Our board members are vital partners who volunteer their time and talents to strengthen our schools and advance our mission.

UP Education Network is supported and governed by the UP Education Network Board of Trustees, a group of dynamic, thoughtful volunteers who support us in making lasting, impactful change.

Members

  • Emily Green, Independent Board Director & Advisor (Board Chair)

  • Veronica Conforme, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Greenhouse E3

  • Ellen Daley, Independent Board Member

  • Owen Wurzbacher, Chief Investment Officer, HighSage Ventures

  • J. Gustavo, Founder, Gustavo Consulting Group

  • Rhonda “Nikki” Barnes, Executive Director of KIPP MA

  • Matt Hanson, Executive Vice President, Bain Capital

Board of Trustees

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UP Academy Dorchester
Board of Trustees

UP Academy Dorchester is a Horace Mann charter school and is governed by the UP Academy Dorchester Board of Trustees.  

Members

  • Amar Kumar, Board Chair & Governance Committee Chair
    Founder & CEO, KaiPod Learning

  • Matt Lesniak, Finance Chair/Treasurer
    Director of Strategic Operations Finance, Wayfair

  • Aisha Miller, Secretary, Vice President, Related Beal

  • Rishi Shukla, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, DockSquare Equity

  • Alisha Johnson, Supervisor, Crimson Preferred Scheduling, Tufts Medical Center

  • Lana Ewing, Executive Director, Maine Charter School Commission

  • Sonia Satchell, Owner, IRIE Jamaican Style Restaurant

  • Hayley Bacon, Manager, Education Resource Strategies

Upcoming Meetings

UP Education Network's advisory boards serve as vital partners in advancing our mission. These boards unite passionate professionals from diverse industries who share a commitment to equity, education, and transformative impact.

Members bring their expertise, leadership, and networks to the table, collaborating with UP to ensure that students have access to the resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive academically and beyond.

Through their efforts, the advisory boards help shape innovative programs, secure critical funding, and forge meaningful partnerships that directly benefit students, educators, and school communities.

Advisory Boards

  • Launched in 2022, UP’s Technology Advisory Board (TAB) is composed of proven leaders, technology experts and successful entrepreneurs who are dedicating their time, talent and energy to ensure students in UP schools have the resources and opportunities to explore their path and potential, especially in the STEM disciplines. The TAB launched with an initial focus of how to better leverage technology in the classroom and transformed into an opportunity to build awareness of UP’s exceptional learning environments, ensure a rigorous academic curriculum focused on STEM to prepare students for the future, provide leadership support and raise critical funds to make it all happen.

    • Ellen Daley, Independent Board Member (Board Chair)

    • Cheyenne Boyce, HubSpot, Education Partner Program

    • Brian Cusack, Principal PartnerOcean | ex-Google Exec

    • Kate Forrestall, Tripadvisor

    • Lisa Freed

    • Emily Green, Independent Board Member | Advisor

    • Marta McAlister, Google for Education

    • Mneesha Nahata, American Tower

    • Nishita Roy-Pope, Founder/CEO | Former Director – Dell Technologies

    • Breton Caplan, Sr. Director, American Sales Enablement, PTC

    • Kari Borroel, Executive Director, Head of Operations of L&D, AstraZeneca

    To learn more about TAB’s work or express interest in membership, email Julianna Quinlan at jquinlan@upeducationnetwork.org.

  • UP Education Network is also supported by our Pathways Advisory Board, which is a group of young professionals dedicated to volunteering their time, energy and talents in service of UP Education Network and UP Academy schools.

    • Sam Wolfson, Consultant, EY-Parthenon (Board Chair)

    • Stephen Aborn, Director, Aborn & Co

    • Tom Hoff, Product Manager, Catapult

    • Alex Mukherjee, Ellevation Education

    • Varun Navani, Founder, Rolai

    • Ben Yu, Manager, Product Analytics, Audible

    • Alice Zhou, MBA Candidate and Forté Fellow at USC Marshall School of Business

    • Yesenia Arango, Partner Success Manager, Ellevation Education

    We are currently recruiting new members! To learn more about the Young Professional Advisory Board’s work or express interest in membership, email T at development@upeducationnetwork.org.