Meet our Fellows

Carlisha Williams

Executive Director of Impact Tulsa

Colleston Morgan

Director of Policy & Advocacy for City Forward Collective

Icela Pelayo

Program Officer at W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Joanna Lein

Executive Director of the Teaching and Leading Initiative in Oklahoma

Jonathan Crossley

Assistant Superintendent at Pine Bluff School District

Jonathan Santos Silva

Founder of The Liber Institute

Katie Schlesinger

Director of Growth and Performance Management at Denver Public Schools

Keniq Coney

Chief Schools Officer at The SEED Foundation

Kimberly Neal-Brannum

Founder and Executive Director of BELIEVE Schools

Lindsey Smith

Chief Academic Officer for Attuned Education Partners

Margaret Marrer

Deputy Chief Academic Officer for KIPP New Jersey

Natalie Gordon

Chief Schools Officer at Attuned Education Partners

Tiffani Curtis

Superintendent of Legacy Traditional Charter Schools

Vicki Lautsch

Chief People Officer at Achievement Prep

Alison Welcher

Chief Strategy Officer at Chiefs for Change and Founder and CEO of Thrive Life Coaching

Christina Grant

Executive Director of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University

Colette Owens

Executive Director of Hiawatha Academies

Eduardo Sindaco

Lead for Academic Acceleration at Maryland State Department of Education

Emily Nielson

Chief Human Capital Officer at Baltimore City Public Schools

Heather Lechner

Executive Director of Education for Technology Access Foundation

Kaitlin Jones

Assistant Superintendent of Caldwell–West Caldwell School District

Katie Murphy

Managing Director of Networks at Leading Educators

Mikelle Willis

Chief People Officer at Leading Educators

Nathalie Means Henderson

Chief Executive Officer of KIPP St. Louis

William Stubbs

Senior Director of Characters, Cultures, and Support at Uplift Education

Andie Corso

Senior Executive Director – Special Education and Leadership Development at New York City Public Schools

Anna Shurak

Executive Director of Teach For America of Greater Philadelphia

Brett Shiel

Director of Coaching and Convening

Danielle Neves

Deputy Superintendent for Salem-Keizer Public Schools

David Kauffman

Founder of Kauffman Education, LLC

Ian Buchanan

President and CEO of Nia Education Group

Isaac Pollack

Associate Superintendent of School Innovation, Turnaround, and Charter Partnerships for St. Louis Public Schools

Janice Harris

Chief Schools Officer at Attuned Education Partners

Leslie Garner Franklin

Vice President, Federal Health and Civilian

Liz Marcell Williams

Principal at Health Management Associates

Monica Liang-Aguirre

Director of Early Learning for the City of Seattle

Pablo Villavicencio

Chief Schools Officer for Alliance Public Schools

Sean Precious

Chief Academic Officer at Together 4 Schools

Stephanie Downey Toledo

Superintendent of Central Falls School District

Warren Morgan

Chief Executive Officer and Superintendent of Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Xanthe Jory

Independent Contractor

Amanda Cahn

Deputy Director of Strategy and Operations at the Center for Public Research and Leadership

Angelica Romero

Assistant Superintendent of the Innovation Zone at San Antonio ISD

Babetta Hemphill

Executive Director of Student Services and School Choice for Garland Independent School District

Bill Murphy

Executive Director of Enroll Indy

David Hardy, Jr.

Managing Partner and Vice President of People and Culture at Education Elements

Johannah Chase

Senior Program Officer at Walton Family Foundation

Kettisha Jones

Lead Principal Coach at Ensemble Learning

LaKimbre Brown

Chief of Networks at Leading Educators

Nancy Hanks

Partner at The Management Center