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Caprice Young, CEO of ICEF, became CEO of EnCorps in July;
Chris Barbic, Founder and CEO of YES Prep, is now CEO of the Tennessee Achievement School District;
Hae-Sin Thomas, a well known education reformer in Oakland, was recently named CEO of Education for Change?

When I meet people in our sector, they almost always want to know two things: what searches we are working on and who we have recently placed. Through talking to hundreds of senior professionals every week, we are able to consistently track some of the most interesting moves in our sector–whether they are our placements, placements orchestrated by our competitors, or one of the many transitions that happen without the help of a search firm.

Most of you receive my emails announcing our new searches. In addition, I’m going to start sending a monthly “Education Reformers on the Move” email, which will track new hires at the director level and above in reform oriented school systems, CMOs, foundations, funding organizations and other nonprofits that support the movement.

If you or someone you know has recently made a move that you think is appropriate for sector recognition, please feel free to email me the information. My plan is to send the email on the first Friday of every month.

Below are additional recent transitions that warrant congratulations.

Ash Solar, Manager, Talent Initiatives in Oakland Unified School District is moving to Nashville to become Chief Strategy & Talent Officer of the Tennessee Achievement School District. DeLano Ford, COO of KIPP in New Orleans is joining the Recovery School District as Deputy Superintendent for Charter Schools. Sabrina Skinner, Director of ZOOM Data Source for the California Charter Schools Association joined The Broad Foundation in June as an Associate Director. Colleen Oliver, Program Officer for The Gates Foundation is now Chief Academic Officer at The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Jessica DeBarros, Director of the Teacher Incentive Fund at Seattle Public Schools recently joined The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools as Director of Impact. Kathy Lally, Director, Office of Out of School Time, DC Public Schools is joining the Data Quality Campaign as Deputy Director. Mary Anderson Senior Advisor to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has taken on the role of Executive Director of Stand for Childen’s Illinois operation. Mark Gleason, President of the South Orange-Maplewood, New Jersey Board of Education (and founder of Book Magazine and What’s Next Media) has taken the role of CEO of the Philadelphia Schools Partnership. Jonas Chartock, Executive Director of SUNY Charter Schools Institute is now CEO of Leading Educators in New Orleans. Mora Segal is now CEO of The Achievement Network in Boston. Allison Rouse is Co-Founder and CEO of EdVillage. John Kalafatas is now COO at KIPP Massachusetts. Audrey Hooks, Managing Director of Recruitment at Teach for America joined IDEA Public Schools as Chief Human Assets Officer. Imelda Gonzalez, Human Resources Manager at WestED is now Director of Human Resources at Rocketship Education in San Jose, CA. Gia Truong, Executive Director of Middle Schools in Oakland Unified School District recently joined Envision Schools as Superintendent. Kelly Garrett left Rainwater Charitable Funds to become Executive Director at KIPP St. Louis. Ryan Hudak, Director, Office of the COO at DC Public Schools recently became COO of KIPP San Antonio. Ben Rayer is now Founder and CEO of Platform Academies. Joan Massey, Chief Academic Officer of Alliance College Ready Schools is now Chief Academic Officer at Platform Academies. Laura Cobb is now SVP of Educational Services for Edison Learning. Simon Hess, CEO Civitas Schools is now Chief Programs Officer at The Boston Teacher Residency. Parker Hudnut is now CEO of ICEF. Nirav Mehta is joining Camino Nuevo as Director of Operations. Steve Purcell is joining Los Angeles Unified School District as Director, Performance Management. Alandrea Timmons, Kwame Millar and Greg Foster all joined Victory Education Partners earlier this year in senior operations and finance roles. Ken Surratt, Assistant Director, CREDO at Stanford University is now CFO at Breakthrough Charter Schools in Cleveland. Jason Bernal is now President at YES Prep. Laura Clancy, Boston Executive Director at New Sector Alliance recently accepted a role as Chief of Staff at Achievement First. Eli Kennedy became President and CEO of Pacific Charter School Development earlier this year.
If I missed someone, please let me know and I will include him/her in the next blast. Of course, if you don’t wish to receive this email, you can take your name off our list. You can manage what lists you are on via our website or unsubscribe entirely using the link below.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Mollie Mitchell
President
The K12 Search Group, Inc.
512-553-8556
mmitchell@k12searchgroup.com