Dean Campbell is a researcher for the School Choice Demonstration Project. He earned his MPP at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in 2007 and graduated from Pomona College in 1999 with Distinction for his senior thesis, a cost-benefit analysis of a public policy issue. Prior to enrolling at GPPI, Dean worked for several companies in the private sector, most recently as the Controller of a software company in Mountain View, California. He also serves as a board member of a non-profit charitable organization based in California.

Stephen Cornman, Esq. M.P.A. is the administrator of the Georgetown University School Choice Demonstration Project. He is a public policy specialist with ten years of government experience as Chief of Policy for the largest county in New Jersey, Deputy Director the Essex County, NJ Improvement Authority and Policy/Budget Assistant to former Borough President Fernando Ferrer in New York City. Cornman has directed the implementation of federal grants from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. As the former chief of policy and planning for Essex County, NJ, he designed a community based welfare-to-work system that reducted the welfare rolls from 32,000 to 16,000 people. He practiced law for eight years, specializing in civil litigation trials. Cornman has professional degrees in public affairs and law. He is a Columbia University MPA and Thomas Jefferson School of Law JD, an active member of the DC Bar, and a candidate for a PhD at Columbia University.

Tamika Daniel graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with a BS in Education and Social Policy and a minor in African American studies. She worked with the American Institutes for Research from 2003-2005 evaluating a small school initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Tamika is currently pursuing a joint law and public policy degree at Georgetown University.

Margaret Sullivan is a researcher for the School Choice Demonstration Project. She holds an MPP from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Virginia in government and anthropology. Most recently Margaret taught elementary, middle, and high school in Colorado where she earned a Colorado Teaching License in secondary social studies. Prior to moving to Colorado she worked for two years as Coordinator and Assistant to the Director for Charter School Programs at the American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) in Washington, DC, a non-profit that piloted an accreditation program for academically rigorous charter schools nationwide. Margaret also has experience as an education consultant for the American Board for the Certification for Teacher Excellence and as a site visitor and member of the Board of Review for AALE.