Ali Metzler

Director of Client and Coaching Services

Ali comes to CSLX with over 25 years of experience leading community school efforts in organizations, cities and school districts across the Bay Area. Most recently, Ali served as the Community School Leadership Coordinator for Oakland Unified School District, where she led Collaborative Leadership Practices and Integrated Supports for 77 Community School Managers across the district, managed the implementation of California Community School Partnership Program (CCSPP) at 53 schools, and coordinated the expansion of Community Schools to meet OUSD's strategic plan to become a full-service community school district. Previous to working for OUSD, Ali was the Associate Director of the San Francisco Beacon Initiative and a Program Manager for San Francisco Unified School District's ExCEL After School Program. Her favorite job? Working with teens in San Francisco’s Mission District to create ceramic mosaic public art murals and co-develop KidPower Park with her students. She is an Advisory Board member to the Oakland Education Fund and a proud parent of three school age kids.