April is the Founder and Lead Executive Coach for Invictus Transformative Leadership Coaching (Invictus TLC), LLC- a consulting firm providing executive leadership coaching to school leaders and executive leaders across sectors as well as strategic supports for building more diverse, equitable and inclusive anti-racist teams and organizations. She previously served as a Senior Director for the Charter Network Accelerator program with Achievement First and has proudly served as a principal and regional superintendent across the country. Before taking on network leadership, April founded Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School and led the school from 52% to 79% proficiency on the Illinois state assessment in three years. April has a B.A. in Psychology/Sociology from Drake University, a M.S. in Elementary Education from Western Illinois University and a M.S. in Supervision and Instruction from National Louis University. April is a 2015 Pahara NextGen Fellow, a 2004 alum of New Leaders for New Schools and most importantly the mother to pretty amazing 15-year-old boy/girl twins, Marshall and Roslind and their cute as a button Goldendoodle, Winston. Pronouns: she/her/hers