Meet Our Team

Hanseul Kang serves as assistant dean and the first Anita and Joshua Bekenstein ’80 B.A. Executive Director of The Broad Center at Yale SOM.

Most recent to her role at SOM, Kang served as the District of Columbia State Superintendent of Education from 2015 to 2020. She provided strategic vision, clear direction, and steady leadership to D.C.’s state education agency, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), which serves over 90,000 students in public schools across more than 60 local education agencies. Under Kang’s leadership, the District of Columbia continued to make major strides in student achievement outcomes as OSSE took important steps to sustain, accelerate, and deepen this progress for all students. Specifically, D.C. students demonstrated significant growth each year in the percentage of students scoring at college- and career-ready levels on its rigorous state assessments for English language arts and math; made gains in both participation and performance on the SAT and on AP exams; and saw the most growth of any state or urban jurisdiction in the country on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as Nation’s Report Card, over the past decade.

Dr. Jourdan T. Brooks is a higher education strategist with nearly a decade of experience advancing equity in education and finance. At The Broad Center, he leads the executive coaching program and serves on the selection committee for its flagship programs, aiming to drive transformative leadership development for K-12 leaders. Previously, at the Yale School of Management, Jourdan led strategic equity initiatives for the full-time MBA program, focusing on recruiting and retaining underrepresented students. In his current role, Jourdan is focused on fostering dynamic, lifelong connections among the alumni network and SOM, ensuring alumni voices continue to shape and strengthen the Broad community and Yale SOM.

As Director of Recruitment and Selection for The Broad Center at Yale SOM, Katie leads the admissions strategy and processes for the Master’s in Public Education Management and Fellowship for Public Education Leadership. In this role, she ensures that diverse cohorts of leaders committed to excellence and equity for K-12 students are selected for both programs each year. Prior to joining The Broad Center, Katie spent seven years working in MBA admissions and diversity, equity, and inclusion at Columbia Business School. Earlier in her career, she was a journalist covering private equity. Katie holds a Bachelor’s in English from Smith College and a Master’s in Sociology and Education Policy from Teachers College, Columbia University.