Jinan O'Connor

Jinan builds relationships with school districts, states and education associations around the country to support their educational priorities and make it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need.

Prior to DonorsChoose, Jinan worked as Vice President, Implementation and Professional Learning and as the Executive Director, Northeast at Turnaround for Children; Northeast States Director for AVID; and a School Improvement Consultant for Southern Regional Education Board. Jinan began her educational career as an elementary Special Education teacher after graduating from Spelman College. She also holds an ED.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education and is a member of several women’s leadership councils.