Ms Valerie Sakimura

KANDO id: 87239

Bio

Valerie Sakimura is a Senior Analyst in the NewSchools Venture Fund’s East Coast Office, where she focuses on investment strategy, due diligence, and management assistance for the organization’s portfolio ventures. Prior to joining NewSchools, Valerie was an Operating Associate at Monitor Clipper Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, where she provided strategic and operational support to the management teams of MCP’s portfolio companies. Before joining MCP, Valerie was a consultant at The Monitor Group, a management consulting firm, where she focused on private equity diligence in a variety of sectors. Her interest in education was sparked growing up in Hawaii as she watched her high school transition into a charter school, and she furthered this interest during college when she was Executive Director of an in-school and after-school arts education program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and mentored students with special needs. She has also volunteered with Inspire, a pro-bono consulting group providing services to youth-focused nonprofits. Valerie graduated cum laude from Harvard with an AB in Social Studies where she focused on education policy.

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NewSchools Venture Fund

Venture philanthropy non-profit that builds a better education system by connecting people, resources, and ideas.

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