Jason Russell
Chief Operating Officer
Achievement First

CEO Partner: Lisa Margosian

Coach: Carolyn Hack

Jason serves as Chief Operating Officer at Achievement First. Jason has extensive experience in the charter school space, serving as Associate Chief Operating Officer at Uncommon Schools for over a decade of his career and as Director of Operations at North Star Academy Charter School of Newark. While at Uncommon, Jason led operations for eighteen K-12 schools serving over 6,500 students. In his role, he led, coached and trained operations leaders, as well as stewarded the return from covid, enrollment and procurement strategies for all Uncommon schools. Prior to joining the charter school sector, he worked at for profit multinational organizations in his home country of Brazil in marketing, sales and business development strategies.

Jason holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Richmond (Class of ‘00) and completed Columbia University’s Senior Leadership Program for Nonprofit Professionals in 2016.