As VP of Strategic Initiatives, Sonja leads cross-functional, Network-wide strategic initiatives. Sonja collaborates with school and home office leadership to design, implement and evaluate critical initiatives that advance Alliance’s strategic plan.
Prior to Alliance, Sonja led operations as well as school design at Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City. In these roles, Sonja worked with Network leaders to design and implement new processes, programs, policies, staffing structures, curriculum, and other initiatives. She also led continuous improvement efforts, to help existing efforts reach intended outcomes. Prior to her work at Success Academy, Sonja led the Superintendent’s Office at the Newark Public Schools, in which capacity she managed the staff that supported the Superintendent, and led District-wide strategic initiatives.
Sonja is half German and half Jamaican, and grew up in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
Education M.B.A., Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT B.A., Economics, Scripps College, Claremont, CA