KIPP Foundation

Vice President

• Set and execute the national strategy for college access, enrollment, and success, ensuring alignment across regions and national teams.
• Drive strategies to achieve KIPP’s 2030 goals: 95% college enrollment, 85% four-year college enrollment, and increased representation at top colleges.
• Develop a long-term strategic roadmap integrating college counseling, match, financial aid, persistence, and institutional partnerships.
• Leverage data to define key performance indicators, track progress, and evaluate program effectiveness.
• Monitor national trends and emerging opportunities in higher education to ensure KIPP’s strategy remains responsive and relevant.
• Represent KIPP as a national thought leader, engaging with colleges, funders, advocacy organizations, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop and refine scalable, evidence-based systems for college counseling and persistence support across the KIPP network.
• Lead high-quality implementation of college advancement initiatives in all regions.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and strategic guidance for team members.

Vice President – College Advancement

Account Manager

• Set the national vision for how KIPP leverages institutional partnerships to drive affordability, persistence, and degree completion at scale.
• Design a long-term roadmap to secure partnerships with the nation’s top 250 colleges by 2030, prioritizing institutions committed to equity, student success, and measurable investment in KIPP students.
• Consistently realize partnership excellence, establishing clear performance standards, accountability structures, and required commitments across all partners.
• Develop systems, data insights, and cross-functional processes that integrate college partnerships into national advising, match, financial aid, and persistence strategies.
• Lead and refine the ongoing strategy grounded in data, institutional performance, and student experience to ensure partners consistently achieve results.
• Position KIPP as a national thought leader and trusted collaborator in improving postsecondary outcomes for first-generation and low-income students.
• Cultivate, negotiate, and formalize strategic partnerships with colleges and universities that advance access, affordability, persistence, and completion for KIPP students.
• Develop and negotiate Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), securing 50 new MOUs annually with clear commitments and measurable goals.
• Identify, vet, and prioritize new partnership opportunities aligned with KIPP’s goals, including engaging with the nation’s top 250 colleges by 2030.
• Manage a national portfolio of college partners, maintaining strong, trust-based relationships with senior institutional leaders.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and data-driven discussions to strengthen collaboration and outcomes.
• Support partner institutions in implementing practices that improve student success and equity.
• Analyze persistence, enrollment, and graduation data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with partner institutions to enhance advising structures, financial pathways, and campus-based supports.
• Ensure partnership commitments contribute meaningfully to KIPP’s long-term milestones.

Vice President – College Advancement

Vice President – College Partnerships