Making Waves Education Foundation
Patrick O'Donnell serves as the CEO of Making Waves Education Foundation since July 2019 and is currently a Fellow at Pahara Institute, beginning in February 2024. Previously, Patrick held roles at the American School Foundation of Guadalajara from July 2017 to June 2019 and spent a significant period with Teach For America from 2003 to 2017, where responsibilities included Vice President of National Development and Executive Director of Teach For America - Indianapolis, among other positions. Educational qualifications include an MBA/MPP from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, an MA in Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University, and a BA in English from Boston College.
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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.