Our Board
Board of Directors & Student Leadership Board
College and career success doesn’t have to fall on your shoulders alone.
Our unique approach relies on partnerships with trusted, nonprofit universities. They provide our students affordable access to their degree programs, and we provide all the things that students need to be successful: a deeply supported onboarding process, personalized coaching and supports in our Denver campus, and a community of caring staff and peers that will be with them every step of the way.
This approach means students can pursue their degree and build their career at the same time, even while working or supporting family.
Board of Directors
Jandel Allen Davis
Jandel Allen-Davis
Elizabeth Concordia
Elizabeth Concordia
Susana Córdova
Susana Córdova
Susana Córdova is the Colorado Commissioner of Education, the first Latina to hold the state’s top education position. She previously served as the deputy superintendent of Dallas Independent School District. Córdova also served as superintendent of Denver Public Schools, where she spent more than 30 years serving as a teacher or school leader at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Córdova is a DPS graduate who began her teaching career as a bilingual teacher at Horace Mann Middle School and rose through the ranks to become superintendent in 2019. Córdova received her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Denver, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction/education administration from the University of Colorado, and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in education by the University of Denver.
Meg Lafave
Meg Lafave
Kent Thiry
Kent Thiry
Rosemary Rodriguez
Rosemary Rodriguez
Bill Kurtz
Bill Kurtz
Bill Kurtz was the Founding Head of School of the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST), before becoming CEO in 2009. DSST currently serves around 7,000 students across 8 middle and 8 high schools in Denver and Aurora, Colorado. DSST has consistently operated the highest performing middle and high schools in Denver and Colorado since its inception in 2004. DSST won the 2018 Broad Prize for urban education as the top performing charter management organization in the country.
Bill was inducted into the National Charter School Hall of Fame in 2016, and was recognized as the 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year by the New Schools Venture Fund. Bill is an Aspen Institute-Pahara Fellow and is a graduate of the Broad Superintendent program.
Prior to joining DSST, Bill served as Principal of Link Community School in Newark, NJ, and Assistant Principal at The Holy Cross School in South Bronx, NY. Bill holds a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University, and an M.A. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Columbia University.
Donna Lynne
Donna Lynne
Student Leadership Board
Tristan Abraham
Hanna Fernandez Cellis
Sea Flakes
Ronie Salone
