Voice4Equity founder and CEO Dr. Christina Kishimoto was announced today as a member of the highly selective Pahara Fellowship. She joins the Pahara community of leaders, which is designed to strengthen and sustain values-driven leaders who are transforming public education so that every child is prepared to lead a free and fulfilling life.
The Pahara Fellowship is a one-year, cohort-based program that identifies exceptional leaders in the educational excellence and equity movement, facilitates their dynamic growth, and strengthens their collective efforts to dramatically improve public education, especially those serving low-income children and communities. The Fellowship provides these leaders with the unusual opportunity to step back from their demanding daily work to reflect with peers on their collective and individual impact as leaders and change agents. Fellows challenge each other to think beyond traditional silos and sector boundaries to develop strategies that enhance their effectiveness as leaders, address leadership challenges in public education, and accelerate the improvements needed to provide high-quality learning opportunities for all of our nation’s children.
The newest cohort of Pahara Fellows includes:
- Katie Boody Adorno, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Leanlab Education
- Sarah Anderson, Chief Executive Officer and Superintendent, Blackstone Valley Prep
- Paul Astuto, Chief of Staff & Strategy, Prospect Schools
- Marshall Baker, Director, Educational Analytics, Parsec Education
- Antoinette Banks, Chief Executive Officer and PhD Student, Expert IEP
- Brian Banks, Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer, MacDowell Preparatory Academy
- Erica Beal, Executive Director, School Leader Lab
- Travis Brown, Executive Director, Pharos Academies
- Gudiel Crosthwaite, Superintendent, Lynwood Unified School District
- Brandon Cummings, Deputy Chief, Leadership Development, School District of Philadelphia
- Clarisse Mendoza Davis, Chief Executive Officer, See Forever Foundation & Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools
- Farnaz Flechner, Superintendent, Environmental Charter Schools
- Erika Halstead, Chief Executive Officer, Minds Matter
- Christina Kishimoto, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Voice4Equity LLC
- Felix Li, Chief Operations & People Officer, Summit Public Schools
- Miranda Ming, Executive Director, Momentum Academy
- Jorge Miranda, Chief Schools Officer, KIPP Public Schools, Northern California
- Thomas Munoz, Interim Vice President of Site Strategy and Senior Advisor to the Chief of Education, College Track
- Cat Peretti, Executive Director, CityTutor DC
- Carolyne Quintana, Former Deputy Chancellor of Teaching & Learning, New York City Public Schools
- Rita Raichoudhuri, Chief Program Officer, One Million Degrees
- Marcos Silva, Executive Director, RGV LEAD
- Cassandra St. Vil, Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia Charters for Excellence
- Sean Talamas, Managing Partner, Leadership Cooperative
To access bios and photos of the Pahara Fellows, click here.
