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Achievement First Boards of Directors

A talented and experienced group of professionals comprise Achievement First’s Network Support Board of Directors and the school-facing boards in New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Our boards’ strong expertise in multiple fields—education, community development, business, law, youth programming and finance—allow them to provide strong governance and oversight of our schools.
Achievement First Network Support Board
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Board
Achievement First Brooklyn Board
Achievement First Hartford Academy Board
Achievement First Rhode Island Board
Amistad Academy Board
Elm City College Preparatory Board

Achievement First Network Support Board

  • Officers

    • Andrew Boas, Chair
    • Reshma Singh, Vice Chair

  • Directors

    • Katie Ballah
    • Shelly Cleary
    • Kathy Hamel
    • Jennifer Mulhern
    • Pinak Pujari
    • Valerie Rockefeller
    • Elizabeth Rose
    • Carrie Schindele

Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Rajeev Lakra, Chair
    • Dewey Loselle, Treasurer
    • Marlene Macauda, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Ruben Felipe
    • Ebrima Jobe
    • Dick Kalt
    • Kelia Lanham
    • Jahneel Small

  • 2025-26 AF Bridgeport Board Meeting Schedule

    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, October 23, 2025, 5:30 pm, Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda |  CANCELLED
    • Friday, October 31, 2025, 8:00 am / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes
    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting  | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting |  agenda | minutes

  • 2024-25 AF Bridgeport Board Meeting Schedule

    • Special Meeting, Thursday, August 8, 2024, 11:30 am / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes|recording
    • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, February 27, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm / AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Monday, April 21, 2025, 3:00 pm /Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, May 22, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm / AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| No Board business conducted.

  • 2023-24 AF Bridgeport Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2025-26 AF Bridgeport Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom

  • 2024-25 AF Bridgeport Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
    • Wednesday, October 2, at 12:30 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, December 3, at 3:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, February 26, at 12:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, May 21, at 3:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2023-24 AF Bridgeport Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Thursday, August 31, at 2:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, October 11, at 4:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, November 29, at 4:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Tuesday, March 19, at 5:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom

Achievement First Brooklyn Board

  • Officers

      • Brandon Sorlie, Chair
      • Paul Cabana, Vice Chair
      • Christopher Lynch, Treasurer
      • Akeem Frett, Secretary

  • Trustees

    • Tamika Bradley
    • Keith Brooks
    • Romy Coquillette
    • Desiree Dalton
    • Andrea Kilpatrick
    • Kevin Miquelon
    • Erica Murphy
    • David Pollak
    • Amy Arthur Samuels

  • 2025-26 AF Brooklyn Board Meeting Schedule

    • Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:00 pm / TFA, 25 Broadway, 14th floor + Zoom meeting| agenda| minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 6:00 pm / TFA, 25 Broadway, 12th floor + Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 6:00 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 6:00 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 6:00 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2025-26 AF Brooklyn Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Executive Committee meets on Zoom:
    • Tue, October 21, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm,  Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Fri, December 5, 2025, 8:30 –  9:00 am,  Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Tue, December 16, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Zoom
    • Tue, March 3, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Zoom
    • Tue, April 21, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Zoom
    • Tue, June 16, 2026, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Friday, September 26 at 1:00 pm
        agenda | minutes

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2022-23 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2021-22 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Hartford Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Erwin Hurst, Sr, Chair
    • Francoise Deristel-Leger, Vice Chair
    • Victor De La Paz, Treasurer
    • Surbhi Patel, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Leonard Epps
    • Charon Smalls
    • Alice Turner

  • 2025-26 AF Hartford Academy Board Meeting Schedule

    • Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, February 26, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, June 9, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes

  • 2024-25 AF Hartford Academy Board Meeting Schedule

    • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, March 6, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street, Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| No Board business conducted.

  • 2023-24 AF Hartford Academy Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2025-26 AF Hartford Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, November 19, at 10:00 AM

  • 2024-25 AF Hartford Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
    • Monday, September 23, at 9:30 AM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, December 4, at 3:30 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Monday, February 24, at 3:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, May 7, at 2:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2023-24 AF Hartford Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • AF Hartford Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 4, at 12:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Thursday, November 4, at 12:45 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, April 10, at 11:30 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2022-23 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2021-22 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Rhode Island Board

  • Officers

    • Mayor Brett Smiley, Board Chair
    • Maryellen Butke, Vice Chair
    • James Wiley, Treasurer

  • Directors

    • Victor Capellan
    • Janelle Clarke-Holley
    • Mayor Charles Lombardi
    • Macky McCleary
    • Nicole Pollock

  • 2025-26 AF Rhode Island Board Meeting Schedule

    • Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:30 pm / Achievement First Providence High School, 206 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907 | Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 5:30 pm / Achievement First Providence High School, 206 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907 | Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, February 12, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom| agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, April 9, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, June 4, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes

  • 2024-25 AF Rhode Island Board Meeting Schedule

    • Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Monday, March 10, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting + AF Providence High School, 206 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
      agenda| minutes – CANCELED
    • Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 9:15 am / Zoom meeting + 234 Daboll Street, Providence, RI 02907
    • agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 24, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting +AF Providence High School, 206 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 12, 2025, 5:30 pm – CANCELED
    • Monday, July 7, 2025, 5:45 pm / Zoom meeting + RI Education Collective: 235 Georgia Ave, Suite 102, Providence, RI 02905
      agenda| minutes

  • 2024-25 AF Rhode Island Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Monday, September 30, at 11:30 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Monday, February 3, at 11:00 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, May 13, at 1:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2025-26 AF Rhode Island Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 1, at 12:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, November 19, at 11:00 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording

  • Budget

    • Download the 2019-20 budget here.

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2022-23 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2021-22 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Amistad Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Lorraine Gibbons, Chair

  • Directors

    • Jennifer Alexander
    • Jim Baron
    • Alex Guzhnay
    • Jason Prime
    • Shannelle Whyte
    • Yashira Zwisler

  • 2025-26 Amistad Academy Board Meeting Schedule

    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, October 23, 2025, 5:30 pm /  Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes | CANCELLED
    • Thursday, October 23, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 8:00 am / Zoom | agenda | minutes
    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2024-25 Amistad Academy Board Meeting Schedule

    • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, May 22, 2025, 4:45 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street, Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| No Board business conducted.

  • 2023-24 Amistad Academy Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2025-26 Amistad Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Joint Amistad HS Committee Meeting
      • Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM /Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Monday, September 29, at 12:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, November 19, at 2:30 PM
      • agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2024-25 Amistad Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    Finance Committee meets on Zoom

    • Wednesday, October 2, at 9:30 AM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, December 4, at 12:30 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Tuesday, February 25, at 1:30 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, May 7, at 12:30 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2023-24 Amistad Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Amistad Academy Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 11, at 4:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Thursday, November 30, at 10:45 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, April 3, at 12:30 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
    • Personnel Committee Meets on Zoom

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2022-23 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2021-22 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Note: Under Connecticut state law, charter schools must post their yearly schedule of board meetings, as well as the agenda and minutes of each meeting

Elm City College Preparatory Board

  • Officers

    • Dick Ferguson, Chair
    • Stephanie Ma, Secretary

  • Directors

    • LaVonta Bryant
    • Latisha Douglas
    • Kevin Torres

  • 2025-26 Elm City College Preparatory Board Meeting Schedule

    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, October 23, 2025, 5:30 pm /  Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes | CANCELLED
    • Friday, October 31, 2025, 12:00 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda
    • Joint CT Board Meeting, Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:30 pm / Amistad High School, 580 Dixwell Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes
    • Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting | agenda | minutes

  • 2024-25 Elm City College Preparatory Board Meeting Schedule

    • Thursday, October 10, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 5:30 pm /Amistad High School 580 Dixwell Avenue New Haven, CT 06511
      agenda| minutes
    • Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, April 10, 2025, 5:30 pm / AF Hartford High School, 305 Greenfield Street, Hartford, CT 06112
      agenda| minutes
    • Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda| minutes
    • Thursday, June 5, 2025, 5:30 pm /AF Bridgeport Elementary School, 655 Stillman Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
      agenda| No Board business conducted.

  • 2023-24 Elm City College Preparatory Board Meeting Schedule

  • 2025-26 Elm City College Preparatory Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
    • Wednesday, November 19, at 12:30 PM

  • 2024-25 Elm City College Preparatory Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
    • Wednesday, October 2, at 2:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, December 4, at 2:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, February 26, at 3:30 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, May 21, at 2:00 PM
      agenda | minutes | recording

  • 2023-24 Elm City College Preparatory Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Amistad Academy Joint HS Committee meets on Zoom
    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, October 4, at 1:30 PM
        agenda | minutes |
      • Wednesday, November 29, at 2:00 PM
        agenda | minutes |
      • Wednesday, April 10, at 11:00 AM
        agenda | minutes |
    • Personnel Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday,February 21, at 11:30 AM
        agenda| minutes|
      • Tuesday, June 4 at 4:30 pm
        agenda| minutes|

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

      • Download all 2022-23 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
      • Download all 2021-22 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
      • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
      • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
      • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
      • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Note: Under Connecticut state law, charter schools must post their yearly schedule of board meetings, as well as the agenda and minutes of each meeting.

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