Leadership

Our leadership guides the day-to-day and strategic work of First Focus. Click on the person’s name for a brief biography.

Bruce Lesley		Marguerite Kondracke
President		President & CEO, APA

• Ralph Forsht - Sr. VP of Operations
• Shadi Houshyar - VP of Child Welfare Policy  
• Melissa Lazarin - Director of Education Policy  
• Michael Linden - Director of Tax and Budget Policy
• Phillip Lovell - VP of Education
• Lisa Shapiro - VP of Health
• Christopher Spina - VP of Communications
• Jonathan Zaff - VP of Research, APA