Michele McLaughlin

Michele McLaughlin is Vice President of Federal and State Policy for Teach for America where she leads state policy work that is focused primarily on teacher licensure and certification issues and provides policy expertise to the government affairs team on federal education policy. She also manages relationships with a wide range of national policy and education associations for the Public Affairs team. Prior to joining Teach For America, Michele was the Associate Director in the Educational Issues Department at the American Federation of Teachers, where she shepherded their policy work on the No Child Left Behind Act. Michele also served as a program and policy analyst at the New Jersey Department of Education, and was previously a Catholic school teacher in New York City and Quito, Ecuador. A graduate of Fordham University, she holds a master’s in public affairs from the LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin.