LA Promise Fund CEO and leadership

Donna Jacobson is a Leadership Consultant at Alliance College Ready Public Schools, Chief Academic Officer at LA PROMISE FUND, and Director of Schools at LA PROMISE FUND and is based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as Assistant Principal, Culver City Middle School at Culver City Unified School District; Founding Principal at Alliance College Ready Public Schools; and Principal, Richard Merkin Middle School at Alliance College Ready Public Schools. Donna works or has worked as Board Member at Educational Consortium of Central Los Angeles. She studied at SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY between 1987 and 1992, Loyola Marymount University between 1996 and 1998, and University of Southern California between 2002 and 2004.

Michelle Cheang is a Chief Program Officer at LA PROMISE FUND and is based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked as Project Director at Youth Policy Institute; Dean, Academic Affairs & Workforce Development at Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC); and Program Manager at Youth Policy Institute. Michelle attended California State University Northridge between 2010 and 2012, University of California San Diego between 2003 and 2007, and California State University Northridge between 2013 and 2016.