LEANLAB Education, an organization co-founded by 2019 Surge Academy Alumna, Katie Boody, recently welcomed ten companies to their latest fellowship who will be met with real-world classroom partners from nine…
September 2019 2019 Surge Alumna, Nina Smith was selected to join the Barbara Bowman Leadership Fellows Program 2019-2020 cohort. Now in its fourth year, the program bridges the early childhood…
2018 Surge Alumnus, Dominique McKoy will be pursuing his MA in Public Policy through the University of Chicago Harris School Evening Masters Program. Designed for working professionals, the Harris Evening…
2019 Surge Academy Alumnus, Charles King currently serves as President and Executive Director for the Kansas City Teacher Residency, an organization that has just been selected as a new partner…
2015 Surge Alumna, Grisel Maldonado will be starting her Executive MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University this Fall. She decided to pursue an MBA to continue…
We are proud to announce that 25 leaders who currently serve within the Chicago education landscape have been selected for the 2020 Surge Chicago Fellowship! The Surge Institute first began…
Tiara Wheatley is the Vice President of Alumni Impact at the Surge Institute. “I chose Surge to continue my lifelong mission of making an impact in my community and beyond.…
Ashli Watts is a Director of Teacher Support at OneGoal. “I chose Surge because when just thinking about it, the words to Stevie Wonder’s ‘For Once in My Life’ came…
Ulric Shannon is the Director of Partner Engagement at AUSL (Academy for Urban School Leadership). “The Surge Fellowship is a movement to ensure educational equity, with the belief that it…
Alison Regalado is the Associate Director, Undergraduate Enrollment and Partnerships at National Louis University. “I have felt like I don’t have or deserve a place at the table – keeping…