NELLIE MAE EDUCATION FOUNDATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- PROGRAM OFFICER
- SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER
"As a child growing up in Brooklyn, New York, my family instilled in me two valuable lessons: 1. Access to quality education would offer the greatest opportunities. 2. Everyone is not educated similarly. I would not come to understand the second lesson and the factors contributing (race, class, citizenship status) to this lesson until many years later. As a former public school teacher in Boston, I worked tirelessly to ensure that my scholars were provided with countless academic interventions and lessons while having honest conversations about the state of the United States education system, with most conversations centered around the college retention rate for students taught in K-12 schools located in urban areas. I'm interested in asking questions like "Why?" and "What if?" within the context of education reform in order to create systemic change for so many other scholars in classrooms across New England."
Alexis Harewood joined the Foundation in 2017.
Previously, Alexis was a sixth, eighth, and tenth grade English Language Arts (ELA) teacher in the Boston Public Schools (BPS), where she worked largely with English Language Learners and students with special needs. In addition to her teaching duties, Alexis also facilitated a number of after-school programs. She was the Lead Debate Coach at Kennedy Academy, where she helped students prepare for monthly debate competitions across Boston, and was an instructor with a Saturday Scholars program and a Reader's Circle program, where she helped to build students reading and writing skills.
Eager to see students across the city succeed, Alexis has also served as an instructor and coach at a number of other education programs outside of BPS. For the past three years, she has served as an SAT/ACT Prep Instructor for A-List Education, and as a TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) and Spanish Instructor at Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture, where she taught Spanish I and II to native Japanese speakers, and prepared native Japanese speakers to pass the TOEIC exam. For the past two years, she also worked as a Dual Teacher with the Summer Advantage program where she taught reading and mathematics to K-2 students.
Alexis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Master of Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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- Member of the Board
- CEO, BOSTON IMPACT INITIATIVE & CO - FOUNDER, AMPLIFY LATINX and LATINA CIRCLE
Betty Francisco has over 17 years of experience advising health clubs, life sciences, and technology companies in the areas of legal, compliance, risk management, operations, and human resources. In 2018, Boston Magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in Boston. She was also honored by GetKonnected as part of the GK100: Greater Boston's Most Influential People of the Color list.
Betty is the co-founder of Latina Circle, a Boston-based network that is advancing Latina leaders into positions of power and influence across industries. She was also instrumental in launching Latina Circle's Amplify Latinx initiative to increase Latinx civic engagement and political representation. Betty is an entrepreneur, community leader, business executive and attorney. She is known as a powerful convener and collaborator, passionate about creating visibility for the growing Latinx business and civic community in Massachusetts.
Betty obtained her JD and MBA from Northeastern University and her BA in History from Bard College. She is fluent in Spanish and resides in Boston with her husband and two daughters.
Job Titles:
- COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Previously, Caroline worked at Emerson College's Social Justice Center as a social media strategist and Social Justice Cohort member from 2018 to 2019, as well as a student worker in the College's Office of Intercultural Affairs. Caroline was also formerly the co-chair of Protesting Oppression With Educational Reform (POWER), a student organization that advocates for racial equity at Emerson College, as well as vice president of Flawless Brown, an artist collective for self-identifying women and nonbinary people of color.
Caroline graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual and Media Arts from Emerson College in May 2020.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chairman of the Organizational Measurement Committee
- PRESIDENT & CEO, ALFOND SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
- President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alfond Scholarship Foundation
Colleen Quint has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alfond Scholarship Foundation (Alfond) since 2014, bringing over 20 years of experience working in education. At Alfond, Ms. Quint is responsible for the strategy and operations of a program that invests $500 scholarships for college on behalf of more than 12,000 Maine children every year.
Ms. Quint began her career as an education law consultant, working for foundations specializing in scholarship programs and investment, education access and economic development. Ms. Quint was also the Founding Executive Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute, where she established a clear focus on student success through scholarships, personal support and career exploration. She also relied on research and advocacy to advance the Institute's larger public policy mission of educational attainment and economic growth.
Ms. Quint is a graduate of Bates College and the University of Maine Law Schools. She is a resident of Minot, Maine where she is a member of the town's budget committee and a former member of its school committee.
For the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Ms. Quint serves as Chair of the Organizational Measurement Committee and is also a member of the Grants, Policy & Programs and Organizational Measurement committees.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- CO - FOUNDER & FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED WE DREAM
Cristina is a nationally recognized community organizer and movement strategist who has been instrumental in building a sustained and influential youth-led immigrant movement. In 2008, she co-founded United We Dream (UWD), the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country. Under Cristina's leadership as Executive Director, UWD has grown into a powerful network of nearly one million members and has played a pivotal role in shifting the policy conversation and narrative about immigrants and immigration, ultimately influencing policy. Cristina was instrumental in UWD's successful campaign for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. She migrated to the U.S from Ecuador with her family at the age of 13, growing up undocumented.
In recognition of her work as a social justice organizer, Cristina received a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, the Four Freedoms Award, and a spot on the 2018 TIME 100 List. Cristina has appeared in hundreds of national and local media outlets including USA Today, CNN, MSNBC, HBO, The New York Times, the LA Times, ABC, NPR, The Huffington Post, Univision, Telemundo, and La Opinion. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Huffington Post, and El Diario. Cristina proudly serves on the Board of Directors of the National Committee for Responsible Philanthropy (NCRP), Hazen Foundation, and Make the Road Action Fund.
Cristina also co-founded the New York State Youth Leadership Council, the Dream Mentorship Program at Queens College, was an immigration policy analyst for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and an immigrant rights organizer at Make the Road New York.
Cristina holds a Master's degree in Public Administration & Public Policy from the School of Public of Affairs at Baruch College, CUNY and graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science and Business from Queens College, CUNY. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Letters & Humanities by Wesleyan University.
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- Member of the Board
- HEADMASTER, MARGARITA MUNIZ ACADEMY
Dania Vazquez has been the Headmaster of Margarita Muniz Academy since July 2011. Prior to joining the Academy, Ms. Vazquez was the Associate Executive Director at the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, where she focused on a number of key initiatives including principal preparation, leadership development, curriculum development, and school governance. She helped lead whole-school transformation efforts in Boston and throughout the state. In addition, she coordinated a range of services for the Boston Pilot Schools/Horace Mann Network including leadership coaching, professional development, and project coordination as well as Pilot Network advocacy with the district and community.
As an educator and practitioner, Ms. Vazquez has diverse experiences serving grades K-12 as a bilingual special education teacher, staff developer, facilitator, and principal of small schools primarily in New York City for over 21 years before coming to Boston. She is a co-founder of The Essence School, a successful middle school located in Brooklyn, New York. She served as principal in a small alternative art school serving grades 6-12 and principal of a K-8 elementary school, both in New York City. Her areas of expertise include ESL, language development, literacy, curriculum development, organizational development, and school transformation.
She has an M.S. in Bilingual Special Education from Bank Street College and an Ed.D. with a focus on organizational development and school leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.
For the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Ms. Vazquez serves on the Grants Policy & Program Committee and Organizational Measurement Committee.
Job Titles:
- Director of Engagement and Partnerships
As Director of Engagement and Partnerships at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Delia is a first-generation American that identifies as a proud Chicana with roots in San Antonio, Texas. In her role, Delia supports the Foundation's engagement with community members to ensure that their voices are well-represented in the Foundation's work. She is also responsible for building Nellie Mae's partnerships with organizations that have complementary interests in supporting communities facing racial inequities.
In 2019, Delia supported the design and development of the Foundation's inaugural Community Advisory Group. The Advisory made up largely of people of color representing communities throughout the New England region was instrumental in working with the Foundation to build its new strategy.
Until recently, Delia led the Foundation's Public Understanding and Demand Initiative and designed and implemented its youth and parent organizing portfolios. Both efforts focused on lifting up the voice and power of historically marginalized community members.
Delia has a solid background in social services and community outreach in low-income, immigrant communities. Prior to joining Nellie Mae, she developed and managed an information and referral center that responded to the needs of a large immigrant community. Her previous work also includes designing and conducting parenting programs for families living in homeless shelters and working as a home visitor for an early literacy program. Early in her social work career, Delia worked with Navy families and launched a center dedicated to counseling submariners and their families
Delia holds a BA in Sociology and an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania and a certificate from the Institute of Nonprofit Management and Leadership (Boston University). Delia is a Board member of the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing, Jumpstart's National Board, and the Gaston Institute's Community Advisory. Delia is also a former board member of MA Philanthropy and an alum of Latinos for Education Board Fellows.
Doreen Bergstrom joined the Nellie Mae Education Foundation in 2009. Doreen serves as the Foundation's receptionist, and also supports the administrative needs of the Programs, Policy, Communications, Information Technology, and Research departments.
Previously, Doreen was a receptionist at Columbia Electric Supply Inc., and AGM Industries, both in Brockton, Massachusetts. Prior to her work at AGM Industries, Doreen served in many capacities at Goodman Knitting/Kellwood Corp., also located in Brockton.
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- Member of the Board
- Director of the Urban Superintendents Program
- PROFESSOR of PRACTICE, HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL of EDUCATION
Currently, a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Dr. Jewell-Sherman has built a reputation as one of the most successful urban district superintendents in the country.
Prior to her appointment at HGSE, Dr. Jewell-Sherman served as Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools. During her appointment, 95 percent of Richmond's lowest-performing schools achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation. The school district's success even prompted an invitation for her to testify before a U.S. House Committee reviewing the federal No Child Left Behind law.
With over thirty years of experience in the public education field, Dr. Jewell-Sherman currently serves as the Director of the Urban Superintendents Program and is the principal investigator for an initiative between the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.
Dr. Jewell-Sherman holds a B.S. in education from New York University, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Kean University, an M.Ed. in Administration and Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership and Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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- Member of the Board
- President of Eastern Connecticut State University
Dr. Elsa M. Núñez has served as president of Eastern Connecticut State University since 2006. Dr. Nunez has more than 20 years of experience as a senior administrator in higher education institutions in systems such as the University of Maine System and the City University of New York.
Under Dr. Núñez's leadership, Eastern Connecticut State University has received several major national recognitions, including being ranked three years in a row by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top 35 public regional universities in the North as a Tier One institution; being recognized for the fifth year in a row by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a "Great College to Work For"; being named to President Obama's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll; and being included in The Princeton Review's list of Best Colleges in the Northeast.
In addition to serving on the board of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Dr. Núñez also serves on the boards of such organizations as the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the Connecticut Association for Human Services, Leadership Greater Hartford, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.
Dr. Núñez received her B.A. from Montclair State College, an M.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an Ed.D. in Language Education from Rutgers University.
For the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Dr. Núñez serves on the Grants Policy & Program committee, and on the Organizational Measurement committee.
Gislaine joined the Foundation in 2019.
With more than fifteen years of experience working across the education sector, Gislaine brings to the Foundation a breadth of experience that includes work with nonprofits, individual schools, and school districts. Most recently, she served as the Chief Program Officer for Arlington, Virginia-based Phi Delta Kappa International, a professional organization for educators. In this role, she designed and led programs that supported school district leaders, provided leadership coaching surrounding issues of equity and social justice, and created and facilitated an ongoing community that allowed system-level leaders in districts from across the country to learn from one another.
Prior to her work at Phi Delta Kappa, Gislaine worked for school districts including Hartford Public Schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, and Kansas City Missouri School District. She is passionate about social justice, racial equity, adult learning, youth and community empowerment, system change, and increasing educational opportunities for all students.
Gislaine holds a Bachelor of Science degree and an Education Specialist in Administration degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City, a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Missouri Central, and a Doctor of Education Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- President and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education
Dr. John H. Jackson is President and CEO of The Schott Foundation for Public Education, where he leads the Foundation's efforts to ensure a high-quality public education for all students regardless of race or gender.
Previously, Dr. Jackson served as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) Chief Policy Officer and prior to that as the NAACP's National Director of Education. He also served as an Adjunct Professor of Race, Gender, and Public Policy at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and as President Clinton's Senior Policy Advisor in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Jackson also served on the Obama-Biden transition team as a member of the President's 13-member Education Policy Transition Work Group.
Dr. Jackson holds a B.A. in Political Science from the Xavier University of Louisiana; an M.Ed. in Education Policy from the University of Illinois' College of Education; a J.D. from the University of Illinois' College of Law; and an M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
For the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Dr. Jackson serves on the Equity and Governance committees.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- PRESIDENT, BARLOW PARTNERS, INC
Elizabeth "Liz" Hilpman has over 30 years of experience investing in the asset management world with a focus on alternative investments strategies. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences covering a wide range of topics including asset allocation and manager selection. She is currently the President and Chief Investment Officer of Barlow Partners, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor.
Prior to Barlow Partners, Ms. Hilpman was a Vice President of Investments for 9 years at CommonFund, an asset management firm serving not-for-profit institutions. Earlier in her career, she was a Director of Alternative Manager Research at Dubin & Swieca, an Investment Officer at Dartmouth College, and a portfolio manager at Global Asset Management ("GAM").
Ms. Hilpman holds a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire. She serves on the boards and investment committees for several not-for-profit organizations and is also a member of the Economic Club of New York.
For the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Ms. Hilpman serves on the Audit and Risk and Investment committees.
"I believe all young people deserve access to an equitable and quality education. In order for education to resonate with all of our children and youth, they need to feel like their needs are at the center of their learning experience. Our job as educators is to create a network for young people in their school, community, and home that supports them through love. To love our students is to set high expectations for all of our young people and then equip them and everyone in their support network with the tools and resources to meet these expectations."
Ellen Wang joined the Foundation in 2015.
Ellen brings over a decade of experience as an educator in out-of-school time, K-12, and higher education. Prior to joining Nellie Mae, Ellen served as the Director of Youth Education at Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, where she managed program evaluation, grant writing and cultivated and managed external partnerships with stakeholders in the community and Greater Boston school districts. Ellen is a former high school teacher and has also served as a teacher educator at the undergraduate teacher education program at Northwestern University, and the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR).
Ellen received a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, an M.A. in Humanities with a concentration in Philosophy in Education from the University of Chicago, and has a certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the School of Management at Boston University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman ENTREPRENEUR in RESIDENCE, CITY LIGHT CAPITAL
Mr. Gunn is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at City Light Capital, where he focuses on early-stage investments in educational software and service companies. In 2000, he co-founded Wireless Generation, a leading educational software company now serving more than 3 million children with groundbreaking assessment and instruction products. As President, Mr. Gunn created and led the product development team and revamped the company's sales division, landing key state and district sales and tripling the company's revenue in 18 months. As Chief Scientist, he designed highly effective professional development techniques and created the company's analytics and data mining division, turning raw data into new insights about student learning progressions. The company was sold to News Corporation in December 2010.
Mr. Gunn holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Chicago, an MBA and Master's in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He also serves as a trustee of the Center for Excellence in Education and was named one of Fast Company magazine's "100 Most Creative People in Business" in 2012. Additionally, Mr. Gunn serves as an expert-in-residence at Harvard University's Innovation Lab and coaches entrepreneurial students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. For the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Mr. Gunn serves as Chair of the Governance Committee and is also a member of the Grants Policy & Program, Investment, and the Organizational Measurement Committees.
CHAIR; ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE, CITY LIGHT CAPITAL
Job Titles:
- PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NAVIENT
Jack Remondi is president and CEO of Navient, the nation's leading education loan management, servicing and business processing company. He is also a member of the Navient board of directors.
Servicing more than $300 billion in student loans, the company supports the educational and economic achievements of more than 12 million Americans. Under Jack's leadership, the company is also applying the skills developed in student loans to the municipal and healthcare markets. A growing list of public and private sector clients rely on Navient for proven solutions to meet their financial goals.
From May 2013 through April 2014, Jack was president and chief executive officer of Sallie Mae, and led the company through its strategic separation into two businesses, resulting in the creation of Navient.
Between 2008 and 2013, Jack held various executive leadership roles at Sallie Mae. As Sallie Mae's chief operating officer, he led the restructuring of the company's businesses following the end of the private sector federal student loan program. As a chief financial officer, he helped the company successfully navigate the financial challenges posed by the economic crisis.
Jack first joined Sallie Mae in 1999 upon the company's acquisition of Nellie Mae. He was a key player in the company's transformation from a government-sponsored entity to a fully private, retail-focused organization. Jack was portfolio manager of PAR Capital Management, a Boston-based private investment management firm from 2005 to 2008. He started his career at BayBank and transitioned to Nellie Mae.
Jack received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Connecticut College. He is board chairman of Reading Is Fundamental and a board member for Nellie Mae Education Foundation and CubeSmart.
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- Investment Advisor
- Managing Director for Hedge Funds at Dartmouth College 's Investment Office
- © 2022 PRIVACY POLICY
Jessica Jones is Managing Director for Hedge Funds at Dartmouth College's Investment Office. Before joining DCIO in 2018, she worked for almost a decade at HighVista Strategies, where she was a principal focusing on the firm's external manager portfolio across public and private strategies. Previously, she held positions at Grove Street and Battery Ventures.
Jessica graduated summa cum laude with an AB degree from Princeton University in 2001. She is chair of the Princeton admissions office alumni schools committee for the western suburbs of Boston. Jessica co-founded and currently runs NextGen LPs, an industry networking association. She is also on the investment committee for the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. "I am thrilled to be joining an organization that I know is truly committed to advancing racial equity in public education," she says.
Job Titles:
- Program Director
- DIRECTOR of GRANTMAKING
As Program Director at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Jessica Spohn is leading efforts to reshape education across New England. She works in the Foundation's Effective Systems Design Initiative that supports the transformation of state and local policy and practice towards student-centered learning approaches. Jessica has more than 30 years of experience as an educator, working in elementary, secondary, and adult basic education. For six years, she was Director of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) to College Transition Project at World Education, where she managed efforts to help adult learners gain access to - and persist - in college.
Jessica holds a bachelor's degree from Hampshire College and a master's degree in education from Hunter College.
Job Titles:
- SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
- Media Inquiries
"The precept In Lak'Ech by Luis Valdez and Domingo Martinez Paredes has been my mantra for the past few years. "Tú eres mi otro yo. You are my other me. Si te hago daño a ti, If I do harm to you, Me hago daño a mi mismo. I do harm to myself. Si te amo y respeto, If I love and respect you, Me amo y respeto yo. I love and respect myself." I am committed to the work of an equitable education system in hopes of restoring a fraction of what has been stolen from my fellow Black, Indigenous, and people of color siblings across this nation so that the precept In Lak'Ech can become an embodied reality amongst us all."
Julita Bailey-Vasco joined the Foundation in 2020. Previously, Julita worked at JFF (Jobs For the Future), a national nonprofit that leads the workforce and education system in achieving economic advancement for all. At JFF, she was responsible for developing her team's communications plan, managing communications grant deliverables, and was a thought partner in developing JFF's postsecondary transformation agenda.
Julita has also worked as student affairs professional for Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury Community College, and Eastern Nazarene College.
She earned her bachelor's degree in organizational communications from Cedarville University, a master's degree in management from Eastern Nazarene College, and a graduate certificate in higher education, leadership, and management from UMass, Amherst.
Job Titles:
- ASSOCIATE
- PROGRAM ASSOCIATE
A first-generation and former Boston Public Schools student, Kathiana supports Nellie Mae's mission as she believes all students should have access to equitable public education and opportunities to realize their full potential.
Prior to joining Nellie Mae, Kathiana served as the Operations Coordinator for the Letters Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. The Letters Foundation provided one-time humanitarian grants to individuals experiencing hardship when no other options existed. As the Operations Coordinator, Kathiana monitored and supported the day-to-day Letters process operations, organized events and training for volunteers, and orchestrated all aspects of office administration.
Kathiana has also served as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute managing research focused on the use of integrative therapies, a Project Coordinator at the Boston Public Health Commission working on community-based initiatives, and a Program Assistant at Building Educated Leaders for Life, supporting their English Language Learners program.
Kathiana holds a B.S. in Public Health and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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- SENIOR MANAGER of PARTNERSHIPS & ADVOCACY
- Trustee of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Previously, Lucas served as the Executive Director of Connecticut Students for a Dream (C4D), a youth-led, statewide network fighting for the rights of undocumented youth and their families. As the founding Executive Director, Lucas was responsible for the organization's overall strategic and operational capacity, fundraised for and managed the organization's operating budget, and provided visionary leadership in collaboration with members to develop advocacy campaigns on broad political priorities.
Under his leadership, C4D became the largest youth organizing group in Connecticut, winning numerous issues-based advocacy campaigns that resulted in educational equity policy change both at the institutional and legislative levels. As a community organizer at heart, Lucas is a relationship-builder and passionate about using his positionality to leverage resources for and with communities of color.
Lucas is a trustee of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund and has also served as Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors of United We Dream.
Born and raised in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Lucas and his family immigrated to the United States in 2000 when he was nine years old. Through his advocacy, Lucas became a recognized undocumented leader in the immigrant youth movement both in the state of Connecticut and nationally.
Job Titles:
- PROGRAM DIRECTOR of GRANTMAKING
"As a young woman, my mother worked as a migrant farmworker and traveled across the U.S. harvesting fruit and vegetables. Having to move with the harvest, she transferred from school to school constantly, never staying long enough to make friends and always feeling like an outsider. Her story motivates me to fight for educational equity for young people who come from immigrant and low-income communities. Every child deserves a quality education and the opportunity to pursue their dreams."
Marcos Popovich joined the Foundation in 2015.
As the son of a Mexican-American migrant farmworker, Marcos Lucio Popovich has committed his career to create opportunities for young people to thrive and promoting civic engagement in immigrant and low-income communities.
Prior to joining Nellie Mae, Marcos served as a fellow at the Barr Foundation and EdVestors where he supported grant-making focused on reengaging disconnected youth, increasing supports and opportunities for young men of color, expanding learning opportunities beyond the school day, improving underperforming schools in Boston, and expanding access to arts education in Boston Public Schools.
Marcos also served as the Director of Operations at the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute where he directed national programs and campaigns promoting Latino educational achievement, leadership development, and civic engagement.
Marcos holds a J.D. from DePaul University, an M.A. in History from Arizona State University, and a B.A. in Ethnic Studies from Bowling Green State University. He serves on the Board of TSNE MissionWorks.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT for FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Michael Carey brings a strong background in financial management to his role in overseeing the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's financial operations.
Prior to joining the Foundation in January 2000, Mike worked for four years as Accounting Manager for the Flatley Company's commercial division. Before that, he spent 13 years working for various public accounting firms.
Mike holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Bentley College and received his CPA license in 1990.
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- ACCOUNTING & FINANCE MANAGER
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- SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, HORIZON TECHNOLOGY FINANCE
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- CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER GLENMEDE ENDOWMENT & FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT
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- PROGRAM DIRECTOR of LEARNING, EVALUATION & RESEARCH
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- ASSISTANT to the PRESIDENT
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- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER
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- SENIOR VICE - PRESIDENT, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of BOSTON
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- SENIOR MANAGER, GRANTS & SPECIAL PROGRAMS
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- SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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- SENIOR FELLOW & FORMER E.D., ANNENBERG INSTITUTE for SCHOOL REFORM