Desirée Rogers is Chairman of Choose Chicago, a tourism agency for the city of Chicago, a position she has held since 2013. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Hebert and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team. I've been working in Operations/Support for about 10 years and am thrilled to be a part of the Donors Choose team! Abby leads Marketing & Growth, responsible for inspiring public school teachers to seek support for their students on DonorsChoose and individuals to give through our marketplace. Danielle works to deepen relationships with school district administrators across the country. Help Center; Other info about DonorsChoose Other info about DonorsChoose. Before I joined the Customer Support team in 2019, I spent a year working at DonorsChoose on the Office Experience Team. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. Ms. Swihart regularly represents issuers, underwriters, mortgage loan sellers and subordinate bond buyers in connection with commercial mortgage backed securitization transactions. Arianna Huffington is the founder of The Huffington Post, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books, including, most recently, Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. Ryan supports the Fulfillment Operations & Strategy team by helping guarantee seamless class trips and professional development experiences for teachers. Recommends. Not only do they get to pick where their money is going to go, but they get to see the impact of their donation in the form of photographs, student thank you letters and a teacher result letter from the classroom that they chose … As head of new revenue streams, Abby also identifies and helps the organization identify new scaled sources of funding for classrooms. Christopher leads Information Technology at DonorsChoose, working to ensure that our staff members have the technology they need to best support our teachers and students. In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end? Kendrick is known for her lead in Pitch Perfect 2, which broke the record as the highest-grossing musical of all time. Her time spent in the classroom fueled her passion for accessibility and education equality. Help me give my students materials to promote confidence building and social emotional skills in class. This includes connecting teachers to inspire and learn from one another, empowering them to advocate for their needs, and ensuring their projects get funded. She also streamlines the team’s processes in order to meet and exceed goals. Austin is a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study where he concentrated in media, public policy, and social impact. DonorsChoose is the nonprofit classroom funding site for public school teachers. There she worked as part of their School Success Initiative to bring educational and recreational programming to public schools students at the elementary and middle school level. We vet all requests, purchase each item, and ship materials directly to verified teachers. DonorsChoose is the nonprofit classroom funding site for public school teachers. Steen leads our organization’s efforts to incorporate a race equity-forward lens in supporting students and teachers across the country. In addition to his clients, Mitch had a variety of management responsibilities including the Firm’s strategy, M&A, public relations and communications, innovation and corporate responsibility. The Observer and other media have called Tim "the Oprah of audio" due to the influence of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, which is the first business/interview podcast to exceed 100 million downloads. Geoff leads the Finance and Fulfillment team at DonorsChoose. Ali works with foundations and individual philanthropists interested in supporting students and teachers. We’re book nerds. Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People" and one of Fortune's "40 under 40." She graduated from Brown University in 2019, where she studied Computer Science and Ethnic Studies. Transitional Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher, Partner, Audit and Former Assurance Leader, PwC US, Retired Vice-Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Satirist, Actor, Writer and Host of CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Chairman, Choose Chicago and former White House Social Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and EVP, Fulfillment, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product, Head of Equity & Impact, Senior Partnerships Director, Chief Operating Officer & EVP, People Operations, Senior Manager, Advocacy & Public Partnerships, Senior Associate, Advocacy and Public Partnerships, Managing Director, Advocacy and Public Partnerships, Director, Advocacy and Public Partnerships, Senior Associate, Fulfillment System Operations, Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis, Director, Accounting & Financial Operations, Senior Director, Fulfillment Operations & Strategy, Teacher Outreach and Relationships Coordinator, Senior Digital & Growth Marketing Manager, Community and Teacher Engagement Associate, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Head of Foundation Giving, Business Development, Partnership Marketing Associate, Teacher Success, Associate, Content & Volunteer Operations, MSNBC Analyst, Bloomberg Columnist, Author, Vice President, Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook, Investor, Bestselling Author, and Top-Ranked Podcaster, Co-Founder, Initialiazed Capital and Co-founder, Reddit, President of The American Federation of Teachers, Co-Executive Managing Member, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP. If you have any other questions about the Classroom Rewards process, contact the DonorsChoose team through our contact form. She also supports the organization’s Diversity & Inclusion strategy and employee experience, striving to build a workplace culture that is equitable, inclusive, and reflective of the diverse teacher and student population DonorsChoose services. in economics. Tia assists the Business Development team through researching potential corporate and foundation partnerships and cultivating those partnerships. She has been teaching since 2006, serving diverse students in the community. On May 2nd, 2017 Watson released his new literary work, “The New Dad’s Playbook: Gearing Up for the Biggest Game of Your Life.”. With DonorsChoose, I'm excited to meet new friends from all over the country and help teachers and students get the supplies they need. Liam works with teams across the org to ensure that teachers and donors have a positive experience while using DonorsChoose. Jackie works with vendors across the country to purchase materials to bring teacher ideas to life. And of course, I still play one of my favorite pinball machines every chance I get. Since joining the Customer Support team in 2018, Maliha has done it all, from helping a teacher-turned-bride with her wedding registry to tracking down materials so that a Science Olympiad team would have the kits they needed for their competition, and every other situation in between. As a former teacher and local organizer, she’s seen first-hand what it’s like when communities and schools have big ideas to boost student achievement, but need more resources to make those ideas a reality. Anna made her feature film debut in director Todd Graffʼs Camp, a favorite at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Carol supports operations efforts to ensure projects and student gratitude handled by staff at our New York City headquarters are screened effectively, helping create a smooth teacher and donor experience. We fulfill the order. A year spent launching a hurricane relief charity inspired Megan to pursue nonprofit management full-time, and she is very proud to spend her days helping teachers and students dream big. February 15, 2020 The DonorsChoose.org Team Behind the Scenes. In addition to his ongoing work at LinkedIn, Jeff is focused on investing, coaching and his philanthropic work, including helping to ensure that compassion is taught and practiced in every primary school in the U.S. Charles Best leads DonorsChoose, a nonprofit website which enables anyone to help a classroom in need. Motivated by the incredible variety of projects on the site, she’s excited to be working with a team dedicated to connecting teachers with their requested resources. Julia ensures that both our one million active customers and our mission-driven 160-person staff enjoy a best-in-class DonorsChoose.org experience. I grew up here in the city, and now live in Brooklyn. Hey my name is Yesenny, and I am very excited to be a FY21 fellow at DonorsChoose and be part of the Partnership Activation Team. of Michigan - Ann Arbor, he seeks to bridge the common problems and solutions of academia and industry. He spent his career prior to DonorsChoose working in the Media, Entertainment and Technology industries. 45.6k Followers, 336 Following, 994 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from DonorsChoose (@donorschoose) She uses her past experience as a Project Fulfillment Agent and a Partnerships Management Fellow to help our partners ensure students get the materials and experiences they need to succeed. I'm so thrilled to join DonorsChoose as a Donor Relationships Researcher. My Students. in Computer Science from the University I went to public school all the way through 12th grade. Alisa helps partnerships come to life by managing projects to develop new features, tools, and processes. Tim works with corporate and foundation partners to bring their giving to life in classrooms across the country. I even had some of the teachers who taught my father when he went to the same middle and high school 40 years before me. Mitch is a retired Vice-Chairman of PwC. She is the co-founder of Change The Ratio, which increases visibility and opportunity for women in tech & new media, and TheLi.st, a network & media platform for awesome women (supported by the Knight Foundation). You find a project. You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). She uses her financial expertise to ensure the right materials and experiences are purchased for each project and helps cross-collaborate with the Accounting team, where she previously worked as an associate. Tommy joined Donorschoose in 2009, after stints as a QA manager and test automation engineer. Outside of work, Emily is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Tanisha helps the Business Relations team develop and support relationships with current and potential vendors. When she’s not at work, she enjoys reading and writing, attempting veganism, going to concerts with friends, and successfully twisting apart Oreos (vegan!). I am a Brooklyn native but I’ve recently moved back to Brooklyn after living in Boston for the past 8 years, where I went to high school and recently graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Kendrick most recently starred in Fox Searchlight’s Table 19, the action-thriller The Accountant opposite Ben Affleck and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates with Zac Efron. Michelle Kydd Lee is the Chief Innovation Officer for Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world's leading entertainment and sports agency, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Nashville, and Beijing. and Donors Choose. Your promo code has been successfully applied and will be reflected in checkout. She recently graduated from Amherst College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. My name is Camila and I am the newest member of the Trust and Safety Team. Welcome to the #Team37 Giving Page! He's presented on crowdfunding best practices and policies to thousands of district administrators, including at national and state-level AASA, ASBO, NSBA, NAESP, NSFA, and ISTE conferences. She graduated Suma Cum Laude as a first-generation college student with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from DePaul University in 2013. For me having the resources needed to achieve the maximum out of education is the key to success. Dan leads the mighty product team, whose job is to help DonorsChoose deliver on its mission by creating a frictionless, enjoyable experience for everyone involved. Outside her amazing job helping teachers bring even more joy to classrooms, Mia loves hiking, finding four leaf clovers, and spoiling her feline friends. Susan builds new donor- and teacher-facing website functionality for DonorsChoose, and enjoys bringing Previously, Desirée served as the White House Social Secretary for President Obama where she spearheaded the establishment of the White House as the people's house. And before that he worked for a few other nonprofits, building better cities with the Project for Public Spaces and advancing STEM education with the Ocean Exploration Trust. Molly supports the Fulfillment Operations & Strategy team by ensuring that teachers receive the right resources and materials for their projects at the right time for the right price. Kristie Jones teaches construction technology at Franklin County Career and Technical Center in Meadville, Mississippi. David has 19 years experience building distributed systems and internet services. As a product designer at DonorsChoose, Karen focusses on creating an intuitive and friendly experience for donors and teachers. Purchasing materials for Special Request projects is one of her favorite areas, where she happily connects teachers with needed resources and dives into finding ways to solve any teacher's question. See how DonorsChoose works donorschoose.org. Learn how we’re working to support teachers and students during Covid-19. At Guttmacher, she worked as part of the development team on sustaining and growing the Institute’s portfolio of foundation and foreign government grants. and M.S. DonorsChoose is an online charity that makes it easy to help a classroom in need. Dana coordinates matching gifts and helps manage DonorsChoose's financial data. This global social venture fund has awarded over $30 million in start-up capital to over 500 next generation social entrepreneurs worldwide since 1987. He also gained valuable experience assisting in high-profile academic research projects, as well as completing a variety of projects to improve the technical capabilities of non-profit organizations. She holds a BA in history and literature, as well as African American studies. His passion to elevate that number and inspire the youth in his community led him to DonorsChoose. Create a project in 10 minutes and get what you need for your students. Rachel Sklar is a writer and social entrepreneur based in New York. On a typical day at the office, you'll find him interviewing teachers and donors or conducting a survey. My name is Casey Wu, and I’m a rising junior studying Psychology at Brown University. DonorChoose.org’s work includes project fulfillment, not merely cash pass-through, which involves coordinating with countless external partners. Josephine (she/her/hers), a born and raised New Yorker who grew up attending the city’s public schools, cultivated her passions advocating for equitable education during her college career, working with educational non-profit organizations such as The Opportunity Network and The Boys’ Club of New York. Every donor receives photos of their project in action, thank-yous from the classroom, and a cost report showing how every dollar was spent. In this capacity, she serves as a member of both the U.S. His mission is to garner awareness of our campaigns across print, digital, and broadcast outlets. Kirk leads our work with school districts, state leaders, and education associations, helping them leverage our platform to serve their educational priorities and bring the most support to their teachers and students. Before joining, Nancy designed and built applications and websites at Rutgers University and Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research). After earning a B.A. philanthropic marketplace. Our Support team is offline on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th. We will be back online on Monday, November 30th. I am a recent graduate with a major in Criminology and minor in Police Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He pitches ideas for new system emails, tweaks of existing emails, and piloting/testing new email campaigns. As a child of former public school teachers, she knows how impactful having the right resources can be to both students and teachers. Unique among education funding platforms, the DonorsChoose.org team vets each project request and ships resources directly to the school. Meet the team. DonorsChoose is an online charity that makes it easy to help a classroom in need. Tia joined the DonorsChoose team because she witnessed first hand resource disparities between her public elementary school and her private middle and high school. The AFT champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for students, their families and communities. Because of this, Shanique was so excited and humbled to join DonorsChoose as they continue to help teachers serve their students with new opportunities to learn and create educational experiences. Hello! in East Asian Studies. He joined the team in 2013, and in his prior role worked with Charles and the executive team to manage a variety of special projects, including disaster relief, flash funding events, media inquiries, and the #BestSchoolDay campaign. Beyond his coursework, Paul attended numerous student hackathons and contributed to a variety of hackathon projects. James is joining DonorsChoose as a fellow. Kassandra joined DonorsChoose in 2016 after graduating with a BA from the University at Albany, where she majored in Economics and minored in Business Administration. Most recently, we took our love of books to a new level and created a team-wide book club. After joining the Customer Support team in the summer of 2018 and proudly repping the first remote cohort since, you can now find me working from Los Angeles, where I struggled to maintain an appropriate cat-work balance. The song “Cups,” which she performed in the first Pitch Perfect went multi-platinum, and was one of Billboards’ top songs of 2013. Lovett’s personal clients are among the world’s most accomplished actors, directors, writers and producers. DonorsChoose.org is the nonprofit classroom funding site for public school teachers. Susan has also authored interactive games and fiction for clients that included Disney Hello! Stephanie supports the Fulfillment Operations and Strategy team to ensure every item ordered arrives on time. Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time, on the science, history and mystery of sleep, both became instant international bestsellers. Susan graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. In addition she has an extensive network of relationships built over 25 years and experience working in both the public and private sectors. I grew up in Binghamton, NY—a small city in the middle of New York State. As a dad to two young kids, he's a firm believer that every child should have access to a solid education, no matter what zip code they live in. DonorsChoose.org grew out of a Bronx high school where teachers experienced first-hand the scarcity of learning materials in our public schools. In 2015, Watson published his first book, “Under Our Skin: Getting Real About Race- And Getting Free From The Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us”. My students are some of the kindest, loving, and generous students you will ever meet. Christopher supports purchasing across all projects to make sure that teachers and students have what they need in the classroom. She comes to DonorsChoose from the Guttmacher Institute, a think tank focused on sexual and reproductive health in the US and globally. Karen has an iterative approach to design—her favorite teacher always said, "If it doesn’t look good, MAKE it look good!". He understands the detriment of educational inequity and is committed to helping as many teachers and students as possible. In addition, she also partners with education associations to maximize the impact of our platform. Before becoming an FY20 Fellow, John worked as the School Data Assistant of the Trust & Safety team and the Data Science & Analytics Assistant on the Data Science & Analytics team. Cheryl received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1992 to help launch The Family Van, a community-based mobile health unit in Boston. Andrew is a full stack engineer who has previously worked at an advertising firm, a finance company, a start up, an ecommerce shop, and for exactly one day on an ice cream truck. Hola! She also earned nominations from the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, The Golden Globes, BAFTA, and the Screen Actors Guild. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet, and in 2012 won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union. Katie leads the marketing and partnership team, engaging 2.5 million citizen donors and 500 corporate and foundation partners in supporting public school classrooms. Janelle works with corporations and foundations across the country to build partnerships to support local public schools. During my time at BU, I’ve volunteered to tutor students at the Boys and Girls Club in Boston, worked at Upward Bound Boston University as a tutor as well as College Bound where I held a role as a teaching assistant. Check out our favorite shots below. Steve leads the Equity & Experience team, focusing on the diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy alongside the employee experience at DonorsChoose. In 2010, Kendrick starred opposite George Clooney and Jason Bateman in the lauded film Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman, for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and was honored by The National Board of Review for Best Supporting Actress and by the MTV Movie Awards for Best Breakout Star. After an all-SEC senior campaign at the University of Georgia, he was drafted in the 1st round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. Kendrick was also in the blockbuster Twilight Saga franchise. As a first-generation college graduate, Aysha's passion for education grew and she knew she wanted to make an impact in the non-profit education sector.
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