
Paul Ramirez
Chief Leadership and Innovation Officer
paul@freireschools.org
B.A. Yale University
M.A. Wilmington University
At Freire Schools, Paul works at the intersection of leadership, strategy, technology, and innovation. Advancing the leadership of the network, Paul supervises and coaches several heads of school. Further, as a designer and implementer of the Freire School Leader Fellowship, Paul is developing a pipeline of new leaders across the network. Paul also oversees the technology and IT team and has led the network through several large-scale instructional shifts including remote and hybrid learning and adoption of student devices. Previously, Paul was the founding Head of School for Freire Charter School Wilmington for five years. During that time, Paul was awarded the Delaware Charter School Network’s 2020 Impact Award for charter school principals, and in 2017 was awarded Teach for America Delaware’s Excellence in School Leadership Award. Paul is a fellow with the Pahara Institute and was a fellow with Lead for Delaware.