Meet the Prelude team

Leadership

  • Donnell Butler, Ph.D.

    President & Founder

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  • Sarah Barrett

    Managing Director, Strategy & Operations

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  • Beej Shah

    Managing Director, Programs

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Advisory Council

  • Norman Atkins

    Managing Partner, Array Education

  • Adam Bush

    President, College Unbound

  • Rick Cruz

    Independent Consultant;
    Chair of the Board for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Instruction Partners

  • Stephanie Daniels

    Associate Director of Principal and Leadership Gifts, ACLU

  • Aimée Eubanks Davis

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Braven

  • Dan Lugo

    President, Queens University of Charlotte

  • Jeff Nelson

    Senior Advisor, New Profit;
    Co-Founder, One Goal

Life at Prelude

Our values

Prelude is a growing nonprofit organization reimagining the high school experience. We have a personal stake in the success of every intern who participates in a Prelude program, and we’re committed to constant learning to improve their experiences. As a team, we embrace collaboration, kindness, and creativity.

  • Our students are the reason we do this work and our most important stakeholders. We strive to improve educational and career opportunities for our students through culturally responsive instructional practices and advising.

  • Every team member is an educator. We are each individually and collectively responsible for student success. Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno.

  • Our students and our education and career partners are critical allies in our work. We treat them with respect, fairness, and integrity. Prelude only wins when our students win and our partners win.

  • We demonstrate strong critical thinking, curiosity, problem-solving, and facility to draw upon outside resources as necessary. Until we have eliminated the equity gap in college and career outcomes, our job is not done. Through integrity, personal accountability, and a high bar for excellence, we strive to continuously improve strong relationships, outstanding products, and unsurpassed service to deliver best-in-class educational experiences that lead to upwardly mobile student outcomes.

  • While it will at times be challenging and frustrating, we love our students because they are the future, we love our work because it brings us joy and meaning, and we love each other because it takes a village, and we can’t do this important work alone.

Careers

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We’re not currently hiring, but we will update this page when a new opening is available.