Ahkilah Johnson

Prior to joining Uncommon Schools as Director of Facilities in the spring of 2009, Ahkilah Johnson served as Chief of Staff Investment Services at Cherokee Investment Partners. At Cherokee, Ms. Johnson’s responsibilities included investment underwriting, portfolio management, project management and deal structuring. She is LEED (Leadership in Energy an Environmental Design) accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council. She has served on the Board of Trustees for Teaching Firms of America Charter Schools and previously managed a community development proffer that included the design and predevelopment of a 300-student LEED Platinum middle school. Ms. Johnson’s previous experiences include her work with the Clark Construction Group coordinating field construction, as well as negotiating contracts to insure all work was completed in compliance with planned sequences, specifications, budgets and schedules. In addition, she spent two years as an Apprentice-Architect with the architecture firms of Schwartz and Associate Architects and Little and Associate Architects. She received her M.S. in Real Estate Development from Columbia University and her B.S. magna cum laude in Architecture from the Howard University College of Engineering Architecture and Computer Sciences, where she was a Trustee Scholar and the AIA Henry Adams Scholar.

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