Alliance for Decision Education
Alison Stumacher currently serves as the Deputy Director of Education at the Alliance for Decision Education, a position held since April 2021 following various roles within the organization, including Interim Deputy Director and Senior Manager. Prior experience includes educational coaching and consulting at Ginsburg Educational Consulting and Coaching LLC from November 2013 to June 2021, and roles at Children's Literacy Initiative from August 2014 to April 2021, focusing on literacy supervision and early literacy professional development. Additional experience encompasses teaching positions at Independence Charter School, Chester Upland School of the Arts, and The School in Rose Valley, as well as a role as a middle school Spanish teacher at Richard Allen Preparatory Charter School. Alison began a career in community development as the Community Development Coordinator at the Sarapiqui Conservation Learning Center. Academic credentials include a Master of Education in International Education Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Wesleyan University.
Alliance for Decision Education
The Alliance for Decision Education (formerly How I Decide Foundation) is dedicated to the belief that better decisions lead to better lives and a better society. Our mission is to improve lives by empowering students with essential decision skills. In 2014, we began working with education experts to create engaging and award-winning programs that introduced decision skills to students across the country. Informed by our success, we realized we had to do more. Today, the Alliance for Decision Education is gathering education and industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, teachers, program providers, and parents from across the country to ensure Decision Education becomes a critical part of every middle and high school student’s learning experience. We are building the field of Decision Education and creating a national movement that can, and will, make a difference in the lives of students for generations to come. What We Believe: - Better decisions lead to better lives and a better society. - Individuals can improve their decision skills. - Students can and should learn decision skills. - It is time to bring Decision Education into the classroom for every middle and high school student.