Prior to joining the Foundation, Shavar was President of Education Reform Now, where he led the organization in passing well over 100 policies at the federal and state level that expanded educational opportunities for low-income students of color. As a first-generation college graduate, he understands implicitly the life-changing power of a high-quality education. His commitment to improving education stems directly from personal experience. Shavar was founding board chair of KIPP Newark in 2001 joined the KIPP Foundation Board in 2019 and is a proud KIPP parent, as his two children graduated from KIPP Spark Academy and KIPP Team Academy in Newark. He joined the KIPP Foundation as CEO in January 2023, a culmination of his many years as a champion for KIPP schools. Shavar Jeffries has been an advocate for social justice and educational equity for more than two decades. Maria holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Claremont McKenna College. She currently serves on the Board of Regents for the University of California, the Board of the Campaign for College Opportunity, Foundry College, and the James Irvine Foundation. Maria was also the senior advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Chief Financial Officer of ed-tech start-up Minerva Project, and held finance roles at Barclays Capital and Deloitte. She served as Vice Chancellor of Planning and Budget at University of California (UC) Riverside, and worked at the UC Office of the President on financial and strategic system-wide initiatives to improve operational efficiency. As a Latina first-generation college graduate, Maria has dedicated her career to improving access to education for all learners. Maria is the Senior Vice President for Strategy at Arizona State University, where she innovates on ways of serving learner populations that have traditionally not been well served.
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