Our Board

Board of Trustees

Experts in their fields and passionate about educational equity, the Achievement Prep’s Board of Trustees provide trusted governance and oversee our work.

Dwight J. Draughon Jr.

Dwight J. Draughon Jr.

Dwight is a Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP. Prior to joining Steptoe, Dwight was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland—where he prosecuted firearms trafficking, wire fraud, public corruption, and other...

Erica Harrell

Erica Harrell

Erica Harrell is the CEO of Erica Harrell Consulting, an education consulting firm created to empower educators to create strategic and high-quality plans and systems that allow them to achieve impactful goals and results while maintaining ease, balance and...

Susan Rosenbaum

Susan Rosenbaum

Susan Rosenbaum is an educator with over four decades of experience in both public and private schools. Susan is currently an adjunct professor of education at both American University and George Washington University. Before retiring from full time employment, she...

April McGill

April McGill

April has over 15 years of experience in managing individuals, driving corporation’s growth, and executing strategy in companies from a Series A startup to a Fortune 1000 publicly traded company. She also has served as a civic leader, focused on her community and...

Kadeem Cooper

Kadeem Cooper

Kadeem Cooper serves as Senior Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, where he primarily manages the Committee's work on civil rights and criminal justice. Kadeem previously served as Policy Counsel for the Lawyers' Committee on Civil Rights Under...

DeeDee George

DeeDee George

DeeDee George serves as Director of Asset Management at Wesley Housing Development Corporation. She is a strategic real estate executive with almost 20 years of experience in Portfolio Management and Performance Oversight in Affordable Housing and Institutional Real...

Patricia Grant

Patricia Grant

A graduate of Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University, Dr. Patricia Grant is a career educator who is dedicated to research, teaching and service in K-20 education. Dr. Grant currently serves as the Senior Associate Dean in the...

Crystal Hill

Crystal Hill

Crystal Hill is currently the Chief of Staff for the Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. In this role she manages human resources, strategic planning, communications, operations, and contracts. Crystal has board experience as an...

Amber Jackson

Amber Jackson

Mrs. Amber Jackson has been a Platinum Parent since 2015 and has served on the Board since 2019. Mrs. Jackson has volunteered in classrooms, field trips, and many other events hosted by Achievement Prep. Amber is dedicated to being actively involved in her children's...

Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson

The only thing Julie loves more than developing big, ambitious ideas is figuring out how to put them into action. She believes that systems are often the foundation on which equity is built and that every challenge can be untangled with the right people around the...

Jim Kline

Jim Kline

Jim is a fierce advocate for educational equity and excellence, having served in multiple roles in strategy, innovation and philanthropy. As President and Executive Director, Jim works alongside the DC Public Education Fund team, community stakeholders and funders to...

Kenneth Ward

Kenneth Ward

Mr. Ward is a native North Carolinian. He was born in Halifax County; home of the Halifax Resolves, which is the precursor of the Declaration of Independence. After graduating as valedictorian of his senior class at Enfield High, he matriculated at the University of...

Board Meetings

SY 2020-23

Board Retreat Agenda

Click the link above to review agendas and minutes for all 2022-23 school year meetings.

SY 2020-21

Transparency Policy

Achievement Prep’s Board of Trustees is composed of experts in their fields and passionate parents committed to educational equity.  Achievement Prep’s Board of Trustees provide trusted governance and oversee our work.  Achievement Prep complies with all provisions of the Open Meetings Act and will hold Board meetings that are open to the public. To ensure public access to Board meetings, Achievement Prep will publish the following information on its website:

  • The names and roles of each Trustee.
  • Contact information for the Board Chair.
  • The full record of Board meetings, including meeting minutes, recordings, and documents provided to the Board beginning January 13, 2021.
  • Achievement Prep’s annual Board meeting schedule and notice for upcoming Board meetings at least two days in advance.
  • Contact information for the Special Assistant to the CEO for additional information.

Further, the Board will only close meetings for the specific reasons outlined in the Open Meetings Act. As it has done in the past, Achievement Prep will meet with Achievement Prep’s scholars, parents and staff to address any proposed campus closure, location change, or charter relinquishment.

Please see our meeting calendar here.