Our People
From Washington, D.C., to Texas, to California, Excelencia in Education’s team collaborates with leaders in higher education, philanthropy, business, and government to ensure Latino, and all, students are served with intentionality and impact.
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Sarita E. Brown
President
Excelencia in Education
Deborah A. Santiago
Chief Executive Officer
Excelencia in Education
Employment Opportunities
Join Excelencia’s Team
Excelencia in Education’s team is expanding to serve our mission of accelerating Latino student success while increasing all student success, to close postsecondary attainment gaps and advance our families, communities, and nation. Find current opportunities to join our team below.
Current Opportunities
This page will be updated as opportunities become available.
Senior Director of Development: Excelencia is seeking its first Senior Director of Development to formalize and scale a successful founder-led fundraising operation into a durable, organization-wide function. In this role, you will partner closely with founding leadership to strengthen development infrastructure, establish systems and processes, and ensure knowledge transfer and continuity. You will steward existing foundation and corporate funder relationships while expanding the funding base, support proposal development and reporting, and manage donor communications and stewardship. The Senior Director of Development will lead a small development team of two and work closely with colleagues across the organization, with access to engaged leadership and shared institutional knowledge.
Office Manager (hybrid): To support Excelencia's mission at a time of growing national visibility and opportunity, Excelencia is hiring an Office Manager. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will provide hands-on operations and information technology (IT) support to help us achieve operational excellence. We are seeking a results-oriented professional with experience clearly defining issues when they arise, identifying the specific expertise required to work through them, and proactively engaging the right people to move forward. In this role, you will support day-to-day operational functions, vendor and consultant management, and IT and office management for a staff of 35.