Leadership & Staff

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Shael Polakow-Suransky

• Chief Academic Officer and Senior Deputy Chancellor

Kathleen Grimm Deputy Chancellor, Division of Operations, NY Public Schools

• Deputy Chancellor, Division of Operations

Michael Tragale

• Chief Financial Officer

Hal Friedlander

• Chief Information Officer

Andrew Buher

• Chief Operating Officer

Karen Maldonado

• Executive Director of Strategy and Support for Advanced Leadership (Sep '14→Jan '19) [+1]

• Senior Director-Principal Candidate Pool (Nov '13→Sep '14)

Carmen Fariña Former Chancellor, NYC department of education

• Chancellor (Dec 1 '13→Dec 31 '17)

David M Donaldson

• Chief of Staff – Business Services (Office of School Support) ('11→'13)

Christina Grant, Ed.D Executive Director, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University

• Deputy Executive Director (Managed New Schools Process for Charter Schools) ('08→'11)

Jennifer Richardson Lobbyists, Ostroff Associates; Former NYC State Affairs Deputy Director

• Director of State Legislative Affairs