Our People

Senior Leaders and Staff

Debra Humphreys, Ph.D., directs Lumina Foundation’s efforts related to student success in attaining high-quality four-year college degrees. She also oversees the foundation’s strategic communications team, working to influence national narratives…

Debra Humphreys

Vice President of Strategic Engagement

Amy Bartner is the audience engagement editor at Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. She…

Amy Bartner

Audience Engagement Editor

Carlyle provides administrative support to Lumina's strategic engagement team.

Donna Carlyle

Executive Assistant

Tracy, director of media and video strategies, leads our efforts nationally to broaden news coverage of Lumina’s issues.

Tracy Chen

Director, Media and Video Strategies

Kevin Corcoran leads Lumina Foundation's strategic communications team. Before assuming this role in late 2016, he spent eight years overseeing design and policy work that promoted development of new higher…

Kevin Corcoran

Strategy Director

Mandy leads Lumina’s digital and social outreach strategy and partnerships with nonprofit and public news organizations such as PBS NewsHour, The Texas Tribune, and Washington Monthly.

Mandy Facer

Director, Journalism and Digital Strategies

Matthew creates online content highlighting the work of the Foundation and its partners with a focus on illustrating the reality facing today's students and clarifying policy imperatives for a broad…

Matthew Jenkins

Digital Producer and Editor

Stephanie Wang is the communications strategy officer elevating Lumina’s work with nonprofit and public news organizations, coordinating writing and editing projects, and leading other high-profile comms projects such as Lumina’s annual…

Stephanie Wang

Senior Editor