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Jerry Ochoa

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Vice President of National Corporate Partnerships at Teach For America
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Jerry is the Vice President of National Corporate Partnerships at Teach For America, leveraging two decades of nonprofit development experience. His career, spanning education, social services, and the arts, is dedicated to building impactful corporate partnerships that support students and educators. He studied at the University of Houston-Downtown and The University of Texas at Austin.

Outside of his development work, Jerry is an accomplished artist. As an award-winning composer, violinist, and filmmaker, he has toured internationally with his band, Two Star Symphony, headlined at SXSW, and delivered a TEDx talk. He also performs with improv comedy groups in Chicago, where he currently resides.

Unique fact: His band, Two Star Symphony, was commissioned to compose and perform an original score for the American Ballet Theatre.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Vice President of National Corporate Partnerships
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Corporate Partnerships
His career at Teach For America and City Year Chicago focuses on building and scaling corporate relationships to support educational and social initiatives.
Arts and Music
An award-winning composer, violinist, and filmmaker, he has toured internationally, composed for ballet, and headlined festivals like SXSW with his band, Two Star Symphony.
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Career

Work history

5-2022
Vice President of National Corporate Partnerships
Teach For America
6-2018 - 5-2022
Director Of Corporate Partnerships
City Year Chicago
12-2015 - 12-2017
Assistant Director of Individual Giving
The Joffrey Ballet
6-2014 - 7-2015
On-Air Fundraiser
Houston Public Media
8-2014
Fundraiser
Two Star Symphony
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Education
2005 - 2007
Bachelor’s Degree
University of Houston-Downtown
1997 - 1999
Radio-Television-Film
The University of Texas at Austin
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