Executive Leadership and Staff

Search Institute Executive Leadership

Kent Pekel
President and CEO

Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
Vice President, Research and Development

Board of Directors

Search Institute Staff

  • Sarah Armstrong, Client Services Administrative Assistant
  • Kay Blankenburg, Director of Accounting Operations
  • Jan DeWall, Operations Manager
  • Kathie Fraher, Senior Data Analyst
  • Eileen McCarthy Harness, Senior Educational Sales Consultant
  • Angie Jerabek, Director, BARR Innovation Project
  • Jenny Jolly, Web Editor, ParentFurther
  • Bill Kauffmann, Director of Sales and Client Services
  • Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, BARR Innovation Project Manager
  • Samantha MacDonald, Online Parent Engagement Coordinator
  • Melissa Orrey, Human Resource Manager
  • Rebecca Post, Director of Service and Content Development
  • Justin Roskopf, Senior Survey Services Specialist
  • Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
  • Joe Sederberg, Facilities Coordinator
  • Mary Shrader, Inside Sales Specialist
  • Maura Shramko, Research Specialist
  • Theresa K. Sullivan, Ed.D., Director of Community Strategies and Learning
  • Amy K. Syvertsen, Ph.D., Research Scientist
  • Rick Trierweiler, IT and Database Administrator