Our Team

Staff

Shannon Garfield (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. A’Seret Dokubo (she/her)
Chief Program Quality + Implementation Officer

Avni Murray (she/her)
Chief of Staff + Strategy

Darren Jasper (he/him)
Associate Partner

Hannah DeBear (she/her)
Partner

Heather Kawlra (she/her)
Chief Program + Impact Officer

Wendy Bentley (she/her)
Director of Development

K.B. Cunningham (she/her)
Associate Partner

Board

Jay Altman
Former CEO of FirstLine Schools

Lauren Rhim
Executive Director,
Center for Learner Equity

Robert Garda
Law Professor, Loyola University Law School

Josh Densen
CEO, Next Chapter

Chris Windon
Director of Finance, Sophie B. Wright Charter School

Tiffany Cheng Nyaggah
Former Partner at New Schools Venture Fund

Kaylan Connally
Chief Strategy Officer, School District of Philadelphia

Funders

We are grateful to our funding partners whose support empowers us to transform public education. SELF is a reliable funding partner, serving its mission with fidelity and delivering positive outcomes. Over half of our philanthropic funders have awarded multiple grants.

Baptist Community Ministries
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Charter School Growth Fund
GPOA Foundation
Keller Family Foundation
New Schools for New Orleans
The Oak Foundation
The RosaMary Foundation
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Louisiana
The Booth-Bricker Fund
Entergy Corporation
Henry E. Niles Foundation
The Margulf Foundation
New Schools Venture Fund
Pro Bono Publico Foundation
William K. Kellogg Foundation
Baptist Community Ministries

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Louisiana
The Booth-Bricker Fund
Charter School Growth Fund
Entergy Corporation
GPOA Foundation
Henry E. Niles Foundation
Keller Family Foundation
The Margulf Foundation
New Schools for New Orleans
New Schools Venture Fund
The Oak Foundation
Pro Bono Publico Foundation
The RosaMary Foundation
William K. Kellogg Foundation

Our Team

Leading Transformational School Change. Advancing Student Achievement.