Speasmaker serves as as Associate Director of Network Engagement for CLINIC. In this role, she helps lead CLINIC's training and consultation to organizations on program management and capacity building.  She also coordinates CLINIC’s resources and technical support on integration within the CLINIC network.

Speasmaker is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a master of teaching degree. She is also a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned master’s degrees in public affairs and Latin American studies.

Prior to working at CLINIC, she taught English as a second language in Virginia, Ecuador and Texas, and she speaks Spanish.