I am looking for a lot of people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. Henry Ford
Tiger Teams
Background
Avenues Tiger Teams borrow from a proud NASA tradition of organizational innovation. Traditionally, a tiger team is a group of experts assigned to investigate and solve difficult problems. In modern usage, a tiger team can also be a self-organized group of people who are close to a problem and passionate to fix it. In both cases, tiger teams are given wide latitude within the organization to stretch operating rules and bypass bureaucracy in order to solve mission-critical problems. In the words of J.R. Dempsey, aerospace pioneer and coiner of the term, tiger team members tend to be “undomesticated and uninhibited technical specialists, selected for their experience, energy, and imagination.”
Purpose
Nurture and protect an agile, innovative, and proactive culture by empowering Avenues employees, parents, and students to form tiger teams to research problems, develop innovative solutions, and present results and recommendations directly to leadership.
Teams
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MISSION
TEAM
Cameron Speer Abby Trewavas Xuefei Zheng
Angela Xu Ryan Baxter Heather Golem Sihui Qian Yulin Zhang Xinyun Zhang Glodalis Espinosa-Santana
Juliana Salles (Lead), Anne Baldisseri (Lead), Renata Lima, Renata Ziegert, Guilherme Mello, Sylvia Guimaraes
Diego Merino (Lead), Jessica Carey, Carmel Schettino, Maggie Wollner, Mike Maccarone, JP Connolly, Neha Kale
TBD - will establish once the school year starts.
MISSION
TEAM
Kaili Keller (Lead) Brady Smith Kendra Wilson Melissa Kubin Jessica Curley
Lead: Rachel Reinhard, Megan Weber and Julia Carey Junhua Zhong, Anabel Goa, Shelah Mulhere, Regina Hardatt, Rachel Lang
Evan Glazer (Lead), Andy Torris, Tim Carr, Ham Clark
Julie Achenbaum (Lead), Nicole Yerk, Carolyn Ban, Anna Serrao, Stacy Rezos, Steve Wallace.
Daniel Greenblatt (co-lead), Evan Glazer (co-lead), Julia Higdon, Daniel Saniski, Jen Davenport, Andy Williams, Dyanne Kaufman, Laly Porras
Andrew Williams (Lead), Mike Maccarone, Zoltan Sarda, Ryan Sawtell, Rebecca Strauss, Alexandre Fernandes, Bruna Baffa
Kelly Brandon (Lead), Katy Garnier, Steve Carpenter, Yumi Nakanishi, Jacob Goren
Alissa Dufour (Lead) Jennifer Inniss Jesse Schulman Austin Mixsell Ariella Diamond Jen Davenport
Andrew Williams (Lead) Cristine Conforti, Raina Gilchrist, Karina Sanghikian, Kristin Damberger, Angela Yu.
Evan Glazer (co-Lead), Andy Williams (co-Lead), Molly Rose Avila, Mike Maccarone, Zoltan Sarda, Dan Hughes, Joe D'Annibale
Austin Volz (Lead), Leo Kalikow, Julia Higdon, Keven Lee
William Lidwell (Lead), Jenny Aleman, Susan Beans, Fernando Naigeborin, David Palumbo, Paulo Pita, Jared Thorn
MISSION
TEAM
Merrill Murphy (Lead), Eric Ogden, Anne Baldisseri, Julia Carey, Megan Weber, Daniela Pannuti
Evan Glazer, AnaMaria Correa (Lead) Zoltan Sarda Kevin Murungi Regina Hardatt Emma Creeden Mark Gutkowski
Angela Xu (Marketing Lead), Steve Dracht (Curriculum and Instruction Lead)
Andrew Williams (Lead), Tiffany Trotter, Juliana Salles, Steve Carpenter Ham Clark, John Ciallelo
Amy Helbig (Lead), Becca Howlett, Juliana Salles, David Rhoads, Diego Merino, Anne Baldisseri, Mike Maccarone
Kelly Brandon (Lead) Katy Garnier Steve Carpenter Yumi Nakanishi Jacob Goren Erin Finn-Welch
Rachel Newbauer (Lead) Melissa Kubin Melissa Pagano Ya ju Tsai Anabel Goa Emily Dipalma
Andrew Williams (Lead), Cem Inaltong, Carmel Schettino
Andrew Williams (Lead), Julia Chun, Ingrid Lamia, Maggie Wollner, Mike Macarrone, Cem Inaltong, Jonathan Wang, Zoltan Sarda, Anne Baldisseri
Austin Volz (Lead), Pedro Jofre Lora, Li-Dai Lu, Grace Jackson, Tim Carr
Haiwen Lu (Lead), yongling Lu, Yi-Ching Hsieh
Jeanne Bouvier, Julia Higdon, Tom Patten, Chihiro Yoshida
Julia Higdon (Lead), Işıl Çelimli, Abby Brody, & David Palumbo
Ali Lesch (Lead), Gina Guerrero, Jenna Krueger, Amy Frattarola, Gabi Carr, Regina Hardatt
Ingrid Lamia (Lead) Jeanne Bouvier Dyanne Kauffman Eric Ogden
MISSION
TEAM
Julia Higdon (Lead), Tim Hudson, Melissa Kubin, Eric Ogden, Drew Cortese, Mark Gutkowski
Michael Maccarone, Cem Inaltong, Jonathan Wang, Ty Tingley
Jeanne Bouvier (Lead), Eric Ogden, Dyanne Kaufman, Amy Frattarola, Dan Hughes, Megan Weber, and Tom Patten
Ed Huang (Lead), Faith Rosen, Tara Clark, Ellen Greenberg, Laly Porras
Austin Volz (Lead), Haiwen Lu, Jenny Guo, Matt Scott, Li-Dai Lu
William Lidwell (Lead), Dirk DeLo, Liz Lee, Matt Scott
Abby Brody (Lead), Angela Xu, Yibo Lu, Julie Yankowitz
Joseph D'Annibale (lead), Ingrid Lamia, Jamie Lilly, Yingwen Chen, Jacob Goren
Abby Brody (Lead), Ryan Baxter, Rhoda Aquino, Anna Valle, Chloe Guo, Julie Achenbaum
Ed Novak (Lead)
MISSION
TEAM
Chequanna Kelley (Lead) Stephann Dubois Jeremy Bhatia JoAnn Luquis Lisa Melore
Kristen Paino (Lead), Ben Lesch, Raina Crawford, Jeanne Bouvier, Stephany Arcentales, Joe D'Annibale, Jake Goren, Pablo Provencio, Anne Marie Scully
Dyanne Kaufman (Lead), Melissa Kubin, Salvi Muzio, Amy Frattaraola, Hillie Anderson, and Dan Wallace
Neil Ginsberg (Lead) Brendan Dolan, Megan Cramer, Gustavo Schartz
Tim Steffen (Lead), Todd Holcomb, Erin Finn-Welch, Emma Creeden, Tiffany Reedy
Erin Finn-Welch (Lead), Pete Moravetz (Lead), Abbi Simpson, Tiffany Reedy, Bernard Geoxavier, Katie Arpin, Emma Creeden
Michael Levy (Lead). Ophelia Ma, Austin Volz
Eduardo Guzman (Lead), Sarah Davies, Li-Dai Lu, Agnieszka Goral, Julie Bevad, Sally Kent
Todd Shy (Lead), Mike Levy
Stephanie Shore; Isil Celimli; Ryan Martin; Ivan Cestero
Min Kim (Lead) Blake Bush Laly Porras Susan Beans
Dirk DeLo (Lead), Julia Higdon, Will Lidwell, Isil Celimli
Abby Brody (Lead), Leslegih Gennace, Kathy Huamani, Melissa Kubin, Ingrid Lamia, Rachel Newbauer, Eric Ogden, Angela Xu
Harrison Silver, Kelly Brandon (Lead), Ellis Wells, Daniel Pryor, Sydney Judge, Agnieszka Goral, Christopher Cleaver, Hannah Ellis-Gibbs, Lucas Folz
Abby Brody (Lead), Rhonda Davis, Ingrid Lamia, Lana Parker, Angela Xu
Andrew Williams (Lead), Libby Hixson, Judy Fox, Steven Carpenter, Liz Lee, Dirk DeLo, Lauren Befell, Amy Young
MISSION
TEAM
AJ Mesiti, Raymond Bordwell, Carol Gretter, Kate Howard, Kate Howard, Andy Clayman, Sam Smith
Dirk DeLo, Libby Hixson, Liz Lee, Mike Maccarone, Andrew Williams (Lead)
Gil Morgenstern, Andy Clayman
AJ Mesiti, Raymond Bordwell, Kate Howard, William Lidwell
Lauren Bedell (Lead), John Ciallelo, Julie Fahey, Ben Newton, Matthew Teachout, Andrew Williams
AJ Mesiti, William Lidwell, Steve Hanon, Sam Smith, Mike Maccarone, Cem Inaltong
Mike Maccarone, Sarah Davies, Andrew Blum, Alma von Graffenreid, Oliver Cohen
Harrison Silver, Kelly Brandon (Lead), Ellis Wells, Daniel Pryor, Sydney Judge, Agnieszka Goral, Christopher Cleaver, Hannah Ellis-Gibbs, Lucas Folz
Cem Inaltong, Mike Maccarone, Yongling Lu, Amy Young, Mike Levy, Ty Tingley
Julia Higdon (Lead), Dirk DeLo, Jeff Clark, Andrew Williams, Tyler Tingley
Vanya Anaya, Gabby Carr, Inez Gonzalez, Dan Wallace, Janie Ruiz Yang, Wei Zhang
Joesph D\'Annibale, Anabel Goa, Kathy Huamani, Roberto Lazo, Johanna Mendez, Julie Yankowitz
Eric Ogden, Jamie Lilly, Dyanne Kaufman, Julie Yankowitz
Sarah Bayne, Roberto Lazo, Yongling Lu
Amy Young, Stephanie Shore, Mike Maccarone, Jonathan Wang, Todd Shy (Lead)
Todd Shy (Lead), Jonathan Wang, Tiffany Trotter, Adam Jernigan, Jordan Kravitz, Ryan Martin, Tiffany Reedy, Roberto Lazo, Yongling Lu
Cem Inaltong (Lead), Mike Maccarone, Kate Howard, Sally Kent, Bridget Ferrick, Li-Dai Lu and Sarah Davies
Amy Young (Lead), Saybel Nunez, Kim Allen, Tiffany Trotter, Sarah Davies
Todd Shy, Austin Volz, Steven Carpenter, Mike Levy
MISSION
TEAM
Alicia Stoller, Meredith Murphy
Yongling Lu, Cem Inaltong, Mike Maccarone
Alicia Stoller, Meredith Murphy
Rachel Newbauer, Stephanie Leung, Ingrid Lamia, Abby Brody, Eric Ogden
Amy Young, Sarah Davies, Tiffany Trotter, Saybel Nunez
Amy Young, Alia Methven, Kate Howard, Laly Porras, Todd Shy
Jonathan Wang, Roberto Lazo, Tiffany Trotter
Steven Hanon, David Rhoads
Lauren Bedell, Ty Tingley, Liane Pei, Marcia Tingley, Libby Hixson, Nancy Shulman
Create a New Tiger Team
- Identify a problem and assemble a small team to solve it (6 or fewer members if possible).
- Create a design brief for your team. Click here to download a design brief template.
- Meet with the decision maker to whom you would like to ultimately present. This person will help you fill out the RAPID role assignments. Click here to download an article about RAPID.
- Register your tiger team using the form below. A member of the Tiger Works will follow up with you to assess what support, if any, you require. Once registered, your team will appear in the active team list above.
- Produce the team’s deliverables (and celebrate the effort!).
Mission
Team
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