Featured Alumni

JONATHAN RAYMOND

The Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2006
Superintendent
Sacramento City Unified School District

“There is no one magic solution to fixing any broken organization, including a public school system. The solution will require both the strategic and tactical aspects of leadership and management. That means having a vision of what the schools should be, and having the ability to communicate that vision in a compelling way to all constituencies—teachers, parents, kids, elected officials, union leaders, the media. It means doing the hard work of driving improvements in performance, without forgetting that education isn’t the same as manufacturing millions of widgets that are exactly alike.”

In July 2009, Jonathan Raymond was appointed superintendent of Sacramento City Unified School District. Raymond previously served as the chief accountability officer for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Prior to his career in education, he served as president and CEO of the Boston-based Commonwealth Corporation, a non-profit organization focused on building stronger communities through innovative education and workforce development programs. Raymond has also served as deputy director in the Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Earlier in his career, he was in private law practice, focusing on business and labor law. While earning his law degree, Raymond served on the staffs of Florida Congressman Tom Lewis and Senator Orrin Hatch. He later held the position of legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. In Sacramento, Raymond's achievements include: creating "Priority Schools" to offer extra assistance to the district's most academically troubled schools; working in close partnership with parents and the community to balance the budget in the face of a $30 million deficit; and launching a comprehensive survey for community members to give feedback on the district's budgeting and strategic planning practices. His ongoing civic involvement includes running for the U.S. house of representatives in the fourth congressional district in Massachusetts in 1996. Raymond has a bachelor’s degree in history from Tufts University, a master’s degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a law degree from the George Mason Law School.  Raymond is a graduate of the 2006 class of The Broad Superintendents Academy.