LEADERSHIP

Regional Leadership Team

Caleb Dolan - Executive Director
John Kalafatas - Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Parkos – Chief Development Officer
Christine Barford – Founding Principal, KIPP Academy Boston
Anna Breen - Principal, KAL Middle School
Drea DeAngelo – Founding Principal, KAL Collegiate High School
Alexis Rosado – Director, KIPP Through College Alumni Program

Board of Trustees

Michael Kendall – Board Chair
Skip Besthoff - Board Member
Danielle Boudreau - Secretary
John Connors - Board Member
Jennifer Davis - Board Member
Thomas Fredell – Board Member
Barbara W. Goldman - Board Member
Jim Peyser - Board Member
Nathan Sanders - Treasurer
Scott Sarazen - Board Member
Amanda Seider - Board Member

Board Meeting Dates for 2012-2013

All meetings labeled ‘Boston’ are held at Goodwin Procter, 53 State Street, Boston MA. All meetings labeled ‘Lynn’ are held at 90 High Rock Street, Lynn MA. Unless otherwise stated, Finance, Facilities, Academic Updates, and other topics will be discussed at each meeting. Please call Laura Fontaine 781-598-1609 x1727 for more information.

• August 10, 2012, 9 a.m.-1 p.m (Lynn)
• September 11, 2012, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. (Boston)
• October 26, 2012, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (Lynn)
• November 30, 2012, 3 p.m.-4 p.m.(Board of Trustees Governance Committee in Lynn)
• December 14, 2012 9 p.m.-11 a.m. (Boston)
• February 4, 2013 9 a.m.-11 a.m. (Lynn)
• April 9, 2013 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (Boston)
• June 11, 2013 9 a.m.-11 a.m. (Lynn)

The KIPP Massachusetts Fund Board

Joel Abramson
Matt Fates
Shenkiat Lim
Dave McKenna

Leadership Team

Caleb Dolan - Executive Director

Contact Caleb: cdolan@kippma.org, 781-598-1609 x1139

Caleb Dolan started teaching in 1996 and has been a KIPPster since 2000. He co-founded, led, and taught at KIPP Gaston College Preparatory for eight years. GCP’s first three graduating classes earned 100% college acceptance. From 2009-2011, he served a dual role as Chief Academic Officer for KIPP Massachusetts and Director of Principal Development for the KIPP Foundation. During the 2011-2012 school year, Dolan has served as Executive Director of KIPP Massachusetts. Dolan graduated from Colby College and lives in Boston, MA with his wife Joanna and daughter Tallulah.

John Kalafatas - Chief Operating Officer

Contact John: jkalafatas@kippma.org, 781-598-1609 x1129

Mr. Kalafatas joined KIPP Massachusetts as COO in January 2011 to support its growth to a Massachusetts region of public charter schools. He brings 20 years of experience leading mission-driven organizations to greater impact, sustainability, and scale. Prior to KIPP, John served as Portfolio Manager at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, which invests in organizations serving low-income youth. At City Year, Inc., a national service and education organization, John served as a Regional Director and as Director of Strategic Planning & Organizational Development. John has also worked as a nonprofit consultant with KublerWirka, a corporate fundraiser at the Harvard Development Office, and a Senior Associate at the Duke and Harvard centers for social entrepreneurship. A member of Outward Bound's National Board of Advisors, John is a graduate of Tufts University, Harvard Business School, and the National Outdoor Leadership School. He resides in Arlington, MA with his wife Karen and daughter Becca.

Jennifer Parkos - Chief Development Officer

Contact Jennifer: jparkos@kippma.org, 781-598-1609 x1126

Ms. Parkos joined KIPP Massachusetts in January 2010 as Chief Development Officer responsible for developing and implementing the strategic fundraising and marketing plan to support KIPP’s growth from one middle school in Lynn, to a region of public charter schools throughout Massachusetts. She and her team are responsible for private philanthropy for the annual operating fund and capital campaign, as well as branding and marketing for KIPP Massachusetts. Ms. Parkos brings over 25 years of experience in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors in strategic alliances, business development and fundraising. Prior to KIPP, as National Director of Resource Development for City Year, Director of Membership and Marketing for WGBH, and Director of Development at The Greater Boston Food Bank, Ms. Parkos was responsible for developing and driving the success of major gifts, corporate and foundation giving, and direct mail fundraising strategies and the infrastructure to support them. Having seen both of her children to and through college, Ms. Parkos currently resides in Newburyport MA.

Christine Barford - Founding Principal, KIPP Academy Boston Middle School

Contact Christine: cbarford@kippma.org, 617-390-5140

KIPP Academy Boston is led by Jamaica Plain resident Christine Barford. Ms. Barford comes to KIPP Massachusetts from KIPP Gaston, where she was a 5th grade writing teacher for two years, Dean of Instruction for one year, and School Principal for two. She previously served as Instructional Coach at both KIPP Academy Lynn Middle School and KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate High School. Her tenure as Middle School Principal at Gaston College Preparatory has prepared her to bring solid experience and leadership qualities to KIPP Academy Boston. Ms. Barford is a graduate of Gettysburg College (2006), and earned her Master of Education degree from National Louis University in 2009.

Anna Breen - Principal, KAL Middle School

Contact Anna: abreen@kippma.org, 781-598-1609 x1125

Ms. Breen grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Environmental Science. She began her teaching career in 1996 as a Teach for America corps member in Washington Heights, New York. After fulfilling her 2 year TFA commitment, she moved on to KIPP Academy in the Bronx, where she taught 7th and 8th grade science, math, and English for five years. She moved to Virginia and taught math and science in a public school for one year before moving back to Massachusetts in 2004 to help found KIPP Massachusetts as the 5th grade math teacher. In 2006, Ms. Breen was promoted to the role of Assistant Principal of KAL, and now serves as KAL Principal. She lives in Lynn with her husband Nat and baby daughter Serena.

Drea DeAngelo – Founding Principal, KAL Collegiate High School

Contact Drea: adeangelo@kippma.org, 781-598-1609 x1128

Ms. DeAngelo holds a Bachelor's degree in mathematical sciences from Colby College. She is the Founding School Leader of KAL Collegiate High School which opened in August 2011. She began her teaching career in 2003 as a Teach for America corps member in Phoenix, AZ, teaching math to 9th - 11th graders. During this time, she helped initiate the International Baccalaureate Program and served as the head girls' cross country coach and the JV girls' basketball coach. At KAL, she taught 7th grade math, and led both the 7th grade team and the math department. She also coaches the boys' KAL basketball team, who won the Charter School Cup tournament 2009 and 2010. Ms. DeAngelo's success as a math teacher was celebrated in the summer of 2009 when she was awarded the prestigious KIPP Excellence in Teaching Award. Ms. DeAngelo lives in Lynn.

Alexis Rosado – Director of KIPP Through College Alumni Program

Contact Alexis: arosado@kippma.org, 781-598-1609 x1016

Ms. Rosado was educated in the first class of KIPP Bronx. She attended Deerfield Academy on a full academic scholarship, and graduated from Brown University. She joined KIPP Lynn in 2009 as the Director of KIPP Through College, where she can apply her experience of being a KIPP alumna to helping our alumni in their transition to and through high school and college.

Board of Directors

Michael Kendall, Board Chair

Mr. Kendall is currently serving his third year on the KAL Board. He is a partner in Goodwin Procter LLP's Private Equity and Technology Companies Group, and focuses his corporate finance and securities practice on private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public securities offerings and representing emerging growth companies. He advises a variety of companies in industries including software, information technology, telecommunications, information services, biotechnology, healthcare, financial services, and retail. Mr. Kendall is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America, Boston's Best Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer." Mr. Kendall is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and Boston University Graduate School of Management. Mr. Kendall resides in Dover, MA with his wife and children.

Skip Besthoff, Board Member

Mr. Besthoff joined the KAL Board in the Spring of 2010. He is a general partner with Castile Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in the Boston area, where he focuses on investments in emerging Internet and software companies. During his career, Mr. Besthoff has held multiple positions as a developer, strategist and investor in technology-oriented companies. He was previously a principal at Rho Ventures and started his career at Accenture. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and lives in Carlisle, MA with his wife and two children.

Danielle Boudreau, Board Secretary

Ms. Boudreau has served on the KAL Board for over three years. Most recently, she was Director of Investor Relations for New Profit Inc., a national venture philanthropy fund that provides financial and strategic resources for social entrepreneurs seeking to scale their innovations across the country. In this role, her primary responsibility was to ensure New Profit's investors (donors) were well informed of the current activities of New Profit and its portfolio organizations. Prior to New Profit, Ms. Boudreau served in fundraising positions at Babson College and Providence College and as a manager for a venture capital firm. She lives in Newton with her husband Patrick, and their son PJ and daughter Margaret.

John Connors, Board Member

Mr. Connors joined the KIPP MA Board in 2012. He is the founder and president of Boathouse, a smart and nimble advertising and digital agency based in Waltham, Massachusetts. He started his career at Hill Holliday working for his father, Jack Connors, and remained until its sale in 1998. Soon after, John left to work for Interpublic as CEO of Zentropy Partners, where he led the roll up of 13 separate Internet service businesses across six countries. In 2001, he and his college teammate left Zentropy together and launched Boathouse. Boathouse is an athletic-minded, team-oriented culture with a 50/50 mix of traditional and digital business. Clients include blue chip brands and dot-com start ups. John received a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania. John lives in Westwood, Mass., with his wife Larisa, a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and their three children Molly, Mary and Willy.

Jennifer Davis, Board Member

Ms. Davis was one of the first Board members of the KIPP Massachusetts Board and continues to serve as Assistant Board Chair. In 2007, Ms. Davis became the President and CEO of the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL), an organization dedicated to expanding and modernizing the American school calendar to meet the needs of student in the 21st Century. Prior to that, Ms. Davis was co-founder and president of Massachusetts 2020, an education organization dedicated to expanding learning opportunities for children across Massachusetts. For the last twenty years, she has held numerous positions at the federal, state and local levels focused on improving educational opportunities for children across the United States. Her previous positions have included U.S. Department of Education Deputy Assistant Secretary; Special Assistant to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley; Special Assistant to the Executive Director of the National Governors Association; and the Executive Director of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's after-school learning initiative. Ms. Davis lives in Lynn, MA with her husband and daughter.

Thomas Fredell, Board Member

Mr. Fredell has served on the KIPP Massachusetts Board for four years, and is the immediate-past board chair. He is the co-founder and CEO of ForAllTime, LLC, which produces Membly.com (currently in BETA). Membly helps users easily capture, store and share memories about the people and things they love through web browser, iPhone or iPad. Memories are stored in Digital Lockets™ and can be pictures, a note, video, a poem, a text message, status update...anything one might want to save about a person. Prior to ForAllTime, he developed the first software-as-a-service for managing mergers & acquisitions, which was acquired by IntraLinks. At IntraLinks, he was part of the executive team that grew the company from $4mm to $150mm in revenue and ultimately a successful IPO. Mr. Fredell holds two patents and has authored several technology books. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Wharton School at UPenn, and lives in Sherborn, MA with his wife and children.

Barbara Goldman, Board Member

Ms. Goldman has been involved in KIPP Massachusetts for nearly four years, and has served on the Board for the past three. She is a partner in Plan B Ventures, providing funding to emerging Cleantech companies. She is the co-founder and former Executive Director of Friends of Yemin Orde, the US support organization for the Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel, home to more than 500 disadvantaged youth. Barbara has also served as Director of Development at Cohen Hillel Academy, and has been active in a variety of North Shore community organizations. She holds a B.S. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from NYU School of Law. Ms. Goldman is a resident of Marblehead, MA.

Jim Peyser, Board Member

Mr. Peyser joined the Board in fall of 2012. He currently serves as Managing Partner for City Funds at NewSchools Venture Fund, a non-profit firm that supports entrepreneurs seeking to influence public education. Throughout his career, Mr. Peyser has been an active advocate for education reform and has served as both Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Education and Under Secretary of Education and Special Assistant to the Governor for Charter Schools. Mr. Peyser also previously held the position of Executive Director of Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research for seven years. He earned his Master of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School (Tufts University) and a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University.

Nathan Sanders, Treasurer

Mr. Sanders joined the KAL Board in Spring 2010 and is a Director at Bain Capital, a global investment firm. Prior to joining Bain Capital, he was an associate Partner at McKinsey & Company's Palo Alto office, where his client work focused on strategy/growth and corporate finance. His professional experience also includes positions in sales management and with other consulting firms. Nathan received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a BS in MIS and Entrpreneurship from the University of Arizona. In addition, he is actively involved with Social Venture Partners and Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. When not spending time with his family, Nathan enjoys cycling, cooking, and exploring New England.

Scott Sarazen, Board Member

Mr. Sarazen has served on the KAL Board for four years and currently leads the Facilities Committee. He is the Global Life Sciences Markets Leader for Ernst & Young, managing the firm's global marketing, communication and go-to-market strategies for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medtech industries. Scott has enjoyed over 20 years of experience working directly and indirectly in the life science industries. Prior to joining EY, his career included roles with Straumann, North America and Genzyme Corporation. Scott has also served in public economic development roles, advocating for the expansion of the biomedical industries for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and as a consultant to the City of Boston. He serves on the board of advisors for the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and is active with the Mass Biotechnology Council. He was named one of Boston's 40 under 40 Business leaders by Boston Business Journal. Mr. Sarazen is a resident of Marblehead, MA.

Amanda Seider, Board Member

Ms. Seider joined the KAL Board in 2011. She is currently a Managing Director of Alumni Affairs for Teach For America, an organization that seeks to improve educational opportunities for low-income students by training a talented force of teachers who, as alumni, will work from all sectors to fight educational inequity. Here in Massachusetts, she works to catalyze the impact of nearly 1,000 local alumni of the program, leveraging her extensive experience in leadership development, strategic partnerships, and network building. Ms. Seider began her career as a Teach For America corps member in Atlanta, where she was a fourth grade teacher. She is a native of Dorchester, and a graduate of Boston Public Schools. She holds an AB from Harvard College, and a Master's Degree in Anthropology from Emory University. Ms. Seider lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband, Scott.