Augustus Mays joined the Board of Trustees in November 2021. As the Director of Government Relations for the Office of Policy and Communications at WestEd, Augustus Mays has primary responsibility for cultivating WestEd’s relationship with the legislative and administrative branches of the federal government.

Mays provides information about WestEd, advocates for the agency’s interests, and offers counsel on issues in which WestEd’s staff and programs have expertise.

In addition, Mays represents WestEd in many parts of Washington, D.C.’s education policy world, serving as liaison to D.C.-based professional associations, education polic