Rebecca Yenawine
Executive Director
Rebecca began work with TDP as a consultant in 2014 and became the Director in 2017. Rebecca has a BA in English from Goucher College and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Education. Prior to TDP, Rebecca was the founder and director of a youth-driven, social justice, media organization called New Lens. At TDP, Rebecca works to provide leadership and direction for staff and fellows, to support TDP’s vision of creating an education movement that is driven by teachers and parents and to create more equity in the system.
Tyrone Barnwell
Parent Organizer
Tyrone joined TDP in 2017 as a parent fellow working on organizing parents at Alexander Hamilton Elementary School. He joined us full time in the summer of 2018. He has a background in youth development, political campaigns and community organizing.
Helen Atkinson, PhD
Advisor
Helen began work as the Executive Director for the Teachers’ Democracy Project in March 2014, after significant experience in education advocacy which includes work as a parent/community organizer, the director of the Resident Teacher Program, and as a teacher-leader for a new high school in Baltimore. She wrote her PhD at UMBC about her work in this teacher led school, created for students who were having problems in large city schools. She utilizes her background and experiences to provide insight and support on strategic direction and educational policy initiatives.