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LAYC Career Academy Board Meeting Minutes

Lori Kaplan

Board Chair

Ms. Kaplan retired as President & CEO of Latin American Youth Center in June 2018 after leading LAYC for 30 years. Ms. Kaplan is continuing her involvement with LAYC as special projects advisor to support the leadership transition. In addition, Ms. Kaplan was the original executive director of the Next Step PCS, which she founded in 1996, and a major force in the development of LAYC YouthBuild PCS and LAYC Bilingual Montessori PCS. She also serves on the board of YRMedia, an award-winning media production company that trains diverse young people in digital media and technology.

Ana Hageage

Board Vice Chair

Ana Hageage (hey-jay) (she/her) currently serves in the Biden-Harris Administration as the Chief of Staff for the Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor. Prior to her appointment, she served as the deputy lead for the Community College Growth Engine Fund, turning community colleges into bridges to dignified work for every American learner and worker, starting with almost 6,000 learners in six communities.

Throughout her career, Ana has developed a deep expertise in workforce development at the local, regional, and national levels supporting economic mobility for underserved workers. She has led national initiatives aimed at scaling industry partnerships and sector strategies and served as a policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Labor under the Obama Administration. Ana also has expertise in youth policy and advocacy and has worked on the ground to deliver adult basic education, job readiness training, sector-focused certifications, employment and wrap-around services to opportunity youth.

Ana holds a degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Maryland and resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two sons.

Linda Moore

Board Secretary

Linda Moore is the Founder of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School.  Having served as the school’s Executive Director for 15 years, she currently continues her association with the school as Senior Adviser. Ms. Moore has provided extensively to the Washington, DC charter school community, serving on the board of Friends of Choice in Urban Schools and as chairperson of the DC Association of Public Chartered Schools and the DC Special Education Cooperative. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Martha’s Table.  Linda Moore has been inducted into the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Hall of Fame, as well as the FOCUS DC Charter School Hall of Fame. Prior to her work with charter schools, Ms. Moore worked with several national public education advocacy and policy organizations and as a mental health counselor.

LAYC CAREER ACADEMY

Board Members

Kate Brannon

Board Treasurer

Ms. Brannon is the director of finance at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development. She has served in a variety of finance positions throughout her 15-year tenure at the university, including the director of finance for the School of Nursing. She provides leadership and strategic direction as it relates to managing GW’s $23 million budget. Her expertise includes budget development, strategic planning, forecasting, establishing internal controls, and overall financial oversight of the school. Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Elon University and an M.B.A. from the George Washington University.

Emmanuel Caudillo

Board Member

Mr. Caudillo is a senior advisor to the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. In this role, he oversees the operational duties of the initiative, strategic planning,  outreach to Hispanic-serving institutions, and youth engagement activities. Previously, he was a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Education from 2009 to 2012. He has also held research positions at Abt Associates and the National Council on Teacher Quality. Mr. Caudillo holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and a master’s in public policy from the George Washington University.

Juan Carlos Pereira

Board Member

Juan Carlos Pereira is a Principal Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) where he works with private sector clients, governments, local stakeholders and other partners to promote sustainable economic development and create economic opportunities in developing countries. Before joining IFC, he co-founded and led ProNicaragua, Nicaragua’s investment promotion and economic development agency, and worked in M&A advisory and telecommunications in the U.S. and Europe. Juan Carlos holds a BSc in Economics from Santa Clara University and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He speaks Spanish, French, and Italian and is conversant in Portuguese.

Dean D’Angelo

Board Member

Mr. D’Angelo is a founding partner of Stellus Capital Management and runs the firm’s Private Credit strategy and serves on its investment committee. He has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and principal investing. Prior to forming Stellus, Mr. D’Angelo was a director in the Direct Capital Group at the D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm and was a principal of Allied Capital Corporation, a publicly traded business development company, where he focused on making debt and equity investments in middle-market companies. Mr. D’Angelo received his B.B.A. in accounting from The College of William and Mary, his M.A. in international economics and relations from The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University, and his M.B.A., with a concentration in finance, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Briseyda Martinez

Student Board Member