Biographical Information

Stephanie Schwuchow is the Project and Accountability Services Manager at the Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC). Schwuchow’s areas of expertise include strategic planning, financial modeling, business development, and grant-writing as well as charter school finance, funding, and operations. At CSDC, Schwuchow is the head of Accountability Services, which provides in-depth school quality and renewal review services, trainings and consulting to schools and authorizers. Schwuchow also manages multiple projects and leads a variety of strategic and new business development initiatives. She is also responsible for providing consulting expertise, presenting workshops, and writing articles on topics related to charter school funding, operations, financial planning, fundraising, and other business matters. Further, Schwuchow is the lead contact at CSDC for all technical assistance needs regarding the Public Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP).

Prior to joining CSDC, Schwuchow was the Chief Financial Officer and founding team member at Oakland Unity High School. She also worked as a Business Consultant for the Oakland Charters Together project and has authored charter school guides on topics including business plan development and fiscal resources. Schwuchow has further experience as a Corporate Educator at a technology start-up and Management Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she specialized in designing and implementing financial accounting systems. Currently, Schwuchow serves on the board of Young Entrepreneurs at Haas, a youth development organization that utilizes principles of business and entrepreneurship to excite and educate at-risk youth toward the achievement of higher education. She holds a BS and MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.