Board of Trustees

How to Comment

Board Meeting Policies

Please click here to access published agendas, minutes, and documents for KIPP Philadelphia Public Schools Board of Trustees Meetings.

Those who plan to attend the meeting remotely and wish to offer public comment on agenda items as well as non-agenda items should send an email 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting to Michelle Wells-Sheed at mwellssheed@kippphiladelphia.org and provide the following information:

  • Your full name
  • Address
  • Whether your comment is an agenda item or non-agenda item
  • Content of your public comment

Public Comment will be conducted in accordance with the Public Participation in Public Meetings/Public Comment Policy. Click here for the Public Comment Policy.

Archived Meeting Minutes

Comprehensive Board of Trustees
(School Boards) – 2023-2024

Samantha Wilson Jones

Board Chair

Deputy General Counsel, Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

Ann Aerts

Vice Chair/Governance Chair

Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Bernard L. Cummings

Treasurer/Finance Chair

Vice President, PGW

Amanda Keyes

Secretary

Gail Lewis Foster

School Health Committee Co-Chair

President and CEO, Go Forward Education Foundation Inc.

Hershel Richman

Board Member

Retired Attorney

Toya Algarin

Board Member

Retired, Former KPPS Parent

Anthony Fullard

Board Member

President, West Powelton Development Corporation

Tia Llopiz

Board Member

Elementary Dean of Students, Belmont Charter Network

Crystal Hardie Langston

Board Member

Principal, Vanguard

Kelly Jones

School Health Committee Co-Chair

Senior Vice President, The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Board of Trustees
(KIPP Administrative Services Corp) – 2023-2024

Leigh Whitaker

Board Chair

Principal- Government Relations, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney

Jerry Davidse

Development Chair

CEO, Presilium Private Wealth

Melanie Carter

Board Member

Partner, Blank Rome LLP