Anthony Walters, Director

Newark, NJ

Slack: @walters  

Email: awalters@kippteamandfamily.org

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• Academic Tableau dashboards

• Analysis, research, and program evaluation

• Compliance support

• Student information system support

Working with teams across domains and regions to provide insights into student achievement. Answering questions with the data we have and building new data sets when we need them. 

Ask me about...I love live music, photography, cooking, and buying weird stuff at estate sales.

I’ve been with KIPP for many years, and in that time I’ve been an English teacher, a grade level chair, an instructional coach, a dean, and a school ops team member before ending up on the Data Team

Gaby Rangel, Senior Analyst

San Antonio, TX

Slack: @Gaby R   

Email: grangel@kippteamandfamily.org

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• Academic Tableau dashboards

• Analysis, research, and program evaluation

• Compliance support

• Student information system support

Supporting teams in finding solutions to highlight and improve academic achievement and growth. Looking for ways to improve systems and processes to reduce the impact on human cognitive load

Ask me about...I love tacos. And English Bulldogs. That is all. Always down for going out to eat tacos and petting Bulldogs. Preferably, at the same time.

Casey Gibson, Systems Analyst

Bergenfield, NJ

Slack: @CGibson

Email: cgibson@kippteamandfamily.org

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• KIPP Forward Data Support 

Creating reports, dashboards and analysis tools to help KIPP Forward teams make informed decisions and run effective day-to-day operations! Working to develop solutions that drive a sustainable data culture across the team by tracking and analyzing key metrics. 

Ask me about...Most of my time goes to my kids and their extra curricular activities, so feel free to swap parent stories with me.

Outside of that I am all things coffee, true crime, and dad jokes!

Kevin Verhoff, Senior Analyst

Greencastle, IN 

Slack: @KV

Email: kverhoff@kippteamandfamily.org

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• People/HR

• Performance Management

• Analysis, Research, and Eval

• Certification & People Compliance

• HR + Accounting Support

Connecting staff data with the systems and teams who need them, providing analysis and dashboards to stakeholders, and digging deep into staff and student data, to gain insights for senior leaders. 

Ask me about...I’m a volunteer bike mechanic for a local non-profit.

I know how to hack an excel sheet - You can also ask me about any spreadsheet problems

Cristina Baldor, Senior Analyst

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Slack: @cristina   

Email: cbaldor@kippteamandfamily.org

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• Surveys

• Performance Management

• Recruitment

Administering surveys, supporting SchoolMint Grow users, and developing web apps for processes where we ask for people data, like survey assignments and recruitment needs. 

Ask me about...Pre-pandemic, I spent a few years freelancing and traveling – ask me about Africa and Southeast Asia! 

Jabari Bradley, Systems Analyst

Haddon Township, NJ

Slack:  @Jabari    

Email: jbradley@kippteamandfamily.org 

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• Systems Management

  • DeansList

  • PowerSchool

  • Clever - Blended learning app integrations

Collaborating with teams across domains and regions to maintain accurate student data in PowerSchoool.Collaborating with schools to create/maintain student culture settings in DeansList 

Ask me about...In my freetime I love playing my guitar, studying languages and going for long walks. In general, I enjoy learning new things and picking up new hobbies

I worked as a language assistant in public schools in Spain for four years before working at KIPP.

Kristina Clayton, Systems Analyst

Nashville, TN 

Slack: @KC

Email: kclayton@kippteamandfamily.org

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• Student Enrollment and Recruitment 

• Social Media Marketing Data 

• Systems Management 

  • HubSpot

In collaboration with SRE (student recruitment and enrollment) teams at each region, and the KTAF Marketing team, I am working towards aligning best practices for student recruiting and enrolling students through the optimization of HubSpot and our enrollment platform systems. I am also creating social media data dashboards to aid in analysis and improvement of our marketing efforts. 

Ask me about...some of the outdoor walks and hikes I've done with my dog. Recommendations for pet friendly US hikes welcome and I will share mine too! 

Laszlo de Simon, Managing Director

New York City, NY

Slack: @ldesimon  

Email: ldesimon@kippteamandfamily.org 

Primary Domains & What I'm Working On

• Team management

• Project management

Supporting the team with project management across (most of) our team’s domains - student info system, people data systems, academic and staff analysis and more!  I directly support a lot of our digital learning systems (such as Clever), and help coordinate requests for using data with teams across the org. 

Ask me about...Wishing I had 20yrs experience farming and gardening (but getting into it now at my daughter’s elementary school garden).  Any tips on composting and keeping soil healthy?

I’ve been at KIPP for a long while: happy to help connect the dots on any questions you have that I can help with!