Joanna Jacobson

jjacobson@strategicgrantpartners.org

Joanna Jacobson is the founder and Managing Partner of Strategic Grant Partners. Previous to this, Ms. Jacobson’s career was in private industry where she held senior management and marketing positions in turnaround businesses including the President of the Keds Corporation and SVP Marketing and Product Development at Converse Corporation. Earlier in her career, she worked at Colgate-Palmolive as Product Manager of the US Toothpaste business and for Worldwide New Product Development. She has also taught at the Harvard Business School and was a partner in Core Strategy Group, a marketing strategy consultancy.

Ms. Jacobson earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration at Harvard University. She serves on the boards of the David Project, HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) and Youth Villages, is Co-Chair of the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR) and is the Chair of Urban Teacher Residency United (UTRU).

Stephanie Dodson

sdodson@strategicgrantpartners.org

Stephanie Dodson is co-founder and Director of Strategic Grant Partners. Prior to this, Ms. Dodson worked in the computer industry as a Special Assistant to both the EVP of Sales and the President of Tandem Computers and then in management. Recently she has been a co-founder of nonprofit ventures, including Project Healthy Children, an organization devoted to saving lives through sustainable and measurable methods of food fortification and supplementation, and the Maranyundo Initiative, a boarding school for girls and a teacher enrichment program in Rwanda.

Ms. Dodson earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and her Master’s of Business Administration at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She serves on the boards of Project Healthy Children, the Maranyundo Initiative and WGBH overseers.

Joe McKown

jmckown@strategicgrantpartners.org

Joe McKown is the Portfolio Manager for Family Self-Sufficiency, Youth Development, and Early Childhood for Strategic Grant Partners. Prior to joining SGP, Mr. McKown was a Senior Principal and part of the management team at the business strategy consulting firm The Parthenon Group in Boston, MA, where he was also on the firm’s education practice leadership team. While at Parthenon, he led strategy projects for organizations including urban school districts, state departments of education and governor’s offices, charter school management organizations, and foundations. He also led education-focused private equity due diligence projects. Previously, he was a Senior Consultant at the strategy firm Axia, Ltd. in Boston, where he worked primarily with major pharmaceutical clients. He started his career as a teacher and administrator in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area for several years.

Mr. McKown earned a Master of Business Administration at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he was a Tuck Scholar, and he holds Masters Degrees from Stanford University (Education Policy Analysis) and New York University (French Literature and Political History). He earned his BA at the State University of New York at Albany.

Anna Sikorsky

asikorsky@strategicgrantpartners.org

Anna Sikorsky is the Office Manager for SGP, managing all administrative and financial operations for the organization. Before joining SGP in the fall of 2008, Ms. Sikorsky was employed in the field of data management, report writing and office administration. For over ten years she worked for the Steamship Authority on the Cape managing a computerized maintenance system, summarizing data and creating reports and presentations for management. Earlier in her career, she worked at Boston College in the Dean’s Office for the School of Education.

Ms. Sikorsky earned her Bachelor’s degree from Smith College and a Master of Education degree at Boston College in the area of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation.

Barbara Sullivan

bsullivan@strategicgrantpartners.org

Barbara Sullivan is the Portfolio Manager for Education for Strategic Grant Partners, managing all K-12 related education grant making. Prior to joining SGP, Ms. Sullivan was a Senior Principal and part of the leadership team in the Parthenon Group's Education Center of Excellence in Boston, MA. While at Parthenon, Barbara led numerous strategic planning engagements and worked closely with educational leaders in states, districts and philanthropic organizations. Before joining Parthenon, Ms. Sullivan was a Broad Resident in the Boston Public Schools (BPS). During her three year tenure at BPS, Sullivan served as Special Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer and spearheaded the redesign of the district’s student assignment process. Sullivan was also a consultant for Bain & Company where her work mainly focused on strategic planning for Fortune 500 consumer products and telecommunications companies. She began her career in the financial services industry, working as an equity analyst for Robinson-Humphrey in Atlanta.

Ms. Sullivan holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Boston University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration with distinction from The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.