Sarah McLean, Ed.L.D

Experience

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  Baltimore City Public Schools, School Support Networks

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Executive Assistant

  Launched and managed all strategy and operations for a new school systems department whose charge was to:•Have a deep quantitative and qualitative knowledge of schools•Serve as an integrated team providing a single point of entry for district school support•Respond efficiently and effectively to provide direct services to support school needs and build school capacity•Communicate the needs of schools to district office in order to provide better guidance and support and to help improve processes Show less

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  Baltimore City Public Schools

  Jul 2010 - Jul 2012

  Special Assistant to the CEO

  Led cross-functional project teams to implement special projects and initiatives of high priority to the CEO and district.Planned, coordinated and execute the systems for perceptual feedback to be gathered, analyzed and disseminated to the CEO and senior officers from district office staff, school-based staff and other critical stakeholder groups.Liaised, built relationships and shepherded select partnerships with external stakeholders for the purposes of institutional advancement in the local and national arena. Provided critical analysis on major internal and external recommendations and/or issues posed to the CEO. Prepared executive summaries, documents and correspondence as needed by the CEO. Show less

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  Teach for America

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

  Chief of Staff

  Manage the operations of the Regional Operations team that is led by an Executive Vice President and comprised of 6 senior vice presidents who manage 43 executive directors across the country with a staff totaling 1,300+ and a budget totaling $130M+. This team is responsible for regional fundraising efforts, teacher efficacy,retention and impact in each community, as well as, the alumni movement that fosters long-term change through galvanizing the community around key leadership roles.

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  Education First Consulting

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2020

  Chief Operating Officer

  • Led the strategic planning efforts for a $13.5M, 65-person, virtual education consulting firm to clarify its value proposition and evolve its business model to optimize for impact and financial stability; grew revenue from $10.5M to $13.5M and in personnel from 50 to 65 team members• Motivate and lead a high performance executive team responsible for the daily, cross-functional internal operations, including: finance, business development, administrative support, staffing, communications and thought leadership• Facilitate and collaborate with partner owners on strategies to: reduce costs, enhance revenues, and support owners’ collective vision for impact and internal and external expansion Show less

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  LEE

  Jun 2020 - now

  Senior Vice President - Partnerships & Infrastructure

  Manage the 40-person Partnerships and Infrastructure team including: Strategy, Finance, Talent and Partnership Expansion. Sets direction, vision, and strategy for the Strategy, Talent, Finance and Partnerships teams to ensure LEE is the most effective and efficient civic leadership development organization focused on education; Develops and executes on the vision and strategy of our partnership work with multiple organizations so that LEE builds a membership of diverse, values-based leaders, who understand the problem of educational equity, and are creating and influencing policy change on behalf of kids. Show less