Leslie Krol Gabbianelli

Leslie Krol Gabbianelli is the Chief Financial Officer at the Georgia Charter Schools Association.12 She is a seasoned financial and operational leader in the non-profit industry with extensive experience in education and school systems.12

Professional Background

Leslie Gabbianelli has twelve years of experience helping to improve school systems nationwide.1 Her career journey includes:

• Starting in a leadership development program at GlaxoSmithKline
• Serving as an Education Pioneers fellow in the Development office of Teach For America
• Holding various roles with increasing responsibility at The New Teacher Project
• Founding the Atlanta office of EdTec
• Serving as the outsourced Chief Financial Officer for six Georgia charter schools, mostly in their launch year
• Acting as the interim Chief of Staff for Education Pioneers during a CEO transition
• Founding her own consulting practice to assist schools with financial, operational, development, and human capital challenges

Achievements and Expertise

During her career, Leslie has:

• Helped over 1600 schools nationwide gather and strategically use instructional culture data
• Grown a business line more than six-fold and oversaw a major custom technology build
• Assisted a CMO in building a long-term strategic plan
• Led a human capital diagnostic of a large district
• Co-authored "Greenhouse Schools in Boston: School Leadership Practices Across a High-Performing Charter Sector"
• Been a member of the inaugural Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative cohort through the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy

Education

Leslie Gabbianelli holds:

• A BSBA and a BA from Duquesne University
• A Master of Public Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University1

Her LinkedIn profile username is indeed lesliekrolgabbianelli, confirming her identity and professional information.2