Biographical Information

Stephanie Schwuchow is the Special Projects Manager at the Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC). Schwuchow's areas of expertise include financial modeling, business development, strategic planning and grant-writing as well as charter school finance, funding and operations. At CSDC, Schwuchow leads a variety of strategic and business development initiatives. She is also responsible for providing consulting expertise, presenting workshops and writing articles on topics related to charter school funding, operations, grant writing, fundraising and other business matters. Schwuchow is an expert grant-writer, leading and assisting in the procurement of over $5 million for charter schools since 2004.

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 fundraising. Schwuchow has further experience as a Corporate Education 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.