Staff
Foundation for Portland Public Schools Staff
Andrea Weisman Summers
Executive Director
Andi became the Executive Director of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools in April 2020. She started her career as a teacher, teaching elementary school for 10 years in Maine, Costa Rica, and Peru. She also worked as an accredited representative at the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) for over six years.
Most recently, Andi worked at the Great Schools Partnership as the Co-director of Coaching and as a community engagement and public school improvement coach in school districts around the U.S. Andi received a bachelor‘s degree in cultural anthropology from Brown University and a master’s degree in education from University of Southern Maine.
Jeanine Bischoff
Advancement Coordinator
Jeanine brought her skills as a nonprofit administrator and coordinator to the Foundation for Portland Public Schools in October 2019. She has worked for Sierra Club Maine and helped run Farm Camp in Camp Elizabeth, an environmental education business shared with another family.
Married to a Portland elementary school teacher, she has two sons who have attended the East End Community School, King Middle School, and Portland High School.
She graduated from Antioch College with a bachelor‘s degree in English and from San Francisco State University with a master’s degree in American Literature. She lives in Portland with her family.