Teach For America - Alumni

Alumni

Notable Teach For America alumni include:

• Cami Anderson (Los Angeles '93), Newark Public Schools Superintendent
• Chris Barbic (Houston '92), Founder of YES Prep Public Schools and Superintendent of Tennessee's Achievement School District.
• Brian Chu (New York City '03), Assistant Brand Manager, Ivory North America at Procter & Gamble: The company's flagship brand
• Gregg Costa (Mississippi Delta '94), United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Courtney English (Metro Atlanta '07), Atlanta Public School Board Member and Youngest in APS History and only one to hold the position while teaching full-time
• Mike Feinberg (Houston '92), KIPP Co-founder
• Bill Ferguson (Baltimore '05), Maryland state senator
• Smokey Fontaine (Baltimore '93), An American writer, music critic and editor
• JoAnn Gama (Rio Grande Valley '97), Co-founder of IDEA Public Schools, Member of President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
• Kaya Henderson (New York City '92), Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools
• Peter Hermann (New York '90), An American actor
• Kevin Huffman (Houston '92), Tennessee State Education Commissioner
• Mike Johnston (Mississippi Delta '97), Colorado state senator
• Jason Kamras (Washington, D.C. '96), 2005 National Teacher of the Year
• Dave Levin (Houston '92), KIPP Co-founder
• Tim Morehouse (New York '00), Silver Medal winner in the men's sabre as a member of the United States fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Brian Osborne (New York '91), South Orange-Maplewood School District Superintendent, Harvard Urban Superintendents Program Graduate
• Mark Pett (Mississippi Delta, '94), Cartoonist and author of children's books.
• Shawn Raymond (Mississippi Delta, '94), Partner at Susman and Godfrey LLD, co-founder of the Sunflower County Freedom School, and co-founder of the US Public Service Academy.
• Michelle Rhee (Baltimore '92), Former Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools system and founder of The New Teacher Project; Founder, StudentsFirst
• Alec Ross (Baltimore '94), Senior Adviser for Innovation for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
• Tom Stritikus (Baltimore '93), University of Washington College of Education Dean
• Tom Torkelson (Rio Grande Valley '97), Founder of IDEA Public Schools
• Zeke Vanderhoek (New York City '98), Founder and Chairman, Manhattan GMAT; Founder and Principal, The Equity Project
• John White (Greater Newark '99), Louisiana Recovery School District Superintendent
• Steve Zimmer (Los Angeles '92), Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member