Our team

Advisors in Action

Our 280 rootEd advisors, who work alongside school counselors and staff and are hired from within the communities they serve, work one-on-one with each senior to define and realize their career goals.

Our partners

rootEd’s success would not be possible without the support and dedication of our local partners.

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Alaska Jobs Department of Labor and Workforce Development (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Arkansas Dept of Education.png

Bristol Bay Region CTE (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Education to Employment Partners (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ™ (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

MOCAN: Missouri College and Career Attainment Network (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Ozarks Technical Community College (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Sealaska Heritage (Copy) (Copy) (Copy)

Our National team

Lisa MacDougall

Managing Director, Philanthropy and Social Impact at BDT & MSD Partners and President, rootEd Alliance

Jessica Harper

Director of Programs

Bre White

Director of Data and Impact

Amy Schultz

Director of Communications

Megan Shohfi

Program & Operations Associate

Our Leadership

Byron D. Trott

Founder

William Bush

Board Member

Dan Jester

Board Member

Noa Meyer

Board Chair

Lisa MacDougall

President