Home About Staff

The Team That Makes It Happen

Below is a staff list grouped by department. Individual biographies can be accessed by clicking on a staff member’s name.

Operations

Jim Stergios
Executive Director
Mary Z. Connaughton
Chief Operating Officer, & Director of Government Transparency

Research and Programs

Aidan Enright
Economic Research Associate, & Fellow on Immigrant Entrepreneurship
William S. Smith
Senior Fellow, & Director of Pioneer Life Sciences Initiative
Gauri Binoy
Research Assistant, Life Sciences Initiative
Jamie Gass
Director of the Center for School Reform

Development

Andrew Horgan
Chief Development Officer
Caitlin Marple
Deputy Director of Development
Katie Martinez Castellano
Director of Individual Giving

Communications

Amie O’Hearn
Director of Communications and Media Relations
Avonlea Cummings
Digital Content Specialist

Senior Fellows

Andrew Mikula
Senior Fellow, Housing
Barbara Anthony
Senior Fellow in Healthcare
Charles Chieppo
Senior Media Fellow
Robert Popovian
Josh Bedi
Senior Fellow in Economic Opportunity
Joshua Archambault
Senior Fellow in Healthcare
Michael Walker
Senior Fellow, Pioneer Analytics
Want to get the latest updates from Pioneer Institute?

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

Name(Required)
Email(Required)

Fact of the day

Electricity Generation by State: 2023

How much electricity do states produce? In 2023, Texas generated twice as much power as Florida, the next closest state. At the other end of the spectrum, Vermont produced the least electricity and had the lowest per capita generation rate. Explore the data on US DataLabs! https://loom.ly/-trkbR4
#facts, #electricitygeneration

View More Data