator striving to create learning spaces that honor the humanity of all of those who inhabit them.
Rohan Menon
Learning Experience & Curriculum Designer
Learner, designer, thinker — in no particular order. Sometimes all at once.
Ruth Oshman
HR & Finance Manager
An avid admirer of the human spirit, everyone has a story and every story should be told.
Sydney Schaef
Managing Director
Hopeful creative, learner, and entrepreneur – building bridges to a more joyful and just world while keeping the human brain and body in mind.
Urvashi Dhoundiyal
Intern
Dedicated educator and researcher shaping the future of learning.
Vicky Kim
Senior Designer
I’m with Buckminster Fuller: “I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things – truth, youth, and love.”
Yetunde Zannou
Director of Special Projects
Former classroom teacher turned organization systems’ designer, empowering teams to do their best work unhindered.
reDesign Consulting Community
Aileen Tejeda
Educational Design Consultant
Claire Finn
Educational Design Consultant
Cathy Schwartz
Instructional Coach, Consultant
Kate Ullman-Shade
Literacy & Language Specialist, Consultant
Madonna Afriyie
Instructional Coach, Consultant
Maria Akinyele
Instructional Coach, Consultant
Marie Watson
Leadership Coach, Consultant
Nikeitha Brown
Educational Designer, Consultant
Reed Dyer
School Leadership and Instructional Coach
Shoshy Starr
School Leadership and Instructional Coach
Marie Watson
Leadership Coach, Consultant
Nikeitha Brown
Educational Designer, Consultant
Reed Dyer
School Leadership and Instructional Coach
Shoshy Starr
School Leadership and Instructional Coach
From our reDesign community to yours, we look forward to connecting, co-designing, learning, and sharing with you.