NewSchools Venture Fund

John Scianimanico is Associate Partner, GenAI Math Tutoring at NewSchools Venture Fund, where he manages a portfolio focused on advancing math education through investments in generative artificial intelligence. His background spans K-12 education, state government, national politics, military affairs, and philanthropy, including work launching strategic initiatives and advising government and university leaders. He also serves as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves and as an Adjunct Professor at New York University's Wagner School.

Pete Fishman is Senior Partner, Teaching Reimagined, at NewSchools Venture Fund, where he identifies and supports early-stage innovators focused on changing how educators work and involving caregivers and community experts in students' education. He previously co-founded Deans for Impact, a national nonprofit focused on teacher preparation, and has advised foundations, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and higher education institutions on leadership, culture, and organizational strategy.

Cameron White is a Senior Partner at NewSchools leading a team that invests in K-8 reading and math learning solutions, with over a decade of experience across educational equity, student learning, and technology. He was on the founding team of co.lab, began his career at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, holds an M.A. from Columbia's Teachers College and a B.A. in Architecture from Princeton, and teaches trauma-sensitive yoga.

Joined Inovia in 2018 to launch Growth Fund I and lead the European strategy with the London office. Former CFO of Google and Chair of the Board of Twitter.

Works in marketing at Triple Point.

John Doerr joined Kleiner Perkins in 1980 after selling chips at Intel and went on to back Google, Amazon, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems. He brought Andy Grove's OKR goal-setting system to Google and turned it into the management bestseller Measure What Matters. Now the firm's chairman, he devotes much of his time to climate technology and funded Stanford's school of sustainability.

Brook Byers has worked as a venture capital investor since 1972, spending his career at Kleiner Perkins, where he is a founder. In 1984 he created the first life sciences practice group in the venture capital profession, steering the firm into healthcare and biotechnology. He has helped build more than 60 technology-based companies and served as founding president or chairman of four biotech companies incubated in Kleiner Perkins' offices that went public with an aggregate market value exceeding $8 billion. His current board work spans companies including Arsenal Bio, Octave Bio, Newsela and Verana Health, and he was a founder of TechNet.

Heather McManus is Chief Learning Officer at NewSchools Venture Fund. She has more than 21 years of experience in education management and organizational leadership, with a background that includes school management, instructional design, whole-system improvement, human resources, and hiring.

Jessica Henry is Senior Director of Operations at NewSchools, where she works in business and people operations. Her experience includes designing solutions for operational challenges within the social sector.

Michelle Sanches is Manager, Innovative Schools at NewSchools, where her work focuses on public education across schools, nonprofits, and philanthropy, particularly in intermediary roles connecting funding to impact. Her experience includes program design, partnership development, and strategic execution in partnership with educators, community leaders, and funders.

Ryan Aurori is Director of Finance at NewSchools, with more than 15 years of experience in finance and operations across the nonprofit, government, and education sectors. His work has focused on grants management, compliance, fiscal integrity, and financial systems.

Stefanie Pleiss is a Data Sharing Manager at the Colorado Department of Education. Her background includes work as a research analyst across the education sector, spanning primary, secondary, and higher education. Her areas of experience include the data life cycle, data visualization, reporting, training, management, and public speaking.

Chief Executive Officer of NewSchools, who authored an essay for Stanford Social Innovation Review examining the purpose of public education in a diverse democracy.

Leads the development (fundraising) team at NewSchools, working to direct funding toward education innovators and underserved communities. Previously led fundraising at 826 National and the individual giving team at Teach For America-Bay Area, with about 20 years in nonprofit development. Holds an M.A. from Boston University and a B.A. from Dickinson College.