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
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Chief Executive Officer
Kwame Owusu-Kesse took over as Chief Executive Officer of Harlem Children’s Zone on July 1, 2020. He previously served as HCZ’s Chief Operating Officer for six years.
Our Executive Team
Nana Annan
Chief Operating Officer
Jim Hutter
Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Klein
Chief Development Officer
Jazmine Lewis
Managing Director, Executive Office and Senior Advisor to the CEO
Justin Maker
Senior Managing Director, Human Resources
Achil Petit
Superintendent, Promise Academy® Charter Schools & Early Childhood
Wesner Pierre
Senior Managing Director, Programs
Hayling Price
Managing Director, Public Policy and External Engagement
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
K. Don Cornwell
Joseph DiMenna
Brian J. Higgins
Mark Kingdon
Philippe Laffont
Kenneth G. Langone
Eric W. Mandelblatt
Zachary J. Schreiber
Caroline Turner
Ashok Varadhan
Richard E. Witten
