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Ventura Rodriguez

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Partner at Education Resource Strategies
📍 Belmont, Massachusetts, United States

Ventura Rodriguez is a Partner at Education Resource Strategies, bringing over 25 years of experience to transform resource use in schools. His work focuses on advancing educational equity and supporting underperforming districts. He holds a Doctor of Education Leadership from Harvard and previously served as Senior Associate Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Originally from Panama, Ventura is a first-generation American immigrant who enjoys cooking, traveling, and hiking. He spends his free time cheering on his three kids on soccer fields and in dance studios throughout New England. In college, he played Mens Varsity Soccer and was the Student Body President.

He founded St. HOPE Leadership Academy, a public charter school in Harlem, after spending the first decade of his career teaching in San Francisco and Nairobi, Kenya.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Partner
Location
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
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Educational Equity
His career, particularly at the MA Department of Education and ERS, has focused on designing strategies to advance educational equity for underserved students.
School Turnaround
He has extensive experience leading support systems for the lowest-performing schools and districts in Massachusetts, including state receivership efforts.
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Career

Work history

9-2021
Partner
Education Resource Strategies
11-2018 - 9-2021
Senior Associate Commissioner
MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
11-2017 - 8-2019
Associate Commissioner, Statewide System of Support
MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
6-2014 - 11-2017
Special Assistant to the Commissioner, District and School Turnaround
MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
9-2007 - 8-2012
Executive Director and Principal
St. HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School
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Education
2012 - 2015
Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.)
Harvard Graduate School of Education
2006 - 2007
Principal Certification
California State University - East Bay
2002 - 2006
Master of Arts (M.A.)
San Francisco State University
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