Making Waves Education Foundation
Allison Holton currently serves as the Chief External Affairs Officer at Making Waves Education Foundation since August 2023. Additionally, since December 2021, Allison has been the Owner of Lofty Wines, a family-owned business producing estate-grown Pinot Noir and Rosé. Prior experience includes multiple leadership roles at Teach For America from August 2014 to June 2023, including VP of External Affairs, Finance, and Operations, and Senior Managing Director of External Affairs. Prior to Teach For America, Allison worked at City Year as Senior Program Manager of Corps Member Development and held various positions at organizations such as the Arts & Business Alliance of Eugene and Maritz Travel Company. Allison began a career in education as a General Education Teacher at St. Louis Public Schools. Educational qualifications include a BA in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Southern California, as well as an MS in Arts Management and an MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship from the University of Oregon.
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Making Waves Education Foundation
At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 500 college students. Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning. Our alumni network includes more than 600 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 84% graduating debt-free.