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Our mission to close the opportunity gap is possible through the power of the whole Higher Achievement community.

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Alexis Nicholson

Mentor and Volunteer Manager

Andrea Archer

Board of Advisors, Altria

Andrea Guillen

Mentor and Volunteer Manager – Greenbelt, Kelly Miller, Eliot-Hine

Ann Dagrin

Senior Manager of High School Transitions

Annie Linehan Czerwinsk

Emeritus Board, LeaderFit

Artilie Wright

Board of Directors, Government of the District of Columbia

Ashley Bianchi

Director of Individual Giving

Audrey Hipkins

Emeritus Board, Hurston/Wright Foundation

Bo Menkiti

Emeritus Board, The Menkiti Group

Brad Resnikoff

Pro Bono Corporate Counsel, Mayer Brown

Breylon Smith

Board of Advisors, Urban Alliance Greater DC

Bri Wallington Ferguson

Director of Program Operations, DC Metro

Brian Flegel

Emeritus Board, Clark Construction

Carlos Garcia

Emeritus Board Co-Chair, Eng Garcia Properties LLC

Carolyn Martin

Board of Advisors, DAP Products Inc.

Charlie Mullin

Board of Directors, Bates White

Chavonte Harris

Learning Director, Ida B. Wells

Chelsea Coffin

Board of Directors, Board of Advisors, D.C. Policy Center

Choe Bailey

Mentor and Volunteer Manager

Chris Leech

Board of Directors, Treasurer

Chris Newkirk

Board of Directors, Vice Chair, Visa

Christine Lattanzio

Emeritus Board

Christopher McGowan

Board of Advisors, PwC

CJ Belfon

Board of Advisors, Accenture

Councilmember James Torrence

Board of Advisors, Baltimore City Council

Cynthia Brown

Board of Advisors, St. Christopher’s Episcopal School

Daniel Workman

Board of Advisors, Edelman

Dhvani Doshi

Board of Advisors

Dominique Tucker

Board of Advisors

Donald English

Board of Advisors, Jackson Lewis

Emena Quattlebaum

Learning Director, Kelly Miller

Eric Gaier

Emeritus Board, Bates White

Felecia Nelson

Learning Director, Dogwood

Howard Johnson

Board of Advisors, Higher Achievement Baltimore Mentor

Isaiah Robinson

Maryland Corps Fellow

Jacob Goldberg

Avodah Fellow

Jacqueline Greer

Board of Directors, Independent Consultant

James Morgan

Executive Director, DC Metro

Janae Gravitz

Board of Directors, True You Career Coaching

Janice Cori

Managing Director of Development
Position Managing Director of Development
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Janice Cori

“I work at Higher Achievement to create incredible opportunities for our scholars.”

Jay Epstien

Emeritus Board Co-Chair, Millrose Partners

Jeanelle Johnson

Board of Directors, PwC

Jessica Mason

Learning Director, Boushall

Jessica Mullery

Director of Donor Engagement and Communications

Jessica Walbridge Richardson

Chief Operating Officer

Johanna Wallace

Senior Manager of HR and Operations

John Boochever

Emeritus Board, Eagle Hill Consulting

John Linn

Board of Advisors, PwC

Jonathan Smith

Director of Program Operations, Baltimore

Julie Herwig

Emeritus Board, New York Life

Julie Koh

Senior Director of Finance

Katey Comerford

Executive Director, Richmond

Katina Burley

Senior Manager of Volunteers and Curriculum

Kayla Wilson

Learning Director, Brookland

Kedisha Ebanks

Board of Directors, Global Advisor Group

Kim Curry

Board of Directors, Secretary, Pepco

Kim Dean-Anderson

Board of Advisors, University of Richmond

Kimberly Yates

Director of Grants

Kortney Perry

Learning Director, Henderson

LaShae Brown

Mentor and Volunteer Manager: Achievement Prep, Ida B. Wells, Brookland

LaShawn Jones

Board of Advisors, D.C. Public Schools

Lynn Greer

Board of Directors, Board of Advisors, BrownGreer

Lynsey Wood Jeffries

CEO
Position CEO
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Lynsey Wood Jeffries

Lynsey Wood Jeffries is the CEO of Higher Achievement, which serves middle school scholars with research-proven expanded learning and mentoring. After five years as a Higher Achievement volunteer mentor, Ms. Jeffries joined the professional staff in 2005 and has served as CEO since 2012. Prior to joining Higher Achievement, Ms. Jeffries served as a program officer for the Fannie Mae Foundation, and a congressional liaison at NeighborWorks. Her commitment to equity extends from education to affordable housing and full communities.

Ms. Jeffries served as a National Fellow with the Kellogg Foundation, focused on racial equity and healing from 2014 – 2017. She is a founding board member and former board chair of Mundo Verde Public Charter School and a board member for the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Jeffries holds a B.A. in English and Sociology from Wake Forest University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, with a concentration in nonprofit management.

“I work at Higher Achievement because I’ve witnessed the power of our model as a volunteer and staff member for 20+ years, with countless successful alumni and hard data. Our model bridges divides and advances justice.”

Mariah Waters

Mentor and Volunteer Manager

Mark DeBord

Emeritus Board, Community Volunteer

Mary Lloyd Parks

Emeritus Board, Board of Advisors, Chair, Community Volunteer

Mary Maguire

Emeritus Board, Abt Associates

Max Curran

Board of Advisors, Venable, LLP

Michelle Depelteau

Director of Human Resources and Employee Engagement

Michelle Gilliard

Board of Directors, Chair, Michelle Gilliard & Associates, LLC

Mike Ruff

Learning Director, Greenbelt

Milan Harris

Learning Director, Highlandtown

Mitch Brooks

Emeritus Board, High Street Equity Partners

Mitchell N. Schear

Emeritus Board, Camber Creek

Naomi Washington Roque

Learning Director, Achievement Prep

Neisha Speis

Learning Director, Eliot-Hine

Niki Whitecar

Board of Advisors, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Nwamaka Eziefula

Learning Director, Mt. Royal

Nyasha Rusununguko

Director of Program Operations, DC Metro

Patrice Howard

Board of Directors, Womble Bond Dickinson

Rick England

Emeritus Board, The England Family Foundation

Ronee Davis

Director of Program Operations, Richmond

Sameer Bhargava

Emeritus Board, Clark Construction

Sarah Parker

Emeritus Board

Scott Weishaar

Board of Advisors, Bates White

Shelley Thompson

Senior Manager of Grants

Sherry Rhodes

Emeritus Board, Community Volunteer

Shirah Moffatt-Darko

DC Public Schools

Stacy Dranginis

Board of Advisors, Community Supporter

Steve Goldstein

Emeritus Board

Steve Kroll

Board of Advisors, Community Supporter

Tammy McCubbin

Learning Director, Lakeland

Thomas Waskom

Board of Advisors, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Todd Henry

Board of Advisors, T. Rowe Price Associates

Toni Woodlon, Ed.D.

Executive Director, Baltimore

Vijaya Raghunathan

Board of Advisors, Truist

Yancy Jimenez

Accounting and Payroll Manager/Government Grants Administrator

Zakiya Ince

Development Coordinator