Sustaining Success: Future-Proofing Your School
In this session, school leaders and board members will learn essential strategies for ensuring continuity and success during leadership transitions. Key topics include building redundancy in academic and operational areas, aligning academic plans with authorizer expectations, and preparing for board succession. Emphasizing the importance of emergency and long-term planning, proactive leadership development, and clearly defined roles for executives, attendees will leave equipped with actionable steps for succession planning and programs that support aspiring administrators to future-proof their schools for sustainable growth.
Presented by
Managing Director of Client Finance
Charter Impact Inc.
Jason is responsible for helping schools thrive financially, stay up-to-date on compliance, and succeed in the new post-pandemic reality. Jason oversees a team of 11 directors assisting over 70 organizations, 100 schools, and 70,000 students. He takes pride in being a strategic partner with Charter Impact’s clients and aggregating best practices from across the industry to drive successful outcomes. Previously, Jason was a Senior Director at the Learn4Life network, where he was responsible for the financial projections, cash management and ad hoc analysis for 20 California charter schools. Jason earned his MBA from Pepperdine University.
Executive Director
Scholarship Prep Charter Schools - Scholarship Prep - Santa Ana
Chief Executive Officer
ACE Charter Schools
Mr. Hilario is currently the CEO of ACE Charter Schools, where he is responsible for managing the finances, operations, compliance and fundraising, as well as guiding the instructional recovery of the student community after the pandemic setback.
Kennedy comes to ACE with a track record of leading growth, financial and academic achievement in several charter school networks in California and Massachusetts and has assisted in the turnaround of district schools.
He is a native Spanish speaker and has extensive knowledge of the K-12 school space - including deep experience working with student populations from low-income communities.
Superintendent
Ingenium Schools - Ingenium Charter
Bill brings nearly three decades of experience at every level in public education. He started his teaching career in Chicago, where he received the “National Educator of the Year” award in 1998. Bill’s multi-faceted career includes serving as a Teacher, Principal, Director, Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer, Chief Business Officer, and Superintendent.
Focusing on achieving exceptional learner outcomes, while growing school networks fiscally and nationally for two charter management organizations serving over 100,000 students, has been the cornerstone of Bill’s career. His inspirational leadership, mentorship, and relationship-building has developed many current educational leaders nationwide.