Brian Driscoll is the Associate Director of Development at Lick Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, where his work focuses on leadership giving and strategic philanthropy. Previously, he served as Vice President of Individual Philanthropy for Genesys Works, a national non-profit bridging the gap between low-income students, underserved schools, and the business community. Brian has worked as a development consultant to numerous non-profits, focusing on individual giving and campaign planning. In addition to consulting, he served as Vice President of Advancement at Health Leads – a national, non-profit agency that mobilizes undergraduate volunteers in partnership with providers in urban clinics to connect low-income patients with resources such as food, housing, and heating assistance. His previous position was at Cleveland’s Urban Community School, where he served as Director of Advancement and worked extensively on public-private partnerships within the city.

Brian Driscoll

Brian Driscoll is the Associate Director of Development at Lick Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, where his work focuses on leadership giving and strategic philanthropy. Previously, he served as Vice President of Individual Philanthropy for Genesys Works, a national non-profit bridging the gap between low-income students, underserved schools, and the business community. Brian has […]

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Jennifer Lutzenberger Phillips

Jennifer Lutzenberger Phillips brings significant experience as an educational leader, student advocate, coach, and literacy teacher to her position as Director, Learning, Teaching, and Pathway Development. Formerly, she was the vice president of Teaching and Learning at Envision Schools and a school improvement coach and a content coach in secondary English, with a focus on […]

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Joseph Hendry

Joseph Hendry is the IT Administrator for ConnectED. He has previous experience teaching English in the Czech Republic, as well as working at a tech startup and managing a café in San Francisco. Joseph graduated from New College of Florida in Sarasota, with a BA in Anthropology.

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Julie Koenke

Julie Koenke is the President and CEO of ConnectED: The National Center for College and Career. She leads the organization’s mission to expand high-quality, equitable college and career pathways nationwide, partnering with school districts, communities, and states to ensure all students—especially those furthest from opportunity—graduate prepared for postsecondary success. Before stepping into the role of […]

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Kiera Brodsky-Chase

Kiera is committed to challenging the status quo. They come to ConnectED  from a 15-year career working in special education and instructional coaching. Kiera’s vision is to ensure access to high quality instruction for all learners. Kiera has worked as a teacher in residential programs, K-12 special education programs, focusing on 9-12 full inclusion. They […]

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Marques McCammon

Marques McCammon combines more than 25 years of auto industry product development, manufacturing, brand leadership and marketing experience with intimate knowledge of software-based automotive product advancement. He gained early recognition from Crain’s Detroit Business as one of 40 young executives making an impact in the Motor City. Other highlights include: · Creating the Dodge SRT-4, […]

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Pier Sun Ho

As an Associate Director for Learning, Teaching and Pathway Development at ConnectED, Pier supports high-quality instructional design within pathway programs. Experiential learning has always sparked new interests and opened new doors for Pier, so her main passion is designing—and supporting teachers to design—learning experiences that are multi-disciplinary, engaging, and challenging for all students. Pier also […]

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Rob Atterbury

Rob Atterbury is a Director for District and Regional support for ConnectED: The National Center for College and Career, where he has been on staff since 2009. Rob began his career in the automotive industry, and later became a career technical education teacher, curriculum coordinator, director, and Associate Superintendent for high school transformation. Rob has […]

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Rocio Weiss

Rocío Weiss is a longtime educator and school leader based in San Diego.  Recently retired from the San Diego Unified School District, Rocio devoted her career to transforming the learning experiences of students residing in underserved communities.  In her role as school leader, she facilitated the design and implementation process of several career-themed academies within […]

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Vinci Daro

Vinci Daro is Director of Instructional Impact in Mathematics. In this role, she works to shift the experiences students have while learning math at school to be more meaningful for their current and future selves. Dr. Daro’s research focuses on the integration of language learning with mathematics learning, with an emphasis on the role of exploratory, […]

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