ABOUT CSS
A Team Built Around Excellence, Integrity And Rich Friendship
There are many great organizations. We just happen to be especially fond of our own. Maybe it’s the selflessness, maybe it’s the enthusiasm. Maybe it’s the 349 years of Texas school experience among us or the total commitment.
Whatever it is, we love it.
Meet The Team
Dan Hernandez
PresidentDan, President of Charter School Success and the biggest Texas Longhorn fan around, is a big picture guy.
Jordan Elliott
Chief Operations OfficerJordan is our wonderfully overqualified Chief Operations Officer. She is a genuine and caring leader and excellent in all she does.
Jackie Hernandez
Chief FInancial OfficerJackie, our Chief Financial Officer, has always found comfort in numbers.
Karen Emery
Senior Finance DirectorKaren is a Senior Finance Director for Charter School Success. She has 35 years of experience in both independent school districts and charter school finance accounting.
Rick Reyes
Finance DirectorRick joins the CSS team with more than 15 years of experience working with charter schools as both a Financial Controller and an Auditor. Working from both perspectives, he fully understands the complexity of running a charter’s finance department.
Kaitlin Svatek
Finance DirectorKaitlin has experience working in multiple positions within Texas Independent School Districts, ranging from clerk all the way up to District PEIMS Coordinator.
Sharon Benka
Federal and Special Programs DirectorSharon is an experienced educator as a former teacher, principal and special programs director with ESC Experience.
Laura Jandle
PEIMS DirectorLaura began her PEIMS career at a charter high school and has gone on to coordinate, maintain and submit accurate and timely PEIMS data for a district of 42 campuses.
Melissa Ball
Marketing and Training DirectorMelissa has a wide range of communications experience, including a background in journalism and graphic design, as well as a technical college and charter high school teaching career.
Annette Miller
Payroll DirectorAnnette is a Payroll Director with Charter School Success. Analytical, easygoing, motivated and reliable, she brings 20-plus years of finance, school business and accounting experience, including Rio Brazos Education Cooperative and JR3.
Angela Garza
PEIMS ManagerAngela is the PEIMS Manager for Charter School Success. She has done it all in PEIMS – from flat files to XMLs, to training hundreds of people, background technical work and miles of procedure documents.
Sheila Sherman
Federal and Special Programs ManagerSheila is a Federal and Special Programs Manager with Charter School Success. She has served Texas public schools for 31 years and supporting school leadership became her passion.
Jean Cornelius
Federal and Special Programs ManagerJean is a Federal and Special Programs Manager with Charter School Success. She brings a wealth of knowledge in creating systems to not only manage federal grants, but also to ensure compliance requirements are met.
Kaylee Deleon
Finance ManagerKaylee is a Finance Manager with Charter School Success. She has experience in both charter school and independent school district finance, working primarily with Websmart.
Lacy Noble
Finance ManagerLacy is a Finance Manager with Charter School Success. She excels in high paced environments and has been and always will be a team player.
Shelia Jenkins
Payroll ManagerShelia is a Payroll Manager with Charter School Success. She brings 14 years of school finance experience and 15 years of corporate accounting to the Charter School Success team.
Michael Eastwood
Payroll ManagerMichael is a Payroll Manager with Charter School Success. He has multiple years of experience in charter schools, working both in finance and human resources.
Jeanine Norwood
Payroll SpecialistJeanine brings multiple years of accounts payable experience, including work in TxEIS. She has worked as Finance Administrator for several Texas charter schools in the Houston metropolitan area.
Carrie Sandlin
Payroll SpecialistCarrie joins us after 22 years of service with an Austin charter school district, where she served as After-School Director, Office Manager, Business Manager, PEIMS Director, Child Nutrition Director, and Director of Scholar and Staff Services.
Kayleen Behrens
Human Resources SpecialistKayleen is an Human Resources Specialist with Charter School Success. She has experience at JR3, where she worked on the Payroll/Benefits team, working with both Charter Schools and ISDs.
Randi Miller
Finance SpecialistRandi is a Finance Specialist with Charter School Success. She brings experience with Websmart from her time as a Payroll Associate at JR3, and several years experience in management, payroll, and Accounts Payables
Sharon Kroll
Finance SpecialistSharon brings more than 6 years of accounts payable experience, including work at JR3, where she was a Financial Service Specialist for more than four years.
Kevin Waters
Finance SpecialistKevin has 10 years of experience working in the educational business, including a career at JR3 as IT support, support staff for payroll and finance, and as a Finance Specialist in accounts payable.
Shelly Stautz
Finance SpecialistShelly is a Finance Specialist with Charter School Success. She brings 20+ years business experience, including more than 8 years of work in school business.
Kandace Delaney
Finance SpecialistKandace is a Finance Specialist for Charter School Success. She joins our team with extensive experience in Texas school districts.
Kristy Hardeman
Human Resources & Operations SpecialistKristy has a background in journalism and was a reporter for many years, and also brings 15 years of experience in PEIMS, Human Resources, Technology and School Finance.
Julie Porter
Payroll SpecialistJulie Porter is a Payroll Specialist with Charter School Success. She has experience at both her local school district and at the Education Service Center in Austin. She knows how important it is to provide outstanding service to her clients, while protecting the integrity of the process.
Jennifer Cantu
Finance SpecialistJennifer Cantu is a Finance Specialist with Charter School Success. Her expertise in finance began as a bookkeeper and administrative assistant, where she was responsible for maintaining financials for a number of organizations.
Maya Strong
Training and Marketing SpecialistMaya Strong is a Marketing and Training Specialist with Charter School Success. She excels in all aspects of administration and high paced environments and has a passion for working with people
Join Our Team
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If you’re looking to join an amazing team making a difference across Texas, and you enjoy things like competitive pay, traveling for work and opportunities for growth, you’ve come to the right place!
Available positions listed below.
Hiring: Human Resources Specialist
Experience required:
- Minimum of 2 years related experience
- Strong attention to detail
- A can-do, team-oriented personality
- Exceptional customer service skills
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Effective time-management and task-management skills
- Ability to work remotely full-time, Monday to Friday
- Strong wireless internet connection
- Ability to travel in Texas infrequently
Preferred:
- HR certification
- Texas public school experience
- Experience using HR Electronic Systems, Dropbox, TEAL Applications, and the Microsoft Office Suite
Hiring: Finance Specialist
Experience required:
- Minimum of 3 years related experience in a school system
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- A can-do, team oriented personality
- Exceptional customer service skills
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Effective time-management and task-management skills
- Fluency in spreadsheet creation and analysis
- Ability to work remotely, independently (from home)
- Ability to travel for a multiple day team meeting in Texas, at least quarterly
- Access to a phone, computer, scanner, printer and other basic office equipment for business
purposes at home office - Stable, high speed internet access
Hiring: Finance Director
Experience required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5+ years Texas charter school administrative experience
- 5+ years in management experience
- CSBOC certification, within 90 days of hire
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- A can-do, team oriented personality
- Exceptional customer service skills
- Superior written and verbal communication skills
- Effective time-management and task-management skills
- Fluency in spreadsheet creation and analysis
- Fluency in spreadsheet creation and analysis
