Chris Chatmon
Chief Executive Officer at Kingmakers of OaklandJames Irvine Foundation Leadership Award Recipient 2026
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Kingmakers Of Oakland
- Location
- Oakland, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Chatmon
Christopher Chatmon is CEO and Founder of Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO) an award winning nonprofit that supports school districts around the country to improve the educational and life outcomes of Black Boys. For 10 years Chatmon served as the first Executive Director of the office of African American Male Achievement (“AAMA”) for the Oakland Unified School District (“OUSD”). The office of AAMA was the first of its kind in the country to operate within a public school district. Chatmon is passionate about uplifting the African-American community and has dedicated his career and life work to creating pathways of success for Black Youth within Oakland and beyond.Chatmon has received numerous local and national awards and accolades for his work and service to Black Youth and the City of Oakland, CA. In 2020 Chatmon was awarded Oscar Wright Lifetime Achievement Award from OUSD and Oakland,CA Mayor Libby Schaaf honored Chatmon with The City of Oakland Mayor’s Proclamation July 1st “Chris Chatmon Day”. Education Week Magazine named Chatmon as a “Leader to Learn From” and Campaign for Black Male Achievement selected him as a “Social Innovation Accelerator” because of his commitment to improving life outcomes for all youth and especially African American males. Prior to KOO and OUSD, Chatmon was the Principal of an alternative high school in San Francisco, and Executive Director of Urban Services at the YMCA in Oakland for over 10 years. Chatmon started his career in education teaching history and physical education in the San Francisco Unified School District. Chatmon earned an M.A. in Education and a secondary teaching credential in Social Science from Brown University.Chris Chatmon is humble, a pioneer, and a visionary. He has audacious love for Black Youth and the Black Community. Learn more about Chris Chatmon and Kingmakers of Oakland by watching “Kings in the Making” Documentary and “Kingmakers of Oakland”Documentary
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Jun 2018 — Present · Oakland, CA, US
https://kingmakersofoakland.org
Education
Brown University
MA, Education
1994 — 1995
San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology
1990 — 1992
Skills
- Workshop Facilitation
- Instructional Design
- Policy Analysis
- Youth Development
- Social Networking
- Team Building
- Program Development
- Organizational Development
- Adult Education
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Coaching
- Changing the Narrative
- Event Management
- Career Counseling
- Tutoring
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Classroom Management
- Social Services
- Volunteer Management
- Training
- Classroom
- Nonprofits
- Policy
- Research
- Leadership Development
- Grants
- Educational Leadership
- Program Evaluation
- Fundraising
- Lesson Planning
- Higher Education
- Curriculum Design
- Non-Profits
- Teacher Training
- Staff Development
- Public Speaking
- Transformational Leadership
- Nonprofit Organizations
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