Our Board
Board Chair, Governance Committee, CEO Support & Evaluation Committee
Managing Partner, EleventoOneTyler Bell is the Managing Partner of EleventoOne, a creative social-impact consulting firm that provides entrepreneurs and organizations with the tools, resources and strategies needed to bring their vision to life. With over 10 years of experience living and serving at the intersection of People Operations, Education, Policy, and Technology, Tyler uniquely understands how to build community while creating sustainable change. He is an advocate, advisor, and active volunteer for several local & global social impact organizations. Additionally, Tyler enjoys spending time with loved ones, practicing mindfulness, traveling, sports, and finding the best food in every neighborhood.
Board Member, Resource Development Chair
Catie Langston is a professional fundraiser and coach in the Los Angeles area, currently serving the Campbell Hall Episcopal School community as a Senior Advancement Officer. She began her career at Polytechnic School, a K-12 independent day school in Pasadena, CA. For 9 years, she helped build and launch the School's $93 million anniversary campaign, which included growing a broader base of donors, organizing special events, managing direct mail campaigns, and engaging in personal solicitation of major donors. Catie shared this knowledge and experience with another Los Angeles independent school by joining the Pilgrim School team in 2012 and then led them through 7 years of transformational growth, including a major capital campaign and campus renovation. Catie is a mission-driven leader who believes in transforming communities through relationships. She lives in Los Feliz with her husband, two children, and their beloved rescue dog, Moonee the Magical Unicorn.
Prabhu Reddy
Board Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair, CEO Support & Evaluation Committee
Operator in Residence, Charter School Growth FundPrabhu Reddy is an Operator in Residence at the Charter School Growth Fund, a nonprofit that identifies the country’s best public charter schools, funds their expansion, and helps to increase their impact. At CSGF, Prabhu spends his time solving challenges related to building and financing school facilities. Before joining CSGF, Prabhu was Chief Financial Officer of KIPP Bay Area Public Schools, a network of high-achieving public charter schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he helped lead the organization’s growth from seven to fifteen schools. In his role, he was responsible for developing a best-in-class finance team, financial strategy and planning, financial stewardship, and real estate financial strategy. Prior to his role at KIPP Bay Area Public Schools, Prabhu was Director of Finance and Operations with KIPP San Diego. Prabhu began his career as a member of the Investment Team at Pantheon Ventures. He earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
Alyssa Santino is the Program Officer of the Joseph Drown Foundation, a private foundation that distributes approximately $4,000,000 annually to nonprofits in the Los Angeles area. The primary focus of the Foundation is education, with a particular interest in supporting strong K-12 public schools and college access programs. The Foundation believes that equity and opportunity are best addressed through quality public education and supports programs that work toward solutions for the myriad of existing problems in Los Angeles area schools. She has been at the Foundation for twelve years. Alyssa is a native of Colorado and a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a major in Dance and a minor in Comparative Religious Studies. She previously toured internationally with a modern dance company and constructed educational curriculum for the organization to bring dance into schools that connected movement to core subjects. With a background in dance performance and education, it is a deep curiosity, desire to connect to others and dedication to continuing to learn that have remained common threads throughout her work.
Board Secretary, Audit Committee Chair, Academic Committee, CEO Support & Evaluation Committee Chair
Attorney, Christie, Parker, Hale, LLCAs a patent and trademark attorney, Mr. Bajracharya counsels clients with respect to their intellectual property assets and helps them manage and grow their portfolio. He has worked extensively with domestic and international companies specializing in various areas of technology, including medical devices, consumer electronics, sporting equipment, and apparel. Mr. Bajracharya works at Christie, Parker & Hale, a Pasadena law firm specializing in intellectual property, and in his spare time he enjoys playing soccer and cooking. Mr. Bajracharya received a BS in Mechanical (Biomedical) Engineering from Cornell University and a JD from Tulane Law School.
Board Member, Resource Development Committee
Director of Social Impact, EndeavorBoard Vice Chair, Governance Committee Chair
Global Philanthropy Program Manager, Snap Inc.Outside of Snap, Heisser is an active advisor to LA-based startups and mentors women and entrepreneurs of color. She is also a co-founder of nonprofit, We Are Enough, a member of TuesdayNights, a pitch coach for Women Founders Network and contributor to the US of Women Summit all supporting the education and economic mobility for women.
Tom Hollenberg
Board Member, Finance Committee Vice Chair
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Capital Group
Tom Hollenberg is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. As a fixed income investment analyst, he covers interest rates and options. Prior to joining Capital, Tom worked for Goldman Sachs in London, trading interest rate options. Before that, Tom was a trader for Deutsche Bank. He holds an MBA in finance from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a bachelor's degree in economics from Boston College. Tom is based in Los Angeles.
Outside of work, Tom enjoys spending time with his wife and two elementary-aged children. He is passionate about increasing student awareness about the value of quality education.
Ray McKenzie
Board Member, Resource Development Committee Vice Chair
Founder and CEO, StartingPoint; Founder and Managing Director, Red Beach AdvisorsSylvia Jauregui
Board Member, Academic Committee Vice Chair
Senior Manager for Public Policy, Subject
Partner, School Design Services, Transcend Education
Carmina Osuna is a local of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, and attended college at UC San Diego and Loyola Marymount University. Carmina began her career in education as a founding Spanish teacher with Alliance College-Ready Public Charter Schools. She later helped open Camino Nuevo Charter Academy’s second high school where she served as a teacher, Dean, and Assistant Principal. Carmina joined Thrive Public Schools' innovative team as the founding Director of its secondary school. Carmina has over 10 years experience in education and 7 planning and leading professional development and building strong teams with Council at the core. Carmina is currently working on her doctoral degree at the University of Southern California.
Committee Member, Academic Committee
Chief External Impact Officer, KIPP SoCal Public Schools,Originally from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Joanna Belcher received her BA in psychology and Justice and Peace Studies from Georgetown University in 2003. After graduating, Joanna joined Teach For America as part of the San Jose, California corps. She then taught fourth grade and served on the leadership team at Ralph Bunche Elementary School, the first California Distinguished School in Compton, California. After witnessing the impact of school leadership at Bunche, Joanna went on to earn her M.Ed. & Principal Licensure from Harvard University in 2008 and then completed KIPP’s Fisher Fellowship. In 2009, Joanna became the founding principal of SPARK Academy, KIPP’s first elementary school in Newark, New Jersey. From 2014 to 2018, Joanna served as the Chief Academic Officer for KIPP New Jersey schools, developing a K-12 instructional program, managing school leaders, and driving significant academic gains for students. From 2018-2021, Joanna was the Executive Director of KIPP Newark, serving over currently serves as the Chief External Impact Officer for KIPP SoCal Public Schools, where she oversees advocacy and politics, development, marketing and communications, and family and community engagement. Joanna also serves as an advisory board member for the Pivotal Network at Georgetown University, an organization dedicated to forging connections among educators to support first generation college students.
Committee Member, Governance Committee
Program Manager, Byzantine-Latino Quarter Pico BIDMoises Gomez is Program Manager of the Byzantine-Latino Quarter Pico Business Improvement District (BID). Guided by the BID’s mission to keep the area’s business corridor a clean, safe, and attractive environment where people work, shop, and conduct business, Moises works closely with the BID Board of Directors, business owners, property owners, residents, and other community groups to improve the BID each and every day. Moises has expertise in workforce development, community organization, economic development, and small business entrepreneurship.
Roshad Lewis
Committee Member, Finance committee
Associate Director of Finance, KIPP Northern California
Roshad Lewis is the Associate Director of Finance at KIPP Northern California. He has been working at KIPP for over eight years. He began at KIPP as an Accounting Assistant and grew into the Assistant Controller. He then transitioned to the finance team to expand his knowledge and grow his career.He is also an alum of a KIPP school. After KIPP, he received a BA from UC Riverside. Currently, he is pursuing an MBA at St. Mary's College.
Aditi Verma
Committee Member, Finance committee
Senior Manager, Business Insights & Operations, Intuit
Aditi Verma is a seasoned business finance and operations strategy professional. She is currently working as Senior Manager, Business Insights & Operations at Intuit. Before joining Intuit, she worked as a finance and operations transformation consultant for Grant Thornton. She has over ten years of professional services experience helping financial services and multinational technology clients, optimize their business performance and achieve operational goals. Her experience includes leading operational change efforts, financial planning and analysis, performance measurement, efforts prioritization, and GTM strategy.
In her spare time, she loves traveling, swimming, playing Tennis, and exploring different cuisines and restaurants around LA.
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