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Cohort 1

Alexandra Anormaliza Executive Director, Affinity Group Field Support Center, NYC Department of Education
Sarah Bertucci Professional Development Associate, Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center
Hal Colston Director, Partnership for Change
Mario De Anda Deeper Learning Equity Fellow
Lillian Hsu Deeper Learning Equity Fellow
Joey Hunziker Director of Partnerships, Innovation Lab Network, Council of Chief State School Officers
Vernon Moore Executive Director, Student Services, San Diego Unified School District
Zoila Morell Associate Professor, Education Leadership; Mercy College
Meg Riordan Chief Learning Officer, The Possible Project

Cohort 2

Lisa Abel-Palmieri President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania
Dinah Becton-Consuegra West Regional Director, EL Education
Bruce Bivins Area Superintendent, San Diego Unified School District
Dennis Campbell Middle and High School Director, MUSE School
Linnea Garrett School Director, Chicago Tech Academy
Colleen Green Humanities Teacher, High Tech High International
William Johnson Director of Instruction, New Haven Public Schools
Temple Lovelace Associate Professor of Special Education, Duquesne University
Daniel Luis Ramirez Instructional Coach and Mathematics Teacher, Roosevelt High School (Portland, OR)
Jim May Chief Schools Officer, New Tech Network
Abja Midha Deputy Director, The Education Trust
Alicia Nance Chief Equity Officer, She Who Learns
Dario Otero Founder/CEO of Youth Lens 360º
Roberto Padilla Superintendent, Newburgh Enlarged City School District
Justin Trager Director of School Networks, New Mexico Center for School Leadership
Monica White Senior Director of Special Projects, New York City Department of Education Innovation Zone

Cohort 3

Abby Benedetto Deeper Learning Coach, Envision Learning Partners
Joey Cienian Director of Educational Programming & Student Support, High School for Recording Arts
Thomas Flanagan Chief Academic Officer, Providence Public Schools
Alex Fralin Chief of Schools for Secondary Education, Madison Metropolitan School District (WI)
Maritza Gonzalez Executive Officer for Equity & Diversity, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Jose Jimenez Principal, A.C.E. Academy for Scholars
Brianne MacNamara Head of Instruction, Building 21
Eric Martin Principal, Winton Woods High School & Academy of Global Studies
Tameka McGlawn Executive Director, University of California Berkeley's College and Career Academy Support Network
Kelly Niccolls Assistant Superintendent, Secondary & Curriculum for Coeur' d Alene School District
Cynthia Ramirez Director of Student Support, Technology Leadership High School
Peter Rivera Program & Policy Development Officer, LAUSD
Karla Vigil EPL Senior Associate, Center for Collaborative Education
Graysen Walles Southeast Regional Director, District & School Development - New Tech Network
Lynne Wright Principal, Oakridge Elementary School

Cohort 4

Aixle Aman Senior Director, Policy and Community Impact - Leadership for Educational Equity
Leticia Archuleta Executive Director, Health Leadership High School
AnnMarie Baines Founder and Executive Director, The Practice Space
David Baker Superintendent, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
Jaqi Baldwin On-site School Leader, Siembra Leadership High School
Tiffany Besse Chief Academic Officer, Ferguson-Florissant School District
Young Whan Choi Manager of Performance Assessments, Oakland Unified School District
Tyra Good Assistant Professor of Practice in Education, Chatham University
Philip Howard Member, Board of Education - Newburgh Enlarged City School District
Greg Lucas Deputy Director of School Culture and Climate, New Visions for Public Schools
Kelly Muic Lombard Elementary Principal, Program Coordinator and Pre-K Coordinator; Frazier School District
Nadia Nashir Assistant Superintendent of Multilingual Education, Buffalo Public Schools
Jaleah Robinson Middle School Principal, Environmental Charter School
Meisha Ross Porter Chancellor, NYC Department of Education
Nina Unitas Coordinator of Visual Arts and Design, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Brandon Wiley Chief Program Officer, PBL Works

Cohort 5

Marggie Banker Superintendent, Montello School District
Michele Bowers Superintendent, Lancaster School District
Julianna Charles Brown Director of Systems Transformation, KnowledgeWorks
Alan Cheng Superintendent, NYC Department of Education
Verenice Gutierrez Director of Educational Equity and Access, Salt Lake City School District
William Jackson Principal, Seattle Public Schools
Keith Jones Principal, Platte County High School
Dynell Kellyman Associate Director of Partnership Engagement, Institute for Student Achievement
Charles King Founder, President & CEO, The Kansas City Teacher Residency
Edgar J. Palacios Founder, Latinx Education Collaborative
Karis Parker Principal, Crossroads Charter Schools
Jessica Rucker High School Teacher, Euphemia Lofton Haynes Public Charter High School
Mirza Sánchez-Medina Deputy Chief Academic Officer Division Multilingual Learners, New York City Department of Education
Anibal Soler Jr. Superintendent, Batavia City School District
Amber Strawser Assistant Principal, Winton Woods City Schools

Cohort 6

Jay Abeyta Jr. Chief Executive Officer, Boys & Girls Club of Generational Empowerment (BGCGE)
Danette Campbell-Bell Senior Program Officer, Greater Rochester Health Foundation
Diana Cornejo-Sanchez Director of Instructional Leadership and Development, High Tech High
Carlos Cotto Assistant Superintendent, Schenectady City School District
Ruth Crockett Director, New Teachers Collaborative
Keoni Dang Assistant Principal, Spokane Public Schools District
Crystal Davis Principal, James Baldwin School
Sasha Douglas Assistant Superintendent, Capitol Region Education Council Schools (CREC)
James Fogarty Executive Director, A+ Schools Pittsburgh
Shameka Gerald Vice President of Learning, YELLOW
Derek Jones Vice President of District School Support, New Visions for Public Schools
Emily Neff Director of Public Policy, Trying Together
Kelly Ocasio Founder, Amplify Equity
Esohe Osai Assistant Professor in Applied Developmental Psychology, School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh
Rashawn Peterson-Caruthers Director, Advocacy, Getting Smart
Lisa Pickett Coordinator, 9-12 Literacy, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Eric Rowe Executive Director, Empower Community High School
Natombi Simpson Educational Consultant, Hamilton County Educational Service Center
Simona Simpson-Thomas Founder & CEO, Freedom Dreams

Mentors

Pedro Antonio Noguera, PhD Distinguished Professor of Education, UCLA
Jean-Claude Brizard Partner and Vice President, Cross & Joftus
Xenia Cox Vice President, MKThink
Felicia Cumings Smith Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ben Daley Chief Academic Officer, High Tech High
Linda Darling-Hammond President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute
Nancy Diaz Bain Co-Director, The Met (Providence, RI)
Jeff Duncan-Andrade, PhD Associate Professor of Raza Studies and Education, San Francisco State University
Christopher Emdin, PhD Associate Professor, Teachers College - Columbia University
Howard Fuller, PhD Distinguished Professor of Education, Marquette University
Saleem Ghubril Executive Director, The Pittsburgh Promise
Virgel Hammonds Chief Learning Officer, KnowledgeWorks
Lindsay Hill Program Officer, Raikes Foundation
Maria Hyler Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
Deborah Jewell Sherman Professor of Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
David Kirkland Executive Director, the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity
Dennis Littky Co-founder, Big Picture Learning
Charmaine Mercer Director and Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
Ace Parsi Project Director, National Association of State Boards of Education
Megan Roberts Executive Director, Math for America
Tony Simmons Executive Director, High School for Recording Arts (HSRA) - Minneapolis, MN
Carola Suárez-Orozco, PhD Professor of Human Development and Psychology, UCLA
Stan Thompson Director, The Heinz Endowment's Education Program
Gia Troung Chief Executive Officer, Envision Education
Elliot Washor Co-founder, Big Picture Learning