Wayfinder Advisors

Meet Wayfinder's advisors—a team of educators, designers, and purpose-driven leaders committed to helping students prepare for what’s next.

Advisors

Dr. Bill Damon

Director, Stanford Center on Adolescence + Author
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Chi Kim

CEO, Pure Edge
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Dr. Susie Wise

Founder, Stanford K12 Lab + Adjunct Professor, Stanford d.school
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Sandy Husk

Interim Superintendent, Portland Public Schools + Former CEO, AVID
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Emily Esfahani Smith

NY Times Contributor + Author, The Power of Meaning
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Mike Marriner

Founder, Roadtrip Nation + Ashoka Fellow
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Kimberley Harrington

Executive Director, NJASCD + Former New Jersey Commissioner of Education
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Susan Enfield

Former Superintendent, Washoe County School District (NV) and Highline Public Schools (WA)
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Max McGee

Co-Founder and COO, Center for Success for High Need Schools + Former Illinois State Superintendent
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Dr. Diann Kitamura

Former Superintendent, Santa Rosa City Schools + Board Member, California Association of Asian and Pacific Leaders in Education
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Dr. John Gasko

Chief Well-Being Officer, Uplift Education
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Tristan Love

Executive Director of Administration, Bloomington ISD
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Chris Balme

Co-Founder, Millennium School + Author, "Finding the Magic in Middle School"
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Dr. Chris Wilson

Superintendent, Kennett #39 School District
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Dr. Edward Lee Vargas

Co-Founder, ALAS + State Superintendent of Year, CA and WA
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Nat Manning

Senior AI Advisor + Presidential Innovation Fellow
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Chris McKenna

Education Program Officer, Mindful.org + Former Program Director, Mindful Schools
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Matthew Newcomb

CFO, Chime
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Sarah Pazur, Ph.D

Director of School Leadership, CS Partners + President, FlexTech Education
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Sean McClung

Head of School Success, XQ Institute + Former Principal, Oakland Unified and Envision Schools
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Bob Lenz

Executive Director, Buck Institute + Founder, Envision Schools
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Diego Perez

Poet + NY Times Best-Selling Author
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Daniel Keever

Deputy Superintendent, Williamsburg-James City County Schools
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Michael F. Malone

Executive Consultant + Retired Massachusetts Superintendent
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Tenecia Powe

Principal, Westside Atlanta Charter School
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Molly Efrusy

President, Efrusy Family Foundation
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Lee Hark

Head of School, GreenHill School + Former Assistant Head of School, Durham Academy
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Pamela Davis

Makerspace Facilitator, Richland 2 School District
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Randle Charles

Haudenosaunee Member (Iroquois Confederacy) + Artist, Indian American Institute of Art
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Alline Akintore

Principal, Oregon Venture Fund
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Bo Shao

Chairman + Co-Founder, Evolve Ventures
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Jennifer Carolan

Co-Founder and General Partner, Reach Capital
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Monica Enand

Board Member, Oregon Community Foundation
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Sydnee Dickson

Former State Superintendent of Utah
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Julie Mitchell

Former Superintendent, Rowland Unified School District
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Anna Edwards

Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder, Whiteboard Advisors
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Dr. Donna Wright

Lead Superintendent at AASA, Former School Superintendent (TN), TN Superintendent of the Year
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Robert Logan

Former Superintendent of three North Carolina School districts, Former N.C. State Associate Superintendent Former Senior Director, Eastern Region, AVID
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Dr. Baron Davis

Former Superintendent of Schools in Richland School District Two, CEO, The Noegenesis Group
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Stephen Murley

Retired Superintendent, Green Bay WI + Asst Prof (Emeritus), University of Iowa
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Dr. Art Fessler

Retired Illinois Superintendent, Board Member at Cambridge Lakes Charter
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Research + Design Advisors

Vicki Zakrzewski

Education Director
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Kendall Cotton Bronk, Ph.D

Director
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Heather Malin, Ph.D

Director
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Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Honorary Principal Fellow
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Murat Ozturk

Data Scientist
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