Our Team

Staff

Geraldeen Licurse

Chief Executive Officer

Nancy Lewson Kurz​

Senior Advisor

Esosa Ogbahon

President, Education Network

Amy Kolz

Executive Director, Initiatives

Keisha Rattray

Network Chief Academic Officer

Pascale Artamin

Network Chief Operations Officer

Brian Stemmer

Network Chief Financial Officer

Alyssa Kelly

Chief of Staff

Sonia Ortiz-Gulardo

Network Director of Parent Engagement and Community Outreach

Nella Mupier

Initiatives Director, Legacy Network

Leslie Montalvo

Development Director

Jennella Young

Initiatives Director, Community Connections

Jessica Sadev

Network Director of School Support Services

Andrea Hill

Network Director of Grants and Research

Wendy Silva

Network Human Resources Manager

Daniela Lerma

Initiatives Program Manager, Legacy Network

Anadely Ortiz

Network Purchasing Coordinator

Andres Lema

Network Accounts Payable Specialist

Anthony Bhimsain

Network Manager of Data Systems and Compliance

Alex Lam

Network Senior Data Associate

Renato Muguercia

Network Technology Support Specialist

Board

Nancy Lewson Kurz, Chair
Beginning with Children Foundation

Michelle Brooks, Vice Chair
Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Chris Gaulin, Treasurer
Ashler Capital

Travis Baird
Maverick Capital Foundation

Rebecca Baneman
Advance

Deborah Goldfarb
Barclays Capital

Kofi N. Kankam
TRANSFRVR

Erasmo Montalván
Microsoft

Sonia Ortiz-Gulardo
Beginning with Children Foundation

Leneil Roderique
Condé Nast

Kiasia Truluck
TIME

Founders Joe and Carol Reich

The principles we were building our school on, presented something potentially huge in education reform. These principles-parental choice, freedom to operate in a manner consistent with the needs of specific children, parent involvement, longer school days and a longer school year, merit compensation for teachers-could be a game changer for children of poverty. It was the growing sense of this possibility that re-energized us and gave us the strength to push on, for as long as necessary.

We both shared a common and basic belief: families of means can afford to send their children to private schools or relocate to an affluent neighborhood where public schools have greater resources. The poor cannot. We recoiled against this injustice. We made it our own struggle.

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