Executive Director

TEAM: Teach For America - Hawai‘i 

REPORTS TO: Jill Baldemor | Senior Vice President, Regional Field Executive 

PRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 7th, 2025

LOCATION: Hawai‘i 

 WHAT YOU’LL DO

Hawai‘i is a place rich with wisdom and hope. Building on the knowledge deeply rooted in this place, Teach For America has worked alongside dedicated students, families, educators, and business & community leaders to foster an education system that unlocks the full potential of Hawai‘i’s keiki (children). Over the past 19 years, Teach For America has recruited and trained over 1,100 corps members for Hawai‘i’s public schools and today, over 600 Teach For America corps members and alumni make up our diverse network of locally rooted leaders deeply committed to our students and community. As we look ahead to 2026, our 20th year of serving the Hawai‘i community, we seek a visionary leader to set the course for the next 20 years and that’s where you fit in.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

TFA is seeking its next Executive Director to lead the Hawai‘i  region toward its 2030 vision. This leader will work shoulder-to-shoulder with existing champions and enlist new advocates – including corps members, parents, students, community leaders, donors, and elected officials – as partners in the success of all children. The next leader will lead a strong, accomplished, and innovative regional team and will play a key role in public affairs across the statewide landscape. The next Executive Director’s mission is to evolve and hone the role that Teach for America must play to accelerate educational opportunity for all. The Executive Director will lead a team of local staff members and will be responsible for raising approximately $4,000,000 per year.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:  

Strategy, Innovation, and Impact 

• Iterate, strengthen, and execute an inspiring vision and strategy to reach our local 2030 goal.

• Build relationships to inspire and galvanize action across staff, members, board, and the broader education, civic, and philanthropic communities.

• Deliver impact by leveraging TFA’s central teams and maximizing local partnerships and expertise.

• Act as an organizational steward to increase our impact and culture in the region.

• Provide leadership, in partnership and coalition with local organizations, in pursuit of education policy and innovative solutions necessary to reach our local 2030 goal.

Fundraising and Resource Stewardship 

• Initiate, cultivate, and extend relationships with the organization’s portfolio of individual, foundation, and corporate supporters with an emphasis on developing new partnerships aligned to emerging strategic efforts.

• Lead efforts to generate philanthropic support in collaboration with the Development team, leveraging the local TFA Hawai‘i  board and their relationships.

• Engage strategically with  members of state government to ensure Teach For America’s continued ability to operate in Hawai‘i  and ongoing support for public funding.

Board Leadership

• Build and manage strong relationships and partnerships with the Board, particularly the Chair, maintaining regular and ongoing communication with the entire Board, and providing support and guidance to members to support effective governance of the organization.

• Work closely and openly with the Board, ensuring ongoing communication of risks, issues, successes, and emerging opportunities.

• Build a diverse regional board and leverage board members and their networks to support financial sustainability.

Team and Organizational Leadership 

• Model the organization’s core values to approach challenges, ensuring the organization grows and retains its people; grow and evolve a culture that is strategic, agile, and determined to deliver for students in partnership with our communities.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop a diverse team of high quality and highly functional leaders who are aligned with the mission and vision of the organization.

• Actively develop direct reports to be effective in their roles and in the management of their