Fund Fellows spend 10 weeks of the summer between their first and second years of graduate school with senior executives at CPS or The Fund on projects that require the vision, discipline and management skills of an MBA or public policy intern. The Fund and CPS carefully design each project to match the fellow’s skills with the district’s needs. Past projects have included:

Helping central office serve schools better by:

	Evaluating the principal eligibility process and instituting changes to make the process more standardized and transparent for candidates
	Developing a strategy to increase the pipeline of qualified principal candidates
	Creating the Elementary School Scorecard for Chicago’s 500+ elementary schools
	Formulating a diversity recruiting strategy for the Selective Enrollment High Schools
	Developing mid-charter evaluations for the CPS Office of New Schools to ensure accountability throughout a school’s charter term
	Creating a data dashboard for use by principals, area support and central office staff to support performance management across the district

Helping The Fund provide critical strategic and operating assistance by:

	Identifying ways The Fund could more effectively use data to make and manage investment decisions
	Conducting a comparative analysis of principal preparation programs supported by The Fund

	Take the lead on projects addressing some of our city schools’ most pressing needs
	Work with senior executives in the nation’s third-largest school district
	Get an inside look at the day-to-day management challenges of urban education
	Network with Fund management team, CPS Broad Residents and alumni
	Meet with – and learn from – CEOs and senior business executives who invest in The Fund

WHO SHOULD APPLY?
We seek individuals with a proven track record of leadership, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to effectively navigate large/complex organizations. Above all, we seek candidates who are passionate about improving urban public education.

HOW TO APPLY?
If you are interested in applying to be a Fund Fellow, please e-mail a resume and cover letter to Aarti Dhupelia at fundfellows@cpef.org.

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	Aparupa Bhattacharya, an MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she was a Chancellor’s Merit Scholar, and earned a BA in Communication Studies. Prior to graduate school she worked as a Manager with BearingPoint, Inc. leading public sector consulting projects including advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response with workforce and career development strategies.
	Jennifer Bolson, is a graduate student at Stanford University pursuing her MBA and MA in Education. Jen began her career as a Business Analyst with McKinsey & Company, where she served retail, packaged goods, and high tech clients on strategy, marketing, and operations projects. As part of her time as a management consultant, she spent a year as a McKinsey Community Fellow, serving K-12 education and philanthropy sector clients. Jen graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
	J. DeLano Ford, an MBA candidate at Cornell University’s The Johnson School, graduated cum laude from Morehouse College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration-Finance. He began his career with The London School of Economics as an independent consultant. This was followed by his work in management consulting at Accenture and Capgemini where he specialized in project and change management on large IT implementations.
	Susan Hazard, a graduate student at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, previously worked as a Business Analyst and Investment Consultant at Northern Trust Company. While at Northern Trust, she was promoted to 2nd Vice President and earned the CFA charter. She graduated summa cum laude from Valparaiso University where she received a bachelor’s degree in Decision Sciences.
	Rachel Hicks, a graduate student at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, began her career in education as an education policy intern at the Mississippi Governor’s Office. Rachel is a former Teach For America corps member and has also interned at the Education Trust in Washington, D.C. Rachel graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in English and History and a minor in Political Science.
	Rishi Moudgil, a dual MBA/MA degree candidate at the Ross School of Business and School of Education at the University of Michigan, also received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Organizational Behavior from Michigan. Previously, Rishi founded the national youth mentoring program, K-grams, and pursued other for-profit start-up ventures before working to seed and develop high-growth businesses for the state of Michigan.