Veronica is NACSA’s Senior Vice President of Strategy, Policy & Research. She equips authorizers and policymakers with data-driven insights and practical tools to improve both policy and practice. She also oversees the development of research on critical policy issues affecting charter school authorizing, translating findings into actionable resources. In addition to her external work, Veronica leads NACSA’s internal strategy and progress evaluation efforts, ensuring the organization stays aligned with its goals and drives measurable impact.

Her experiences as a former teacher and as an authorizer give Veronica a grounded understanding of the realities within education. Additionally, her years of experience in policy help her analyze complex education issues, develop data-driven solutions, and craft actionable strategies that enable her to design impactful policies and research that empower authorizers to drive equity and quality in the schools they oversee.

Veronica holds a master’s degree in public policy from the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Virginia. She also holds a Driving Strategic Impact certificate from the Columbia Business School.

When she is not advocating on policy issues or driving research, Veronica can usually be found chauffeuring her young kids around to activities or battling her husband in Wordle.