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Meet Our Team

TRANSFORMING LEARNING. TRANSFORMING LIVES

Senior Leadership

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Jillian Juman

Jillian Juman brings over 20 years of experience in education to ºÚÁÏÍø. Throughout her career, she has committed to providing underserved communities with access to quality education and ensuring educational equity.

Jillian has worked to integrate school communities and provide opportunities for global learning to benefit students and their families. With a proven track record of raising student achievement, Ms. Juman has successfully led networks in the development of strong academic learning practices, leadership development, and building sustainable communities of learning that are inclusive and innovative.

She started her career as a classroom teacher and has held various school leadership roles both in New York City and Los Angeles, including managing instructional superintendent and principal. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and B.A. in Anthropology of Dance from the University of California, Santa Cruz, an M.A in Dance and Dance Education from New York University, and an M. Ed. in Educational Administration from Bank Street College.

Jillian Juman

Chief Executive Officer
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Elizabeth Choi

Elizabeth Choi has built a career betting on bold ideas, developing leaders, and enabling ecosystems – all with a deep commitment to equity and inclusion. As a former teacher, nonprofit executive, co-founder, community builder, coach, and advisor, she is currently ºÚÁÏÍø’s COO, a national nonprofit that works with districts across the country and operates schools in the Bay Area.

She also partners with leaders during their seasons of growth and scale. Her partners include Desmos, Formation Ventures, Google, Swing Education, Moonshot edVentures as well as other K12 education and workforce development organizations.

Previously, Elizabeth was the Senior Vice President at the Pahara Institute, an organization that provides transformational development opportunities for American education leaders. She launched a new programmatic department and led the organization’s operations. She also served as the Chief Program Officer at Summit Public Schools, where she co-founded the Summit Learning Program, a national program that enabled students to attain the skills, knowledge and habits to live a fulfilled life. Under her leadership, the program grew from 19 schools across 10 states to over 380 schools in 40 states serving over 65,000 students.

Elizabeth earned her BA in Public Policy and MA in Education from Stanford University. She enjoys serving her community as a board member of Summit Public Schools and has also advised the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on their K12 education strategy. Elizabeth is a recipient of the 2019-20 Stanford University Award of Merit and a 2017-2018 Pahara Fellow. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys spending time with her family and friends over food and tea.

Elizabeth Choi

Chief of Operations
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Simone Green

Chief Financial Officer
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Elizabeth Raji-Greig

Elizabeth is joining the ºÚÁÏÍø team as the Assistant Chief Academic and Continuous Improvement Officer. With nearly two decades of experience in education, Liz has ​worked to increase and support educational equity through her roles as a teacher, school leader, regional leader, and coach. Before joining ºÚÁÏÍø, Liz ​served as an Associate Director of Academics with KIPP Public Schools Northern California. There she supported the region’s focus on early literacy skills and more student-specific instruction and analysis systems. Liz is a deep believer that schools can meet the spoken and unspoken promises they make to their students’ families when their decisions honor the critical roles social-emotional learning, family inclusion, content internalization, and staff development play in student​ engagement and growth. Liz ​holds an Ed.M. in Administration and Supervision from National Louis University in Chicago​ ​and a B​.A​.​ in English ​with a concentration in African, African-American Studies ​from Kenyon College in Ohio.

Elizabeth Raji-Greig

Superintendent of Schools
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Justin Wells

As the founding English teacher of ºÚÁÏÍø’s first school, Justin helped develop ºÚÁÏÍø’s graduation portfolio and defense system. For six years, he led teacher teams in the design and implementation of semester-long, multi-disciplinary projects that drew recognition, media coverage, and research attention from ABC News, KQED, Stanford University, the Oracle Education Foundation, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Recently, Justin served as the associate research director for performance assessment at the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE), where, among other Common Core transition projects, he designed the prototype performance tasks for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). Justin recently co-authored, along with Bob Lenz and Sally Kingston, a new book about the ºÚÁÏÍø education model: Transforming Schools Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards (Wiley, January 2015).

Justin Wells

Chief Program Officer

School Leaders

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Dr. Evangelina Ward-Jackson

ºÚÁÏÍø Academy Executive School Director
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Kassandre Harper-Cotton

ºÚÁÏÍø Academy Principal
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Phillip Chardon

City Arts & Leadership Academy Principal
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POOJA MAHARAJ

Impact Academy High School Principal
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ALYSON STOUT

Impact Academy Middle School Principal

The ºÚÁÏÍø Team

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Chris Angotti

Senior Director of Operations
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JORDAN BRICK

Operations Manager
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SHADAYA BRIDGES

Senior Director of Talent & HR
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OMAR BRYAN

Associate Director of Technology and Student Information
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Annie Cahoon

Director, Talent and Human Resources
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KELLEY CARRASCO

Director, Special Education
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JOHN ERICSON

Director of Data & Assessment
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CAREY FIGUEROA

Office Coordinator
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NILOY Gangopadhyay

Senior Director of Advancement & Engagement
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Jaren George

IT Administrator
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ROILYN GRAVES

Assessment Design Partner
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JA'NAY JENKINS

Associate Director of School Facilities and Operations
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COURTNEY KATEN

ELP Marketing and Operations Manager
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JOEL KEY

Associate Director of Talent
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Anna Kogan

Director of Finance
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LUCY LUJANO

Manager, Payroll & Accounts Payable
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RACHEL MAIDA

ELP Director of Operations
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Alcine Mumby

Vice President of Programs
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STEVE NARES

Associate Director, College Pathways & Postsecondary Success
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JOSETTE NEAL-DE-STANTON

Assessment Design Partner
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Gregory Prentiss

IT Administrator
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Soraya Ramos

Assessment Design Partner
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KATIA RODRIGUEZ

Human Resources Coordinator
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KALA STEPTER

Director of STEM
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Lindzey Tassano

Senior Director of Student Services
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Ana-Louise Trinidad

Data Manager
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Ruth Chung Wei

Director of Research & Innovation
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