Embedded Files
Our Mission
Our Mission
The Alumni Impact Team extends the Surge experience beyond fellowship by activating and sustaining a national network of alumni to grow as leaders, stay connected in community, and translate their leadership into collective action and systems-level change that improves outcomes for the communities they serve.
About Surge and Our Alumni
About Surge and Our Alumni
Surge Institute exists to educate and develop leaders of color who create transformative change for young people, their families, and our broader communities. Leaders can participate in one of the following Surge programs and, upon completion, become alumni within the Surge network:
The Leadership Collaborative (TLC) - an intimate and immersive cohort learning experience created by the Black Principals Network (BPN). All TLC alumni are Surge alumni and are a part of the Black Principals Network.
Surge Fellowship Chicago - a 10-month best-in-class, cohort-based experience operating in Chicago that connects, accelerates, and empowers emerging leaders of color in education.
Surge Academy - a six-month national program designed to develop, elevate, and connect emerging education leaders of color in small and mid-sized cities so that they, as a coalition, can go on to build movements that influence, innovate, and transform the education space within their communities.
All alumni enter the network through one of Surge’s flagship fellowship programs, each offering a unique yet shared experience. As alumni, they gain access to the full Surge network — creating opportunities to sustain their growth, deepen connections, and strengthen their collective impact.
About the Alumni Experience
About the Alumni Experience
The goal is to support our community of leaders to maximize positive impact with their communities after they complete a Surge fellowship experience. We do so across four core Alumnihood pillars.
Our alumni offerings are the critical throughway to achieving sustainable systems-level outcomes beyond the individual.
Ongoing capacity building for Surge alumni beyond graduation to support personal and professional development.
Job transition coaching & support
Entry strategy & support for alumni taking on new roles and promotions
Financial support to present at and/or attend conferences and other educational experiences
Ex: ASU+GSV, BMEC, Amplify
Topic-specific forums and panels
Networking and healing-centered engagements with to keep our people connected and supported.
LGBTQIA+
Parents
Entrepreneurs
Book Club
Alumni-Led city Programming
“Sip & Surge” Network Meetups
Alumni Hub
Biweekly Alumni Digest
Access to supports and opportunities toward individual and collective action toward systems-level and community- centered impacts.
Regional gatherings that convene leaders toward local collaboration and collective action
Cohort-based incubator program for Surge alumni pursuing the launch of a community-informed venture
Advocacy and Systems Influence
Opportunities to prepare to run for office or sit on boards
Pathways to shape and powerfully contribute to the Surge movement and its long-term sustainability.
Pathways to shape and powerfully contribute to the Surge movement and its long-term sustainability.
The Surge National Alumni Committee (SNAC)
16-member advisory council with alumni representatives across all 8 cities plus TLC
Programming Support
Alumni serve as Panelists, Fireside Chat speakers & Interviewers
Facilitation & Contract Work
About the Alumni Hub
About the Alumni Hub
We’ve built alumni digital spaces before, tested ideas, learned what worked (and what didn’t), and listened closely to how alumni actually want to engage. This version is a reflection of all of those stepping stones—and the many conversations, insights, and experiences that helped us get here.
At its core, the Surge Alumni Hub is meant to be a home base for alumni—a place to easily find the information they need, explore Alumni Impact programs in greater depth, and stay up to date on opportunities, timelines, applications, and upcoming events.
As alumni look to GROW, CONNECT, LEAD, and FUEL, the Surge Alumni Hub is the place to start.
The Alumni Impact Team
The Alumni Impact Team
Jose M. Andre Iniguez
Jose M. Andre Iniguez
Vice President
Reach out for alumni impact strategy and priorities, fundraising, Surge Impact Community, partnerships, and general inquires and feedback.
Mari Townsend (CHI24)
Mari Townsend (CHI24)
Program Director
Reach out for Alumni Learning Community, Surge Angels, Surge National Alumni Committee, Founders Workshop Series, and Alumni Weekends.
Autumn Bryant
Autumn Bryant
Program Manager
Reach out for communication & data updates, executive coaching, event registration, conference sponsorships, and affinity groups.
Report abuse