Joseph Olchefske, Angel Investor

Joseph Olchefske has been a leader in the K12 educational community for thirty years, holding significant executive positions in for-profit, non-profit, and public sector educational institutions. The breadth of his professional experience across all sectors of the educational arena provides him with unique perspectives on the challenges facing educational institutions and the professionals who lead them. He is passionate about the impact that schools, school districts, and individual educators can have on the lives of the students they serve. He is a fierce, unrelenting advocate for social equity and the power of individual leaders to change their institutions to dramatically improve educational outcomes for all students, especially students of color and other disadvantaged groups. He has a strong faith in the power of market-based dynamics, entrepreneurial ideas, and technological innovation to create the conditions in which true educational change and reform can occur. He is committed to working with young and emerging leaders in the educational community to help them grow and develop into the leaders our schools need in the 21st century.