Lara Knight Wheatley

Lara Knight Wheatley currently serves as the Managing Director at KIPP Public Schools Northern California since May 2018 and has previously held various leadership roles within the KIPP network, including Principal at KIPP Houston Public Schools from June 2011 to July 2016 and Director of Principal Prep Programming at KIPP Foundation from 2008 to 2011. Prior experience includes roles as an Advisor at St. HOPE Public Schools from June 2017 to May 2018, Principal at St. HOPE Public Schools from 2006 to 2008, and a Teacher at both St. HOPE Public Schools from 2002 to 2005 and Susan Miller Dorsey High School from August 2000 to July 2002. Lara holds a Master's Degree in Education from UCLA and a Bachelor's Degree in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning from the University of California, Davis.