LEADERSHIP
FACILITATORS/COACHES
Board of Directors
Josh Klaris, Board Chair (He/Him) // Director, North10
Alice Stone (She/Her) // Independent Filmmaker
Ashwin Rajendra (He/Him) // Executive Coach and Consultant
Belle Halpern (She/Her) // Founder, Inspiring Educators; Co-Founder, The Ariel Group
Ellie Sanchez (She/Her/They/Them) // Chief of Staff for Office of Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta, District 1
Judi Israel (She/Her) // Founder and CEO, Colchester Consulting Group
Kodia Baye-Cigna (She/Her) // Program Director, Catie’s Closet
Melissa Gonzalez (She/Her) // Deputy Director, Everyday Boston
Terra Samuels (She/Her) // SaaS Executive, formerly with Akamai Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Victoria Kawesa (She/Her) // Government Affairs Manager, First Five Years Fund
Advisory BoarD
Alex Cortez // Partner, Strategic Advising, Bellwether Education Partners
Arnie Zar-Kessler // Former Executive Director, IE
Christopher Canton // Sr. Manager, FP&A, Mimecast
Cassie Comstock // Real Estate Advisor, Compass
Caroline Davidsen // MBA Candidate, Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Dave Kershner // Leadership Coach, TNTP **
David Teich // Vice President, M&T Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.
Diane Hessan // CEO, Salient Ventures
Denis Saulnier // CPO, Ariel Group
Ethan Barr // Associate Attorney, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP
Hannah Wilson // Sr. Community Investment Specialist, BAE Systems
Hayley Spira-Bauer // CAO, iTutor
Hilary Lewis // Vice President for Alumni School Leadership, TFA
Jared Rogers // Sales Leader, Higharc
Jeana Marinelli // Leadership Development Coach and Consultant, Marinelli LLC
Jeff Wetzler // Co-Founder, Transcend, Inc. **
Joe Parel // Manager, PwC
Judy Touzin // Ed.D. Candidate, Harvard University Graduate School of Education **
Kate Gulliver // CFO/CAO, Wayfair
Kathryn Thorndyke // Former CAO, New Profit
Kevin Jennings // President, Tenement Museum
Matt Shedd // Sr. Consultant, Charles River Associates
Margie Blanchard // Chair, The Blanchard Foundation **
Peter Kovner // Coach and Consultant
Rachel Klein // Project Manager - DMEquityOffice, District Management Group
Ron Crawley // Sr. Resolution Policy Specialist, FDIC **
Sara Keenan // Vice President of Leadership Development, Achievement First **
Scott Simmons // CEO, Ariel Group **
Steve Quatrano // Founder, Memma
Viraj Ayachit // Cybersecurity & GRC Compliance Leader, PwC
** Denotes Emeritus Board Member
Our Partners
Our clients include education’s most passionate leaders from the following inspirational schools, school networks, school districts, and nonprofit organizations: