Equal Opportunity Schools CEO AJ Gutierrez

AJ Gutierrez

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AJ brings over 14 years of leadership in education nonprofits, including 10 as Cofounder and Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer at Saga Education. Gutierrez has over a decade of experience leading education reform and scaling mission-driven organizations. Known for …

Doug C. Borchard

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Mr. Borchard is Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that backs breakthrough social entrepreneurs who are advancing equity and opportunity. In that role, he oversees New Profit’s internal infrastructure (finance, talent, operations) and …

Tremayne J. Bess

Tremayne J. Bess

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Tremayne currently functions as Global Head of Human Resources at Eventbrite and has over 25 years of HR experience with companies like Wal-Mart, LinkedIn, The Gap, Inc. Kaiser Permanente, and Splunk Inc. Tremayne joined the Board of Directors in October 2025 …

Jennifer Bor

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With twenty years of combined experience in consulting, Big 4 public accounting, Fortune 500 internal audit, and as a professor for Seattle University and California State University – Long Beach, Ms. Jennifer Bor brings expertise in business operations and finance …

Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel

Dr. Mary Alice Heuschel

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Dr. Heuschel is the principal owner of A+ Empowerment, MAH Consults, established in January 2023 which provides executive coaching and strategy implementation support to empower superintendents, their school boards, and district leadership teams in improving effective school district systems that …

Marcus Knight

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Marcus Knight currently serves as the VP of Partnerships & Alliances for Shipium, a software company that’s helping revolutionize the global ecommerce industry. Formerly a sales lead for global, multi-million-dollar technology companies such as Groupon and Textio, Marcus Knight is …

Jessica Paulson

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Jessica Paulson has been working in the field of education for over a decade – using data, technology and student-centered design to create action and drive change. Jessica’s first half of her career was in the world of public opinion …