Gloria Lee, Board Member

Educator and Entrepreneur

Gloria is an education entrepreneur who has founded and led multiple organizations focused on improving student learning experiences for children farthest from opportunity. Most recently, she founded Educate78 to make grants, lead strategic projects, support educators and encourage family advocacy to improve public education in Oakland, CA. Previously, she was President of NewSchools Venture Fund, overseeing $20M in annual grant-making and mission-related investing. As an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, she launched Teaching Channel, a professional development video platform. Gloria also co-founded Yu Ming Charter School (California’s first Mandarin immersion charter school and now a National Blue Ribbon school), and charter management organization Aspire Public Schools. She serves on the Boards of the National Equity Project and The Oakland REACH. Gloria started her career with McKinsey & Company. She received her BS in Applied Economics at Cornell University, and MBA and MA in Education at Stanford University, where she also teaches a graduate course on education entrepreneurship.