Jen Holleran is the executive director of Start Up: Education and is an educator with more than two decades of experience. Prior to her position with Start Up, Jen was the Director of New Leaders for New Schools, a program that works to attract, train and support principals in California’s Oakland and Bay Area schools.

Jen began her career as a high school teacher and principal. She worked as a management consultant McKinsey & Company before returning to education to apply her management skills as an administrator for Oakland Unified School.

Jen was educated at Harvard University and holds a Masters Degree in Education.