{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Council for Opportunity in Education","provider_url":"https:\/\/coenet.org","author_name":"Terrance Hamm","author_url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/author\/terrance\/","title":"Sean Simone - Council for Opportunity in Education","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"q7Gt4JSF1w\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/people\/sean-simone\/\">Sean Simone<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/people\/sean-simone\/embed\/#?secret=q7Gt4JSF1w\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sean Simone&#8221; &#8212; Council for Opportunity in Education\" data-secret=\"q7Gt4JSF1w\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Headshot-Sean-Simone.jpg","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1920,"description":"Prior to joining COE, Sean worked at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education. Over a ten-year period, he served as Associate Commissioner, Branch Chief, and Survey Director, overseeing education longitudinal surveys, financial aid studies, and institutional education data collections.\u00a0 He is an expert in financial aid research, having served as the Project Officer for the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study; is knowledgeable on student transfer with authorship of the last major study on credit transfer commissioned by NCES; and is experienced in the use of institutional and state-wide data systems for research."}