Senior Leadership
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the role of CEO in 2020, after his tenure as COO, Mr. Owusu-Kesse launched HCZ’s transformation into a truly national organization.
Geoffrey Canada
President
Geoffrey Canada
President
An innovator in the field of education and place-based work, Geoffrey Canada has made it his life’s mission to help young people from under-resourced communities succeed through education.
Our Executive Team
Saskia Brown
Superintendent, HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools and Early Childhood Programs
Celines Castro
Chief Human Resources Officer
Garraud Etienne
Chief Administrative Officer
Jennifer Klein
Chief Development Officer
Jazmine Lewis
Chief Strategy Officer
Stephanie Lilavois
Chief Communications Officer
Christian Rhodes
Deputy Executive Director, William Julius Wilson Institute
Ralph Stefano
Chief Financial Officer
Board of Trustees
Keith Meister
Chair
Stephanie Coleman
Vice Chair
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer
Geoffrey Canada
President
Mitch Kurz
Treasurer
Matthew C. Blank
Secretary
Stanley F. Druckenmiller
Chair Emeritus
Doug Buckminster
Sender Cohen
K. Don Cornwell
Anita Elberse
William Heard
Brian J. Higgins
Mark Kingdon
Philippe Laffont
Kenneth G. Langone
Benita Melton
Zachary J. Schreiber
Ashok Varadhan
Richard E. Witten