(February 15, 2024) - The Pahara Institute announced today a new cohort of the highly selective Pahara Fellowship. These 24 individuals join the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to strengthen and sustain values-driven leaders who are transforming public education so that every child is prepared to lead a free and fulfilling life.
The Pahara Fellowship is a one-year, cohort-based program that identifies exceptional leaders in the educational excellence and equity movement, facilitates their dynamic growth, and strengthens their collective efforts to dramatically improve public education, especially those serving low-income children and communities. The Fellowship provides these leaders with the unusual opportunity to step back from their demanding daily work to reflect with peers on their collective and individual impact as leaders and change agents. Fellows challenge each other to think beyond traditional silos and sector boundaries to develop strategies that enhance their effectiveness as leaders, address leadership challenges in public education, and accelerate the improvements needed to provide high-quality learning opportunities for all of our nation’s children.
The newest cohort of Pahara Fellows includes:
Shirley Appleman, Senior Advisor, Bellwether
Courtney Bell, Chief People Officer, KIPP Foundation
Maya Martin Cadogan, Executive Director, PAVE
Genevieve Cheng, Senior Chief of Staff to the President, IDEA Public Schools
Jared Chung, Executive Director, CareerVillage.org
Stephanie Devine, Executive Director, Teach For America Appalachia
Kahlmus Eatman, Chief Operating Officer, Pacific Charter School Development
Tatiana Epanchin, Co-Founder, Catalyst Public Schools
Emily Calderón Galdeano, Chief Impact and Strategy Officer, UP Partnership
Ashley Davis Gallimore, Chief Executive Officer, RePublic Schools
Shara Hegde, Chief Executive Officer, Alpha Public Schools
Rafiq Kalam Id-Din II, Founder and Managing Partner, Ember Charter Schools for Mindful Education, Innovation and Transformation
Kristina Kyles-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School
Alaina Chipman Leeks, Founder and Executive Director, Atlanta Unbound Academy
Chase McLaurin, Superintendent, Lucée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
Robert Medina, Director, English Learner Program, Sobrato Philanthropies
Chris Minnich, President, NWEA
Sara Morrison, Executive Director, Tennessee State Board of Education
Patrick O'Donnell, Chief Executive Officer, Making Waves Education Foundation
Gabrielle Ramos-Solomon, Chief of Staff, Robin Hood Foundation
Geoff Roehm, Founder and Executive Director, Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
Chad Rountree, Chief Executive Officer, Propel America
Rashad Turner, Chief Executive Officer and President, Minnesota Parent Union
Rich Vazquez, Senior Vice President, Pahara Institute
To access bios and photos of the Pahara Fellows, click here.
For more information please contact info@pahara.org.
About the Pahara Institute
The Pahara Institute seeks to strengthen the movement for educational excellence and equity by developing and sustaining values-driven leaders. The guiding principle of the Pahara Institute is that bold improvements are needed in our public schools so that every child in America is prepared to lead a free and fulfilling life. Pahara’s programs are designed to identify leaders in education innovation, and through a time-tested dialogue approach, strengthen and sustain their efforts to bring about critical improvements to our public schools. For more information, please visit pahara.org.
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