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Executive Director
Mary Jean Ryan is the founding director of the Community Center for Education Results.
The Center works to strengthen and support the growing coalition of organizations, parents and civic leaders who want to dramatically accelerate student achievement — especially in South Seattle and South King County neighborhoods.
Prior to this, Ms. Ryan served as the Director of the City of Seattle’s Office of Policy and Management. Her office led many of the City’s high-profile policy development and project management efforts such as the Children and Youth Strategy and the Northgate and South Lake Union revitalization efforts. Prior to that, she was Seattle’s Economic Development Director, having established that office in 1992 for then Mayor Norman B. Rice. Mary Jean also served in the Clinton Administration in Washington, D.C., as the Associate Deputy Administrator for Economic Development for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Early in her career she was the Director of the Evergreen Community Development Association (1986-1992). She is a 1988 graduate of the Leadership Tomorrow Program. In 2009, she was awarded the Wales Foundation Passionate Citizenship Honoree Award and was named by Seattle Magazine to its 2009 Most Influential People List.
Mary Jean has a long-standing interest in education and workforce development — seeing both as keys to fighting poverty. She chaired the State Board of Education during its reconstitution phase and she continues to serve on the Board and on the Quality Education Council. She is also a member of the board of the Northwest Area Foundation and the Seattle Jobs Initiative.
Mary Jean has a B.A. from Georgetown University and a M.P.A. from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame. She has one daughter who attends Pomona College.
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Associate Director - Operations
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Senior Data Manager
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Community Network Coordinator
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Project Support
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Project Support
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Program Assistant
Board of Directors
Joan Machlis - Board President
Melinda Mann - Board Vice President
Fundraising Consultant
Jen Chan
Policy and Fiscal Analyst, City of Seattle
Parker Cann
BECU SVP, General Counsel
Michael Heinisch
Executive Director Kent Youth and Family Services