Join us for the StartEd Nonprofit in EdTech event series, highlighting edtech leaders & resources in the nonprofit sector.
The format of this session is a 30-minute interview with Vinice Davis, Venture Partner at Imaginable Futures, and Ash Kaluarachchi from StartEd followed by Q&As from the audience!
About the Speakers:
Vinice is a venture partner at Imaginable Futures, a recent spin out of Omidyar Network, where she leads investments for adult learners, more specifically parents, in the US. Prior to joining Imaginable Futures/Omidyar Network, she served as the chief operating officer of Purpose Built Schools Atlanta, a partnership with Atlanta Public Schools that was established to turn around some of the city’s lowest performing schools. She was responsible for developing the infrastructure for finance and accounting, human resources, facilities, IT, and operations for the organization.
In previous roles, Vinice was vice president of improvement services for AdvancED (now Cognia) where she led the systematic evaluation of multiple low-performing schools throughout the US and designed the principal capacity assessment. At KIPP Atlanta, she served as the managing director of operations and led the implementation of talent management and school operations for more than five years. In addition, Vinice supported charter school openings at the New York City Charter Center and worked as a human capital consultant with Ernst & Young.
Vinice currently serves on the boards of All Our Kin and Ingenuity Prep Charter School. She was also an MLT CAP Fellow in 2012.
Ash Kaluarachchi advises and makes connections for organizations solving problems in education and workforce. He has advised, launched and operated multiple EdTech accelerators, including for Techstars.
To date, these accelerators have enabled more than 1000+ companies in partnership with organizations such as Kaplan, Intel, NYU and the University of Pennsylvania.
He continues to provide support for founders solving problems for educators, administrators and learners in Pre-K, K-12, HigherEd, Future of Work and Adult Learning as Cofounder at StartEd and Producer of EDTECH WEEK.