Mary Briggs

Mary Briggs is senior director of research and education policy development at the California School Boards Association (CSBA). She leads a team of education policy analysts who provide board members with research and timely information on key governance issues. Her work focuses on local K–12 governance, school finance, and policy implementation. Recent CSBA research projects examine local educational agencies’ use of state and federal COVID-19 relief funding, school safety, and budgeting through an equity lens. She was an elementary school teacher for 12 years and studied school organization and education policy at the University of California, Davis, with research on district coherence, school finance, and local policy implementation.

updated 2025