OUR TEAM

“Transforming education is how we transform our world!”

— Meena Srinivasan

  • Meena Srinivasan

    Executive Director, Co-Founder and Fellowship Facilitator. Read full bio

  • Mychal Mills

    Fellowship Facilitator. Read full bio

  • Aijeron (Aija) Simmons

    Fellowship Facilitator. Read full bio

  • Linda Lantieri

    Senior Program Advisor, Co-Founder, Fellowship Facilitator, and Emerging Elder. Read full bio

  • Helen Kwah

    Director of Development and Communications. Read full bio

  • Kristine Mathiasen

    Administrative Coordinator. Read full bio

TEL Advisory Board

  • Photo of Hector Montenegro, TEL Advisory Board chair

    Hector Montenegro (Chair)

    President/CEO Montenegro Consultant Group; Senior District Advisor - Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning

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  • Curtiss Sarikey

    Chief Partnerships Officer for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)

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  • Tom Roderick

    Tom Roderick

    Author of Teach for Climate Justice (2023), and Founding Executive Director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

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  • Wilfredo Medina

    Artistic Director of The Family Life Theatre, Professor, and Associate Director for CSW Global

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  • Xiaoan Li

    Program Officer at the Fetzer Institute

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  • Yvette Jackson

    Award-winning author, Professor, and Senior Scholar for the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education

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