Profiles of Leaders in the Teach For America Network
Founder
Wildflower New York Charter School
Region: New York, '14
Mario Benabe always knew he wanted to teach and maximized his experience with Teach For America as a way to guide him from turning a passion into a career.
Associate Director, Global Marketing - Oncology
Eli Lilly and Company
Region: Indianapolis, '12
Kyle Bender is a 2012 TFA Indy alumnus and marketing executive at Eli Lilly and Company. He is passionate about the impact firms can have in their local communities.
President of Lilly Foundation & Sr. Director for Corporate Responsibility and Global Health
Eli Lilly & Company
Tiffany Benjamin is President of the Lilly Foundation and Senior Director for Corporate Responsibility and Global Health for Eli Lilly & Company. Eli Lilly & Co. has been a major supporter of Teach For America since its founding in Indianapolis in 2008.
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President and Chief Operating Officer
Teach For America
Jemina R. Bernard serves as Teach For America's President & Chief Operating Officer, bringing over two decades of invaluable leadership and service in education. In this role, she is dedicated to leading the organization to make meaningful progress for students across the country.
Psychotherapist
Frey & Associates
Region: New York, '13
Jamie saw firsthand the shortage of resources in low-income communities as a special education teacher. After the corps, Jamie dedicated her work in the field of philanthropy and social services to fight the very poverty that affected her students.
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Co-founder and Chief Program Officer
The Marcy Lab School
Region: New York, '12
Maya Bhattacharjee-Marcantonio (New York '12) co-founded the Marcy Lab School in 2018, a program focused on training marginalized youth for the careers of the future.
Executive Director
Teach For America Massachusetts
Region: Phoenix, '04
Josh Biber joined Teach For America as a 2004 Phoenix corps member where he taught 5th grade at Laveen Elementary School. In 2008, Josh took on the challenge of establishing the Massachusetts region—first, as director of new site development, then as founding executive director.
Market Director
City Year
Region: Jacksonville, '07
Jared serves as a market president at City Year. In this role, he oversees City Year sites in 10 cities: Baton Rouge, Buffalo, Columbia, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Manchester, New Orleans, Orlando, Providence and Sacramento.
Executive Director
Teach For America Alabama
Region: Alabama, '11
Bryan Billy has led TFA Alabama's statewide impact and strategy efforts for 10 years. Before becoming Executive Director in July 2023, he served as Senior Managing Director of Strategy and Program Impact. In that role, he partnered with superintendents across the state to address strategic educational needs, spearhead innovative solutions and connect organizations and corporations with the mission to provide an excellent education for all students in Alabama.
As the lead of TFA's programmatic work, Bryan transformed Alabama's program into one of the strongest in the non-profit organization’s national network. Teacher's reported some of the strongest experiences, with an average retention rate of 85 percent since 2014 and more than 300 alumni living and working in Alabama.