home

v2bantag1.png
v2impact2.png
v2bantag1.png
v2impact.png

News-Page 1

News-Page 2

News-Page 3

News-Page 4

News-Page 5

our impact

New Tech Network

Technology Access Foundation

Small Schools Project

Big Picture Learning

Innovative Schools of Delaware

Institute for Student Achievement

Right to Succeed Foundation

Elevate Charter Schools

New York Charter Schools Association

Entertainment Properties Trust

California Charter Schools Assoc

Partnerships for Uplifting Commun

Concept Schools

Life Schools

College Success Foundation

AAMA

AHSI

National Equity Project

Kennewick School District

Highline Public Schools

West Valley School District

Sacramento City Unified School Dist

LEED

CharterSafe

Alliance College-Ready Public Sch

Communities in Schools

examples--highlight with mouse

improving organizational practice innovating launching scaling what works building sector supports

our impact

who we are

Founders Message Founder's MessageSince 1991, We have been handpicking and working with education projects and organizations that have the potential for major social impact. My goal has been simple: to enable the creation of powerful learning environments that will provide millions of kids with endless opportunities to succeed.I would like to share with you two defining moments I had that have influenced my work. The first was when I was involved with a multi-billion dollar education grant program a number of years ago. There were a lot of good intentions at high levels, but good intentions were not enough to make sure the rubber made contact with the road. The result? Little to no positive change in the student experience and outcomes in schools. Today, as the result of this experience, I am only interested in projects that I know will result in significantly changing the quality of the students experience in learning and outcomes. At the end of the day, students need to be fully prepared to succeed at life and citizenship in the 21st century.The second defining moment was when I helped plant the New Technology High School model in Sacramento. This was the first urban implementation of the model--with the majority of students coming from significantly disadvantaged backgrounds. In just a few months, I witnessed the transformation of students from disengagement to complete engagement in taking ownership of their own learning. The lesson was this: have faith in kids. Children have the innate power, ability, and enthusiasm to learn. Our job as adults is to inspire, channel, remove barriers, and get out of the way.When Landmark gets involved with projects, we implement innovative approaches to take advantage of opportunities and solve tough problems. What you get from us is expertise to help your board and leadership team to focus on the right issues (no matter how tough) in order to scale, be financially sustainable, and generate the level of social impact you envision. For each project, we pull together a world-class team that can work with you to drill deep into specific issues of priority. The team members we work with are amazing people who are passionate about seeing kids succeed through education. They are leaders and experts in their field who see eye-to-eye about staying aligned with your organizations big picture to ensure that the student experience in your project is changed significantly for the better.We look forward to working with you. ---Ted

Ted Fujimoto Ted Fujimoto - Founder/PresidentTed Fujimoto is an experienced entrepreneur and consultant in organizational performance, development, scaling, and business planning. He has helped develop business strategies for many education organizations including Bay Area Coalition for Essential Schools, Big Picture Learning, New Technology Foundation, Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools, Partnerships for Uplifting Communities, Linking Education & Economic Development, California Charter Schools Association, and the New York Charter Schools Association - representing more than $150 million in funding.He began his career as a freshman in college by founding and operating for eleven years a management and technology consulting company serving a range of customers that included AirTouch Communications, Bank One, Chandon Estates, California Chamber of Commerce, GM, IBM, New York Times, and Remy Martin.As a community business leader, Ted helped to design and found the highly regarded Napa New Technology High School and the New Technology Foundation that currently has 62+ schools around the country. He has also managed the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Carnegie Foundation grants for education reform initiatives in the Sacramento region. Additionally, Ted co-founded two for-profit companies that received $15 million in venture capital funding.He has served on the California Education Technology Advisory Committee and received the 2002 Center for Digital Government "In the Arena" award for education leadership in transforming vision to reality. In Converge Magazines "1999 Year in Review", Ted was named one of "Educations Dreamers, Leaders and Innovators."He currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee at the California Credit Union, a $1.4 billion credit union serving the education community. Ted is a certified Elevate Charter Schools Coach.

Kyle Miller Kyle Miller - Senior ConsultantKyle Miller is an analytical, collaborative, and influential professional experienced in building strategic initiatives, programs, and partnerships. Kyle earned a Master of Arts in Not-for-Profit Leadership from Seattle University and a B.S. in Business from Skidmore College. She has a passion for social justice and responsibility, and equity of access and outcomes for the disenfranchised. Kyle has demonstrated strengths in systems thinking, strategic problem-solving, leadership coaching, and fostering consensus understanding.Serving as Senior Program Officer with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for six years, Kyle was instrumental in the development of education investments designed to reduce the national high school dropout rate and to increase college readiness and completion of low-income students. Through her landmark work, Kyle invested over $200M to help leaders accomplish systemic social and academic equity outcomes for at-risk students. She designed processes that energized education leaders and communities to have higher expectations for their students, to operationalize a new vision, and to initiate collaborative, productive practices and procedures focused on measurable impact. Kyle established her ability to build strategic community partnerships in her work as Senior Program Manager with the Alliance for Education. She intentionally combined the expertise of industry, not-for-profits, and education to link community resources and support to priority initiatives of Seattle Public Schools. During her five years of employment in Nordstrom Corporate Operations, Kyle proved that organizational titles and positions, while relevant, were not as important as relationships built on common values. She successfully persuaded highly autonomous regional managers to implement efficiency programs which were managed corporately and which improved the company's overall financial health and environmental stewardship.

Mary E Dietz Mary E. DietzExpertise Mary is one of the top experts in development of professional learning communities in schools and companies. She is an expert in curriculum and assessment within the K-12 classroom and has mentored hundreds of schools to help them improve their results. Experience - Author: Journals as Frameworks for Professional Learning Communities, Designing the School Leader's Portfolio, and Who Will Save Our Schools with Linda Lambert- Established the Portfolio Network for the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) dedicated to promoting the portfolio process for professional learning- Designer and facilitator of an online Knowledge Management System for managing standards-based instruction for a major school district

Andrea Benson Andrea BensonExpertise Andrea's expertise is in operations, marketing, and event logistics. She knows how to get the word out to create awareness about a cause, project, or service. She supports Landmark Consulting Group with all seminars and consultant scheduling. Experience Andrea was formerly an elementary school teacher. She has supported many organizations to make sure their operations are running smoothly.

Brian Carpenter Dr. Brian CarpenterExpertise Brian is one of the top experts in school board governance training, coaching, and strategic planning. Experience - Author of Charter School Board University and The Seven Outs: Strategic Planning Made Easy for Charter Schools- Publications have been included in Harvard University's summer seminar's curriculum- Ph.D. from Capella University-Dissertation was a study of the impact of boards on closed charter schools- Personally trained by Dr. John and Miriam Carver in the theory and application of Policy Governance(tm)- Member of the International Policy Governance Association

Bob Pearlman Bob PearlmanExpertise Bob's experience and expertise includes Whole District Reform, New School Development, Business-Education Partnerships and coalitions, School-to-Career and Workforce Development, UnionSchool District Negotiations, School Restructuring and Technology, Project-Based Learning, Professional Development, Educational Finance, and School-site Assessment and Accountability. Experience - Key leader of educational reform efforts nationally- Unique 40-year career as a teacher, Co-Director of Computer Education, teacher union leader and negotiator, Foundation President, Director of Education and Workforce Development, and Director of Strategic Planning for the nation's largest network of innovative 21st Century Schools.

Victor Rivero Victor RiveroExpertise Victor's expertise is in communications, professional writing, and copy editing. He has thorough expertise in the education sector. He will make your story create impact and come alive. Experience - Editor for Converge Magazine, a widely read education technology journal- Clients have included Edutopia, Scholastic, Dell, Intel, HP, National School Boards Association, California Charter Schools Association, COSN, EdTech, Gateway, Microsoft, Blackboard, The Journal. - Authored dozens of published articles.

Susan Schilling Susan SchillingExpertise To create great educational experiences for all kids, I have had the privilege of creating great small organizations with powerful, collaborative teams to carry out the mission. I have gravitated to innovative practices and new ideas and then created organizations to sustain that work. Over the years, I have developed comprehensive general management expertise in all aspects of organizational development, project and product development, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, team leadership and employee development, internal and external relationship management, technology development and integration, and sales and marketing. The opportunity to lead the development of New Tech Foundation from a small, non-profit focused on providing support to one high school, through 6 years of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation replication grants, to the creation of a national network of fee-for-service New Tech high schools represents the marriage of many of my prior experiences. My life long passion for social justice and bringing the highest quality of educational product and experience to all students using 21st Century skills and tools found its point of synthesis within New Tech. Forming the team and developing the process that recognized the systemic nature of change and the need to capture and support changed teaching and learning practices while creating common experience and foundational resources for all to use has been the highlight of my professional life.Experience CEO, New Technology Foundation Led this high school development organization for 8 years, growing it from supporting one innovative high school to creating and supporting the national New Tech Network, representing 51 communities in 10 states and assisting them in the launch and implementation of 21st Century High Schools, based on the model and practices of New Tech High School (NTHS) in Napa, CA.General Manager, Lucas Learning, Ltd. - Worked with George Lucas for 5 years on the creation of educational software set in the Star Wars universe for the consumer market.Sr. Vice President and Creative Director, MECC Led the product development division of MECC for 10 years and created supplemental educational software for K-12.

Al Andino Al AndinoExpertise - Market development- School turnaround- Leadership development- Organization development and strategy- Community engagementExperience Adalberto Al Andino has built a 100-plus school network that featured culturally and linguistically diverse curricula and instruction, professional development for teachers and administrators and research-based assessment protocols for La Raza community charter schools and Early College High School Initiative. He was founding Executive Director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations Millennium Scholars Initiative where he developed, implemented and managed a multi-billion dollar program to increase the number of low-income minorities completing college degrees and graduate programs. As Vice President for Strategy and Development at Jobs for the Future, he worked directly with the CEO/President to innovate organizational performance improvement and successful fundraising strategies.

Jim Neczypor Jim NeczyporExpertise Jim's expertise is in brand development and graphic design for both print and electronic media. Experience - Designed print collateral, web sites, and exhibit displays for the California Charter Schools Association, New York Charter Schools Association, CharterSafe, PrivateSafe, Elevate Charters, CCSAJPA, and numerous other organizations.- Developed the branding for Elevate Charter Schools

Neil Shah Neil ShahExpertise Neil's expertise is with charter school finance, budget development, budget management, and compliance. Experience - Former VP of School Finance at Excellent Education Development (ExED), one of the leading charter school business management providers in California. Responsible for managing all backoffice financial and compliance functions for numerous charter schools- National clients have included Brighter Choice Foundation, Denver School of Science and Technology, KIPP, Geo Foundation, Uncommon Schools, UNO Charter School Network and dozens of other school organizations.

Geoffrey Carrizosa Geoffrey CarrizosaExpertise Geoffrey's expertise is in business development, sales, marketing, finance, and risk management. Experience - ADT Security Services District Sales Manager and Senior Account Executive- Revitalized under-producing division- Ranked #1 in North America by exceeding company production benchmarks by 139%- Successfully achieved 105%, 154%, 150%, 133%, 101%, and 150% of company benchmarks for six years- Ranked #1 nationally for customer retention out of 280 offices- Worked with Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

Renee Gordon J. Renee GordonExpertise Talent Scout and K-12 Human Capital Management Expert focusing on building winning teaching teams at the building level.Experience As the human capital architect at E Squared we work with district leadership to Expand Student Success Through Effective Human Capital Management. The E Squared approach to the management of human capital is to; * Evaluate-People, Processes and Policies.* Educate-How to put together effective educators* Empower-Implement effective processes.* Effect-Lower turnover, decrease cost, improve achievementAdditionally I host Empowering Educators Radio, where we speak each Thursday at 4pm, EST to those making a difference in the lives of children. Our objective is to create in the K-12 world community, to share our success as well as our challanges. Listen live or on an archived episode at www.blogtalkradio.com/empowering-educators You'll love it!Workshops and Webinars covering the following topics;* 3 Steps to Hiring the Right School Leaders* Managing Your Education Career for Success* Wimpy Poles Catch Wimpy Fish* 3 Steps to Building an Effective Teaching Team* You Can't Hire 21st Century Educators Using 50 Year Old Policies* Increasing Minority Hires. SpecialtiesLeadership Advisory ServicesPerformance Driven Recruiting Services School Leadership.Effective Human Captial Management TrainingCareer CoachingResume Development ServicesStrategic Human Capital Developement ServicesRent-to-Own Teacher RecruitmentShort and Long Term Interim Education Professionals

click photos to see bios

Ted Fujimoto Founder/ President

Kyle Miller Senior Consultant

+1 916-769-2417

+1 909-529-2066

Linkedin Twitter Green Mail Linkedin Green Mail

Founder's

Message

Project team members...

who we are

how we can help

how we can help

our fans

David Brown
Elliot Washor
Rick Lear
Susan Schilling
Judy Heinrich
Brian Carpenter
John Welch
Gary Larson
Jude Garnier
Mary Dietz
John McGean
Bill Phillips
Josh Newman

highlight with mouse pointer to pause...

our fans

Contact Information

Ted Fujimoto, Founder/President

Phone: + 1 415-912-9129

E-mail: tedf_consultLandmark.org

Kyle Miller, Senior Consultant

Phone: + 1 909-529-2066

E-mail: kylem_consultLandmark.org

We handpick a select number of new non-profit clients that we have determined to have tremendous untapped potential and capability, and for whom we know we can make a huge difference.

We would love to hear about your work and explore how we may help you achieve your goals.

U.S. Toll Free: +1 800-667-6045

International: + 1 415-963-4406

FAX: +1 866-925-1152

PO Box 11616

Burbank, CA 91510

U.S.A.

contact us

home

our impact

who we are

how we can help

our fans

FacebookTwitter