Meet Our Team
Meet the people working daily to bring Reading Universe to life with expertise in teaching, instructional design, professional development, and multimedia production.
WETA Learning Media
Reading Universe is a service of WETA, the flagship PBS station in Washington, D.C. and the home of national literacy websites Reading Rockets (opens in new window), Colorín Colorado (opens in new window), LD OnLine (opens in new window), and AdLit (opens in new window). Meet our team.
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![James Allgood]()
James Allgood
Senior Video Producer, Reading Universe
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![Stav Birnbaum]()
Stav Birnbaum
Sr. Product Manager and Producer, Reading Universe
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![Kelly Butler]()
Kelly Butler
Senior Advisor to Reading Universe, former CEO for the Barksdale Reading Institute
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![Ashley Gilleland]()
Ashley Gilleland
Senior Digital Producer, WETA Learning Media
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![Noel Gunther]()
Noel Gunther
Vice President, WETA Learning Media
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![Ben Howard]()
Ben Howard
Video Editor, WETA Learning Media
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![Christian Lindstrom]()
Christian Lindstrom
Senior Director, WETA Learning Media
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![Liana Loewus]()
Liana Loewus
Managing Editor, Reading Universe
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![Carla Miller]()
Carla Miller
Senior Instructional Designer & Writer, Reading Universe
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![Tami Mount, M. Ed.]()
Tami Mount, M. Ed.
Senior Director, Reading Universe
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![Carrie Simkin, Ph.D.]()
Carrie Simkin, Ph.D.
Director, AdLit.org
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![Carla Burrell Stanford, M.Ed.]()
Carla Burrell Stanford, M.Ed.
Director of Instructional Design, Reading Universe
REAP: Reading is Essential for All People
Reading is Essential for All People is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving reading proficiency in public school students through teacher training and enrichment.
Keys to Literacy
Keys to Literacy's mission is to provide high-quality, engaging, and practical professional development that is aligned to evidence-based literacy instruction.
Reading Universe is made possible by generous support from Jim & Donna Barksdale; the Hastings/Quillin Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (opens in new window); the AFT (opens in new window); the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (opens in new window); and three anonymous donors.
