April Chou
Partner
April Chou
April Chou is a partner in the West Coast office of NewSchools Venture Fund. She leads the organization’s development efforts and is currently raising NewSchools Fund IV, which will invest in early-stage, innovative organizations tackling some of the most challenging problems in public education. As part of the leadership team, April also has responsibility for investment strategy and management.
April has been with NewSchools since 2004. In her previous role, she focused on expanding the NewSchools Network and developing communities of practice to strengthen the knowledge, learning and impact of NewSchools' portfolio organizations. During this time, she also worked with the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Foundation to shape its network growth strategy and helped KIPP Bay Area Schools transform its governance structure from six separate schools into a charter school management organization.
April's experience spans the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Prior to joining NewSchools, April was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in San Francisco, Beijing, and Washington, DC, where she advised clients on strategy, organization, and operations. As a Nonprofit Practice Community Fellow, she served nonprofit clients and helped build the firm's knowledge base about the nonprofit sector. April received her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She completed her graduate work at Stanford University, where she received an MBA from the Graduate School of Business and an MA from the School of Education. April lives in San Francisco with her husband Peter and their two sons.