Cliff Thomas (XVII) Elected to Saint Ann’s Board

Prep for Prep is pleased to announce alum Cliff Thomas (XVII/Saint Ann's '01, Harvard '05) was elected to the Saint Ann's School Board of Trustees. Cliff has dedicated his career to advancing educational opportunity for underserved youth. He is the New York City Program Manager at The Fellowship Institute of JPMorgan Chase, which helps young men of color achieve personal and professional success. In 2010, Cliff founded Invictus Preparatory Charter School to serve students in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood, and he was previously a science teacher in New York public schools. 
Saint Ann’s and Prep enjoy a remarkable partnership. We have 69 shared graduates and 23 currently enrolled students. Four alums curently work at the school in a variety of professional capacities including a science teacher, program coordinator, and Bursar.  

Cliff joins 17 other Prep alums who currently serve or have served on their independent school alma maters’ boards or alumni boards:

Brearley
Sharese Bullock-Bailey (XII/Brearley '97, Penn '00)
Paula Campbell (X/Brearley '94, Yale '98) MBA, Harvard '03
Sue Meng (XV/Brearley '99, Harvard '03) MA, Oxford '06; JD, Yale '09
Karen Young (IV/Brearley '88, Brown '92) JD, UVA '95

Chapin
Natalya Davis (XVII/Chapin '00, Harvard '04) MA, Northwestern '07
Tameka Watler Koney (XVIII/Chapin '01, Williams '05) MBA, Harvard '11
Betty Wong Ortiz (VI/Chapin '90, Cornell '94) MBA, NYU '17

Fieldston
Charles Guerrero (V/Fieldston '89, Harvard '93)

Hackley
Eric Gyasi (XVII/Hackley '01, Boston College '05) JD, Univ. of Chicago '09

Horace Mann
Samona Joe Tait (II/Horace Mann '86, Penn '90) MEd, Penn '91; MS, Harvard '96; EdD, Harvard '00

Hotchkiss
Bryan Small (P9 XI/Hotchkiss '03, Franklin & Marshall '07) JD, Rutgers '15

Spence
Denise Burrell-Stinson (VII/Spence '91, Princeton '95)
Shena Elrington (XVI/Town '96, Spence '00, Princeton '04) JD, Yale '08
Leticia Smith-Evans Haynes (XI/Spence '95, Williams '99) JD, Univ. of Wisconsin '03; MS, Univ. of Wisconsin '04; PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin '09

Trinity
Vaughn Caldon (XI/Trinity '95, NYU)
Tony Yung (XII/Trinity '96, Harvard '00)
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