Katherine Westerhold White No Longer with Relay Graduate School of Education, Now Works for a “Strategic” Mystery Entity.
According to her Linkedin bio, Katherine Westerhold White, wife of Lousiana state superintendent John White, has left her position as “national director of policy and government affairs” at the Relay Graduate School of Education, a position that raised ethics questions and for which John White sought formal guidance in October 2017.
Even though Westerhold’s Linkedin bio lists her current employment as simply “independent consultant,” Westerhold now appears as a “senior affiliate” with HCM Strategists, which appears to be consulting/advocacy business in the medical and education arenas. On its “who we are” page, HCM Strategists describes itself as follows:
We Are HCM
HCM works effectively on our clients’ behalf, providing support and strategic guidance to help form policy priorities that are impactful and meaningful in the channels of health and education.We tackle the hard stuff, improving student achievement from kindergarten to 12th grade, reforming federal financial aid, increasing college attainment and completion rates, and ensuring that patient preferences and priorities are at the center of regulatory decision-making. We work hard because success is our priority.How We Began
Terrell Halaska, Kristin Hultquist (formerly Conklin) and Michael Manganiello share a passion for contributing to meaningful change for those populations who have been historically underserved by the system, making improvements in our communities and increasing the quality of life for all people. Joining forces in 2008, these three founding partners coalesced this passion, years of expertise and a solid network of similarly-minded colleagues to form HCM Strategists, a public policy and advocacy firm focused on improving education and health outcomes across the nation.We firmly believe that achieving such outcomes takes a combination of high-level government experience, an understanding of people’s struggles, a network of strong relationships, a keen analytical ability and the skills to find fresh, creative approaches to addressing issues.
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