Karen Venable-Croft

Co-Founder / Executive Director

Karen Venable-Croft is the Co-Founder and Founding Executive Director of Girls Global Academy, an all-girls public charter high school in Washington DC. Karen is a Prince Georges’s County native and started her career as a mathematics teacher at her high school alma mater. During her 20-year career as an educator, Venable-Croft held different leadership roles including Math Teacher Coordinator, Advanced Placement Coordinator, Curriculum Coordinator, School Planning and Management Team Chair, and Data Coach. As teacher coordinator, Venable-Croft managed teams of 20 – 25 mathematics teachers and facilitated departmental, and interdisciplinary planning and development. She is an experienced instructional coach for teachers of all skill levels and years of experience.