Sasha Pudelski
Sasha Pudelski joined ÂÜÀòÍøin 2010 as a legislative specialist. As the Director of Advocacy for AASA, she leads the advocacy and policy team at AASA. In this role, she is the primary representative of ÂÜÀòÍøon Capitol Hill and in meetings with federal agencies. She also coordinates AASA’s advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court. Sasha tackles a broad portfolio of federal policy and funding issues but specializes in those that relate to school safety and school climate, the delivery of healthcare services in schools, privatization of public education, and special education matters.
Sasha also co-leads the National Coalition for Public Education, a coalition of 50+ organizations that fight efforts to privatize federal education funding. She also founded the Medicaid in Schools Coalition, a coalition of organizations that aim to improve and protect the school-based Medicaid program. Sasha is also on the board of the Rebuild America’s School Infrastructure Coalition.
Sasha is frequently quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Education Week and other national publications.
A native of New Jersey, she graduated from Oberlin College. She is an alum of the Institute for Educational Leadership Education Policy Fellowship Program and the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Certificate in Education Finance. She resides in Virginia with her husband and two daughters.
