Vanessa Vaughn
As Associate Principal, Vanessa serves as the primary engagement manager on cases in addition to providing case guidance, streamlining case methodologies, and training Tuscany’s full team. Vanessa has worked with clients across the entire educational lifecycle from infant care to workforce development, with an especially deep focus in early childhood education (ECE) having led hundreds of parent and operator interviews, focus groups, and site visits in addition to leading the development of Tuscany’s proprietary Quality/Price Tier™ ECE evaluation rubric.
Vanessa also led the development of Tuscany’s Spring 2024 Report: Dynamics Affecting Private Childcare as well as the Summer 2024 Report: Universal Pre-K (UPK) and Private Childcare.
Vanessa has extensive experience with projects focused on price strategy, quality management, new market expansion, competitor landscape analysis, target and market identification, site selection, brand optimization, school turnaround, and organizational design.
Vanessa began her career in the classroom teaching 8th grade math at a Title 1 charter school in Baton Rouge, LA through Teach for America. Vanessa has also held positions in program operations and marketing for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge and Vehicles for Change.
Vanessa holds a B.A. in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University.
