Senior Leadership
Geoffrey Canada
President

Geoffrey Canada
President
Having worked with Harlem Children’s Zone for more than 30 years, Geoffrey Canada is renowned as a thought leader and passionate advocate for education reform.
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer

Our Executive Team

Nana Annan
Chief Operating Officer

Connor Fournier
Chief Financial Officer

Jennifer Klein
Chief Development Officer

Jazmine Lewis
Chief of Staff

Stephanie Lilavois
Senior Managing Director, Communications

Justin Maker
Senior Managing Director, Human Resources

Achil Petit
Superintendent, Promise Academy® Charter Schools & Early Childhood

Hayling Price
Senior Managing Director, Public Policy and External Engagement

Troy Smith
Senior Managing Director, Programs
Board of Trustees
Keith Meister
Chairman
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer
Geoffrey Canada
President
Mitch Kurz
Treasurer
Matthew C. Blank
Secretary
Stanley F. Druckenmiller
Chairman Emeritus
Wallis Annenberg
Doug Buckminster
Stephanie Coleman
K. Don Cornwell
Anita Elberse
Brian J. Higgins
Mark Kingdon
Philippe Laffont
Kenneth G. Langone
Eric W. Mandelblatt
Zachary J. Schreiber
Caroline Turner
Ashok Varadhan
Richard E. Witten