Leadership Team
Margaret Fortune
President/CEO
Margaret Fortune is President/CEO of Fortune School of Education. Under Fortune’s leadership, the organization launched a network of K-12 public charter schools in Sacramento and San Bernardino Counties focused on closing the African American achievement gap. The network currently includes seven schools with combined enrollment of over 1700 students. Fortune also operates a graduate school of education, credentialing teachers and school administrators with a focus on charter school leadership. In 2003, Fortune turned around Sacramento High School, changing the campus into a charter school. The college-going rate has increased from 20 percent before the reform to 90 percent today. In 2017, Fortune opened an early college high school in partnership with Cosumnes River College and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Students will be able to earn high school diploma and associate’s degree upon graduation. A graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Fortune served as Education Adviser to two California Governors. Fortune is a Trustee Emerita of the California State University, a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, and Board Chair for the California Charter Schools Association.
Chiefs
Bonnie Bensen
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 916.924.8633 x107
Cell: 916.215.3720
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Michelle Grace
Chief Operating Officer
Phone: 916.924.8633 x112
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Directors
Jerold Ligons
Director of Facilities
Phone: 916.924.8633 x116
Cell: 916.508.2207
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Shonda Moore
Director of Marketing and Communications
Phone: 916.924.8633 x119
Cell: 916.273.0818
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Wesley Pepper
Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Phone: 916.924.8633 x118
Cell: 916.969.9989
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Dr. Kristy Pruitt
Director of Teacher Education
Phone: 916.924.8633 x120
Cell: 916.205.9199
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Andre Slade
Director of Special Education
Phone: 916.684.0100
Derek Swafford
Athletic Director
Phone: 916.924.8633 x135
Cell: 916.953.3574
Matt Taylor
Director of Data and Analytics
Phone: 916.924.8633 x124
Cell: 916.212.5917
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Principals
Toiya Allen
Hardy Brown College Prep
Phone: 909.884.1410
Fax: 909.889.5002
Kim Howard
Fortune School
Phone: 916.287.4470
Fax: 916.287.4477
Joseph Gambino
William Lee College Prep
Phone: 916.273.1030
Fax: 916.273.1035
Sara Williams and Beverly Bryant
Alan Rowe College Prep
Phone: 916.684.0100
Fax: 916.684.0121
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Marcus Atkins and Melissa Javinar
Ephraim Williams College Prep Middle School
Phone: 916.262.8083
Fax: 916.273.1035
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Tamara Williams
Hazel Mahone College Prep
Phone: 916.273.1030
Fax: 916.273.1035
Odisa Nyong
Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School
Phone: 916.753.1170
Fax: 916.753.1171