Priscilla Chan Receives Friend of AASA Award at National Conference on Education
February 18, 2021
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Alexandria, Va. – Feb. 18, 2021 –AASA, The School Superintendents Association, is pleased to announce that Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-chief executive officer of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is the 2021 recipient of the Friend of AASA Award. A ceremony to recognize Chan was held at AASA’s virtual National Conference on Education.
This award is given by AASA’s executive director to a non-educator or school district-based person, or group/organization who has consistently supported the mission of AASA and has given their time and effort to help the association accomplish its goals to advocate on behalf of public education and assist with the professional development of its members.
“It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Priscilla Chan and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for this recognition,” said Daniel A. Domenech, executive director, AASA. “The support they have provided behalf of public education is immeasurable. It is only fitting to honor her and the Initiative at our national conference.”
As a pediatrician and teacher, Chan’s work with patients and students in communities across the Bay Area has informed her desire to make learning more personalized, find new paths to manage and cure disease, and expand opportunity for more people. She is also the founder of The Primary School, which integrates health and education and serves children and families in East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven neighborhood in Menlo Park, Calif.
Chan earned her Bachelor of Arts in biology at Harvard University and her M.D. at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her pediatrics training in the UCSF/PLUS Pediatrics Residency.
The National Conference on Education routinely convenes the most prominent education thought leaders addressing the most pressing issues in the education landscape. The ongoing challenges brought on by the public health crisis escalates the importance of a national conference where the leaders of our nation’s public school districts are attending.
For more information about the conference, access AASA’s Conference Daily Online.
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AASA, The School Superintendents Association, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to equitable access for all students to the highest quality public education. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.
