Stephanie Wu

Stephanie Wu leads the design, execution, and evaluation of City Year’s Whole School Whole Child services, which are delivered by 3,000 City Year AmeriCorps members in more than 300 schools in 27 cities nationwide. She oversaw the program research and development initiative that fueled the organization's strategic shift toward addressing the nation's urban education challenge.

During City Year’s first decade, Stephanie developed and led foundational in-school and out-of-school community youth programs. She was responsible for putting in place fundamental concepts and practices supporting City Year’s culture, ideals, and leadership techniques, which remain essential to City Year’s work in schools and communities. Stephanie is also the founder of City Year’s Summer Academy, the organization’s intensive training program for staff and senior corps.

Before taking on her current role, Stephanie supported City Year's scaling and capacity building through leadership positions across numerous City Year departments, including Co-Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice president of U.S. Site Operations, and Senior Vice President for Human Resources. Stephanie is a graduate of Boston University and came to the organization from the private sector in 1988, serving as a founding team leader in City Year’s original summer pilot.

Over the course of her career, she has supported a variety of national service, youth development, and education organizations in the United States, UK, France, and Africa as a board member and thought partner. Stephanie played a leadership role in the design and founding of the Compass Academy charter school in Denver, where she currently serves on the founding board. Stephanie was a 2015-2016 Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow.