Our Board
Local Leadership
Anna Shurak
Greater Philadelphia '04
Executive Director
Teach For America Greater Philadelphia
Anna's corps experience inspired a career dedicated to the students and communities in Philly and rooted in educational equity. She has since spent her career working to strengthen classrooms, redesign schools, and lead systems-level change in Philadelphia and Camden.
Meet Our Board
![Andrew Bell](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-06/1566912953914.jpg?itok=Vs0iRZDo)
Board Member
Superintendent Woodbury School District
Andrew T. Bell, Sr.
![Teach For America Chicago Northwest Indiana board member Joseph William Clark](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/joe.png?h=d4b446f1&itok=ITD_X534)
Board Member
VP & SR. Deputy General Counsel, Government Relations Comcast Corporation
Joseph William Clark
![Teach For America Chicago Northwest Indiana board member Michael A. DeCandido](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/mike%20d.png?h=5d79e350&itok=y6odgSbD)
Board Member
Chief Operating Officer CE3 Solutions
Michael A. DeCandido
![Nina Goodheart](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-07/1705693725155.jpg?itok=oIBkPSUg)
Board Member
Senior Vice President & President of Structural Heart & Aortic Medtronic
Nina Goodheart
![Omoro Jean-Baptiste](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/OJB%20TFA%20Photo.jpg?itok=dnxmWsk5)
Board Member
Director of Project Management PECO
Omoro Jean-Baptiste
![Candace P. Kenyatta](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/Candace%20P.%20Kenyatta.png?itok=kSEtalf1)
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer Grovider
Candace P. Kenyatta
![David Loder](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/David%20Loder.png?itok=SfeJJmgW)
Board Member
Partner Duane Morris LLP
David Loder
![Cara McCutcheon](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/Cara%20McCutcheon.png?itok=lw6Er4o6)
Board Member
Principal Chief of Staff, Vanguard
Cara McCutcheon
![Headshot of a woman in a black blazer](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-11/Screenshot%202022-11-18%20at%201.43.34%20PM.png?itok=DQQDAAI0)
Board Member
Senior Managing Director, Chief Human Resources Officer FS Investments
Ania Mikson
![Liza Rodriguez](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-06/Liza%20Rodriguez_Finals_10.jpg?itok=ONh6kMgt)
Board Member
Chief Administration Officer JEVS Human Services
Liza M. Rodriguez
![Vanessa Smith](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-07/2023_11_07_Smith_Vanessa_0553_Cropped.jpg?itok=O6pARbGC)
Board Chair
President ServiceNow.org
Vanessa C. Smith
![Teach For America Chicago Northwest Indiana board member Kenneth S. Solon](https://www.teachforamerica.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/ken.png?h=4f890525&itok=_QkgWRdq)
Board Member
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Head of IT, Digital & Enterprise Services Lincoln Financial Group
Kenneth S. Solon