Our 12,000 alumni are a leadership force - working from within education and from every sector to effect fundamental change.

Alumni impact

In addition to 250 corps members in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley, nearly 900* alumni live and work across the state of Texas, with more than 350 alumni in Houston, more than 100 in Austin, 100 in the Rio Grande Valley, 40 in Dallas, and 20 in San Antonio.

These alumni are leaders across sectors in Texas, committed to driving innovation and reform from inside and outside our school systems.

*Statistics about our alumni change rapidly as former corps members move to expand their impact by taking on new leadership opportunities, and as our alumni force as a whole expands every year. As a result, all statistics on this page are accurate as of February 9, 2008.


Details on our alumni community

Alumni by corps region and year

Alumni by corps region and year

A breakdown by corps year

Corps year '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 Total
Texas alumni 7 48 30 30 18 27 22 22 29 32 45 55 113 108 143 732

Christopher Barbic (Houston '92)
YES College Preparatory Schools

Jeremy Beard (Los Angeles '95)
IDEA Academy College Prep

Natalie Blasingame (Houston '92)
Spring Branch Elementary School

Aaron Brenner (Rio Grande Valley '95)
KIPP SHINE Prep

Daniel Caesar (Rio Grande Valley '95)
KIPP 3D Academy

Shundra Cannon (Houston '95)
St. John's Academy Charter School

Bret Champion (South Louisianna '91)
Superintendent, Leander Independent School District

Mark DiBella (Houston '99)
YES College Preparatory School - North Central Campus

Tracy Epp (Rio Grande Valley '97)
Chief Academic Officer, IDEA Public Schools

Steven Epstein (Rio Grande Valley '01)
KIPP Austin College Prep

Michael Feinberg (Houston '92)
KIPP Superintendent

Paula Gama-Garcia (Rio Grande Valley '98)
IDEA Academy - Donna

Chong-Hao Fu (Mississippi Delta '01)
KIPP Sharpstown Academy

Melissa Jacobs-Thibaut (Houston '93)
Houston Academy for International Studies

Kettisha Jones (Houston '95)
Highland Heights Elementary School

David Kauffman (Los Angeles '91)
Perez Elementary

Anastasia Lindo (Houston '93)
Robinson Elementary School

George Martin (Los Angeles '91)
Edison Middle School

Dru McGovern-Robinett (Houston '91)
Clayton Elementary

Luz Navarro (Houston '96)
YES College Prep Public Schools East End Campus

Tom Torkelson (Rio Grande Valley '97)
Chief Executive Officer, IDEA Public Schools

Leonore Tyler (Rio Grande Valley '93)
College, Career and Technology Academy

Elliott Whitney (Houston '97)
KIPP Academy Houston

Reid Whitaker (Houston '02)
Port Houston Elementary School