# Daniel Gennaoui

> Daniel (Dan) Gennaoui is an education operator who serves as Chief of Staff to the Co-CEO of Uncommon Schools, a nonprofit network of urban charter schools serving roughly 20,000 students across New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. A former Teach For America corps member turned classroom teacher, he has spent two decades building the operational and financial backbone of high-performing charter networks - including a stint as Chief Operating Officer and later Chief Financial Officer at KIPP Nashville, where he helped grow enrollment from about 1,100 to more than 3,000 students. He holds a BS from Cornell, an MA from Bank Street College of Education, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

- **Role:** Chief of Staff to the Co-CEO at Uncommon Schools
- **Organizations:** Uncommon Schools, KIPP Nashville, Teach For America, Education Pioneers
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Cornell University, MA, Bank Street College of Education, MBA, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Helped grow KIPP Nashville from roughly 1,100 to more than 3,000 students, Led financial management, growth planning, and facilities expansion at KIPP Nashville, Managed operations for a cluster of elementary schools in Brooklyn at Uncommon Schools

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Joined Teach For America; taught 6th grade math and science (Bronx, NY and New Orleans, LA)
- **2007** — 7th grade teacher at Lafayette Academy Charter School, New Orleans
- **2010** — Summer fellow at Uncommon Schools via Education Pioneers, working in the Human Capital Division on teacher retention
- **2011** — Director of Operations at Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant (Uncommon Schools)
- **2013** — Associate Chief Operating Officer at Uncommon Schools, overseeing elementary schools in Brooklyn
- **2015** — Chief Operating Officer at KIPP Nashville
- **2019** — Chief Financial Officer at KIPP Nashville
- **2022** — Chief of Staff to the Co-CEO at Uncommon Schools

## Achievements

- Helped grow KIPP Nashville from roughly 1,100 to more than 3,000 students
- Led financial management, growth planning, and facilities expansion at KIPP Nashville
- Managed operations for a cluster of elementary schools in Brooklyn at Uncommon Schools
- Selected as an Education Pioneers fellow to research teacher retention at high-performing charter schools

## Latest updates

- **2022-07** — Became Chief of Staff to the Co-CEO at Uncommon Schools
- **2024-04** — Featured as a Columbia Business School social-enterprise alumnus (Class of 2011) in the Tamer Center alumni fact sheet

## Links

- Website: https://uncommonschools.org
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgennaoui/

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