Archana Patel is an executive coach and organizational strategist who supports c-suite teams and impact organizations design strategies, practices and cultures that drive systemic impact. She specializes in strategic leadership, strategy and transformation, and communications and narrative design. She most recently served as a senior executive at the Jeremiah Program, a two-gen nonprofit that supports single mothers and their children to disrupt generational poverty. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in K-12, nonprofit and entrepreneurship and has supported executives and teams across over seventy-five school systems, advocacy organizations, nonprofits and companies. Archana runs Savi Advising, a boutique consulting firm inspired by her tiny, fierce maternal grandmothers who taught her that true strength lies in the softness of compassion.
About Us
Mission
GPSN is a non-profit intermediary organization exclusively focused on improving Los Angeles public education. GPSN envisions a public school system in Los Angeles that prepares all students to succeed in school and to live thriving adult lives.
Guided by this vision, our mission is to bring together the Los Angeles community to catalyze the transformation of the public education system so that students of color and students living in poverty gain the knowledge, skills, and experiences to lead thriving adult lives.
Our Board
Archana Patel
Board Chair
Lindsey Kozberg
Board Secretary
Virgil Roberts
Board Treasurer
Brian Bauer
Board Member
Maria Casillas
Board Member
Oscar Cruz
Board Member
Yolie Flores
Board Member
Dr. Magaly Lavadenz
Board Member
Erica Lim
Board Member
Our Team
Adrián Sandoval
Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy
Alexis Hill
Policy Fellow
Ana Ponce
Executive Director
Ana Teresa Dahan
Managing Director
Argelia Garcia
Senior Manager, Grants Management & Impact
Dayana De La Torre
Senior Manager, Collective Action
Dinan Guan
Senior Manager, Student Impact
Jasmine Ako
Program Director, Student Impact
Justin Lewis
Office Coordinator
Katherine “Kat” Trejo
Program Officer, Collective Action
Melissa Gonzalez
Senior Director, Student Impact
Monica Garcia
Special Advisor
Ray López-Chang
Director, Advocacy & Planning
Theo Ossei-Anto
Director, Employer Engagement
Vereaux Reynolds
Senior Director, Operations & Strategy