Neubauer Fellowship In Educational Leadership

Meet the 2019 Fellows (Cohort 5)

2019 Neubauer Fellows in Educational Leadership (Cohort 5)

Latanya Simmons
Program Director
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Joanne Beaver
Interim Principal, The Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP)
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Robert Berretta
Doctoral Student
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Jason Carrion
Principal, Cayuga Elementary School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Aliya Catanch-Bradley
Principal, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Pauline Cheung
Principal, Francis Scott Key School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Leah Coleman
Principal, Stephen Girard Elementary School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Omar Crowder
Principal, Northeast High School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Emily Diefendorf
Literacy Coach
Children’s Literacy Initiative
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Cassandra Houston
Principal, Ethan B. Allen Elementary School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Todd Kimmel
Principal, Horatio B. Hackett School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Ariel Lajara
Assistant Superintendent
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Kwand Lang
Leadership Coach
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Meredith G. Lowe
Principal, Andrew J. Morrison Elementary School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Cheshonna Miles
School Leader, KIPP West Philadelphia Preparatory Charter Middle School
KIPP Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Jovan Moore
Leader Coach
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Margaux Munnelly
Principal, Mastery Charter School – Pickett Campus
Mastery Charter Schools
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Jeannine Payne
Principal, Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow
ShaVon Savage
Associate Professor of Practice, Policy, Organizational, and Leadership Studies
Temple University College of Education and Human Development
2019 Neubauer Fellow
Susan Thompson
Principal, George Washington High School
School District of Philadelphia
2019 Neubauer Fellow

The following Fellows previously served as principals:

Latanya (Barrett) Simmons – Mastery Charter Harrity Elementary School
Joanne Beaver – Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)
Emily Diefendorf – Our Mother of Sorrows/St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School
Kwand Lang – Gilbert Spruance Elementary School
Ariel Lajara – Honorable Luis Muñoz- Marín Elementary School
Jovan Moore – Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP)
ShaVon Savage – Henry C. Lea School

View our other Fellow Cohorts:

2022 Neubauer Fellows (Cohort 7)
2020 Neubauer Fellows (Cohort 6)
2018 Neubauer Fellows (Cohort 4)
2017 Neubauer Fellows (Cohort 3)
2016 Neubauer Fellows (Cohort 2)
2015 Neubauer Fellows (Cohort 1)