Building the Bench Without Breaking the Mission: Growing Tomorrow’s Leaders
As charter networks grow, building sustainable, mission-aligned leadership is crucial without compromising the day-to-day excellence students deserve. This session explores strategies to develop leadership across your organizations—creating pathways from instructional aides to executive roles. Attendees will learn how to embed leadership development into strategic planning for alignment and clarity. Key takeaways include bench-building blueprints, preparing leaders for complex roles, and models for integrating planning cycles. Whether managing a network or a single school, gain practical systems to cultivate future-ready leaders without compromising current priorities.
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Chief of Staff
Green Dot Public Schools
Annabelle is Chief of Staff at Green Dot. Previously, she served as Director of Policy and Public Affairs, leading national, state, and local advocacy and building relationships with elected officials, authorizers, and advocacy groups. Before Green Dot, she worked at the NYC Department of Education, creating multi-year strategic roadmaps impacting nearly 2 million students. Her projects included charter school placement in high-need areas, borough-wide Universal Pre-K expansion, and other system-wide initiatives. Annabelle holds master’s degrees from NYU Wagner (MPA) and the Broad Residency (Ed Leadership), and undergraduate degrees in political science and Middle Eastern studies from the University of Michigan.
Chief People Officer
Animo City of Champions Charter High
Samantha Matamoros is Chief People Officer at Green Dot, leading the Human Capital and HR departments. She joined Green Dot in 2005 as a Spanish teacher at Ánimo Venice Charter High School, where she worked for ten years as teacher, assistant principal, and principal. In 2015, she became Director of Human Capital. Samantha started her education career teaching at Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature and public policy from UCLA and a master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University.
