Heather Frattone is the Associate Dean for Career Planning and Placement at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to returning to Penn Law, Heather served as Executive Director of Policy and Planning for the School District of Philadelphia, where she worked closely with Chief Executive Officer Paul Vallas to plan and direct policy development for School District programs and initiatives. While at the District, Heather was also charged with leading a team responsible for revising the District’s disciplinary process and developing and implementing alternative programs for students who were at risk of not reaching high school graduation. Immediately following law school, Heather worked in the litigation department at Dechert as well as the government relations and litigation departments at Kleinbard Bell & Brecker. As a law student, Heather interned with the Honorable Marjorie Rendell, served as a clinical student in the Public Defenders Association, and was a Louderback Legal Writing Instructor. Prior to Penn Law, she worked as an intern in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs under President Clinton and at the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia. Heather received her B.S. in Economics from Wharton cum laude in 1994 and her Penn Law degree cum laude in 1998.
Roger Carolin is currently a Venture Partner at SCP Partners and has over 20 years experience in technology related businesses. SCP is a diversified multi-stage venture capital firm with over $1 billion under management that is focused on investments in Information Technology, Life Sciences, Communications, Digital Media, and Security and Defense. At SCP, he works to identify attractive investment opportunities and assists portfolio companies in the areas of strategy development, operating management, and intellectual property. Prior to joining SCP, Roger was co-founder and CEO of CFM Technologies, Inc. a successful semiconductor equipment company that went public in 1996 and was subsequently sold to Mattson Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTSN). Prior to CFM, Roger worked in the defense and aerospace industries in high-speed digital systems development at Honeywell and The General Electric Company. He is a director of Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), FourthWall Media, RCD Technology and Aviom Inc. Roger received his B.S. in electrical engineering, from Duke University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Maia Cucchiara is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Temple University. She is also a former teacher and community organizer. Maia received a Ph.D. in education and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. Her research examines urban education policy and its implications for disadvantaged students. She focuses particularly on the impact of urban revitalization and redevelopment on public schools. She is also interested in school reform in Philadelphia and its implications for equity and civic capacity. Maia has published in the American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, and the Journal of Education Policy and is completing a book manuscript on the marketing of urban public schools to the middle class.
Elliot Weinbaum is a Senior Researcher at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His work focuses on the development of education policy and its impact on teacher and administrator practice and school improvement. Dr. Weinbaum is the co-editor of the recently-published, The Implementation Gap: Understanding Reform in High Schools. In other venues, he has published and spoken on a range of topics ranging including state-led efforts to improve classroom instruction, central office efforts to scale-up reform practices, and international teacher preparation programs. Elliot spent 13 years as a student in Philadelphia public schools, and received a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Pennsylvania.