Cody Nagle (she/her) is a staff attorney with Civil Survival’s Reentry Legal Aid Program. Born and raised in Seattle, she recently returned to the Pacific Northwest after nearly a decade on the East Coast. She holds a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law and is licensed to practice in Washington State and the District of Columbia.

Cody’s passion for reentry and legal reform stems from her personal experience overcoming barriers to employment and housing as a result of her criminal record. Cody struggled with substance use disorder from a very young age and spent most of her teens and early twenties cycling through treatment centers and jails across Western Washington. She successfully completed Pierce County’s drug court program in 2012. Since that time Cody has become acutely aware of the institutional and systemic barriers for people with criminal convictions. After struggling for years to find meaningful employment, she became dedicated to helping others reclaim their lives after incarceration or mental health and substance use disorders.

Jenny Mattingley oversees the strategic direction for the Partnership’s government affairs and advocacy efforts focused on improving and modernizing government management and services for the public. Jenny comes to the Partnership and the Government Affairs team with a passion for supporting federal public servants through policies and programs that provide the tools needed to meet their missions.

Jenny has been working to make government better in a variety of roles prior to joining the Partnership. She served in the executive branch at OMB focusing on hiring reform efforts and the workforce priority of the President’s Management Agenda, spent several years consulting with good government organizations, served as the executive director of the Performance Improvement Council and the founding director of the White House Leadership Development Program, and spent many years overseeing policy for the Senior Executives Association.

Dr. Sterling Thomas is GAO’s Chief Scientist in Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics.  

Prior to joining GAO, he was the Chief Scientist at Noblis, a Reston, VA based research institute overseeing their applied research programs for the past 13 years. Sterling has also served as a principal investigator for research programs funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. His work has included creating new methods regarding synthetic biology, strategies for decoupling qubits for improving error correction in quantum computing, methods for using artificial intelligence to detect decentralized coordinated cyber-attacks, and network-based optimization algorithms to detect abnormalities in public equities markets. 

He also worked with the institute’s executive council to develop their five- and ten-year research strategy. Sterling also served as the Deputy Chief Technology Officer and collaborated with the institute’s professional development department to create data science and cyber analytics training programs in partnership with George Mason University (GMU) and George Washington University. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at GMU, sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board at GMU’s College of Engineering and Computing, along with sitting on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Biological Data Science Advisory Board. 

Richard Chandler is a seasoned federal executive and U.S. Army veteran with three decades of leadership experience across the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Justice, and Homeland Security. He currently leads Richard Chandler Consulting, LLC, where he advises private and public sector organizations on strategic transformation, acquisition reform, and operational excellence. 

Most recently, Mr. Chandler served as the Deputy Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration (NCA). In this role, he oversaw acquisitions, facilities design and construction, information technology, and human resources, leading a team of 140 employees and managing over $300 million in annual acquisitions and large-scale construction projects. Under his leadership, NCA delivered seven new cemeteries and implemented Strategic Sourcing initiatives that significantly improved acquisition efficiency and reduced costs. His tenure was marked by NCA achieving the highest customer satisfaction scores in North America and among the highest employee satisfaction ratings in government.  He is most proud of significantly increasing his office’s Best Places to Work and employee satisfaction scores during his tenure.   

Stuart Andreason is Executive Director of Programs at the Burning Glass Institute where he leads efforts in research and engagement on workforce innovation, higher education, and economic mobility. At BGI, Andreason has helped to lead the development of Jobs that Mobilize, an initiative that builds data strategies to align talent development and economic development. He’s also developed measures of skill-based hiring, the identification of skills in demand in the growing green economy, the measures of non-degree credential quality in the Education Quality Outcomes Standards (EQOS) initiative, and skill-based educational strategies. 

Previously, Andreason was the founding director of the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, a first of its kind “think and do” center in the Federal Reserve System. He led major initiatives including Investing in America’s Workforce and Workforce Realigned. He also led the Fed’s contributions to the Rework America Alliance and the Talent Finance Innovation Network. He also served as an officer of the bank and applied innovations in economic mobility in the bank. 

Mr. Tamburrino is Chief Operating Officer of NobleReach Foundation, where he leads enterprise operations and supports mission-driven innovation in government and public service. A former career member of the Senior Executive Service, he previously served as Senior Vice President at LMI, overseeing health-related federal consulting services including medical logistics, health policy, and emergency response. 

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Tamburrino held senior roles in the Department of Defense, including Chief Human Capital Officer and Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. He managed key human capital initiatives such as military healthcare modernization, workforce planning, and personnel system reforms. He holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a certified Acquisition Professional and Executive Coach. 

Virginia (Ginny) Hill serves as a Senior Facilitator for various leadership programs and initiatives across the Partnership. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) with over 600 hours of paid coaching. Ginny’s passion is working with leaders to reach their full potential through developing self-command, growth mindset, and an enhanced ability to work with others. Ginny’s career began in the federal government as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2007. As a PMF, she experienced a federal leadership program, and she later went on to manage leadership programs and trainings for the NIH Office of Human Resources.