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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kate Blanchard is currently the Managing Director of TFA’s Learner Variability and Special Education Initiative.

Jessica Bledsoe’s career switch to teaching began with chance words from her college mentor who saw the teacher in her. In 2008, she joined Teach For America in Los Angeles, and after one year of teaching, Jessica knew her career change to teaching would be permanent, lasting long after her two-year TFA commitment.

Elizabeth serves as the Executive Director of Teach For America St. Louis where she works to support a network of 600 local educators and educational equity advocates to improve outcomes for students from historically underserved communities.

Claire Blumenson is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of School Justice Project (SJP), a DC-based nonprofit organization providing special education legal services to older court-involved students with disabilities.

Walter is a Milwaukee native, proud graduate of the Milwaukee Public Schools, and an alumnus of both Marquette University, where he studied political science and philosophy, and George Mason University, where he received his Masters in Education.