Leticia de la Vara

Leticia de la Vara leads TNTP’s Policy, Engagements, and External Affairs division, guiding a dynamic team that plays a critical role in galvanizing support for TNTP’s system-wide redesign efforts, policy agenda, and coalition building. Leticia joined TNTP in 2016 as a Partner, providing oversight and support to internal and external Public Affairs projects and policy advisement. They then served as TNTP’s Chief of Staff, acting as an executive lead on strategy, innovation, and the implementation of organization-wide initiatives. In previous roles, they worked with elected officials, community-based organizations, grassroots and grasstops leaders, business chambers and universities to meld policy with programs and enhance opportunities for historically marginalized communities.