Our Team
Serving Kansas and Missouri statewide, our team works with rural, urban and suburban communities to drive impact to all students.
A passionate education advocate, Torree Pederson has spent the past 15 years running business leader led organizations focused on workforce development. As founding President of Aligned, Torree has helped grow the dual state organization focused on...
Linda Rallo has supported education advocacy for more than 20 years, the last four as the vice president of the Aligned (formerly the Alliance for Childhood Education) where she oversees education policy and legislation in Missouri. She received a...
Jim Malle serves as Aligned's Director of Policy, overseeing Missouri's legislative and advocacy initiatives. He is leading the implementation of a comprehensive advocacy strategy, building and maintaining stakeholder relations, and analyzing...
Eric Syverson serves as Aligned's Director of Policy and Research—Kansas, and he is instrumental in leading our Kansas advocacy efforts, policy analysis, and development initiatives.
Eric brings a nonpartisan public policy professional with over six...
Claudia is the Manager of Policy & Outreach for our Kansas team and brings a strong background in legislative affairs, grassroots advocacy, and campaign management to her role at Aligned. She served as a legislative staffer for the Kansas House...