(March 20, 2025) - The Pahara Institute announced today a new cohort of the highly selective Pahara Fellowship. These 23 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:
Valissia Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Leadership Preparatory Charter School
Christina Ariès, Director of Adult Development, Citizens of the World Charter Schools
Chris Chatmon, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kingmakers of Oakland
Zach Craddock, Superintendent, Third Future Schools
Debra Durso, Chief Executive Officer & Principal, Green Woods Charter School
Denise Forte, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Education Trust
Kevin George, Special Assistant to the Dean, Louisiana State University
Josie Green, Waawanglake - Executive Director, Teach for America South Dakota
Azella Humetewa, Senior Director, School Sustainability, NACA Inspired Schools Network
Angélica Infante-Green, Commissioner of Education, State of Rhode Island
Brian King, Founder & Executive Director, Liberation Academy
Steve Lambert, Chief Executive Officer, American Classical Schools of Idaho (ACSI)
Carmen LoTurco, Executive Director, Lone Rock Foundation
Jim May, President & Chief Executive Officer, New Tech Network
Luis Mena, Chief Financial Officer, YES Prep Public Schools
Hattie Mitchell, Founder, Crete Academy Charter School
Donique Nobles Muhammad, Vice President, Seed, Charter School Growth Fund
Edgar Palacios, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Latinx Education Collaborative/Revolución Educativa
Stephanie Parra, Chief Executive Officer, ALL In Education
Gini Pupo-Walker, Director of National Education Strategy, Raikes Foundation
Sofia Roditti, Chief Executive Officer, Equitas Academy Charter Schools
Christian Rubalcaba, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services, San Mateo-Foster City School District
Ryan Tauriainen, Executive Director, Teach for America D.C. & Virginia
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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