Jemina Bernard

Jemina’s journey has taken her from the South Bronx to Yale to Columbia Business School, where she earned an MBA. She worked at Deloitte, PwC, and the New York Department of Education before joining Teach for America. Jemina left her SVP role there in 2013 to lead ROADS Charter High Schools and the Student Leadership Network, and returned in 2019. She served as Teach for America’s COO, overseeing a 12,000-strong teacher corps in underserved schools across the U.S., until 2026.