Sandra (Alberti) Lightman

Sandra Alberti serves as the Senior Fellow for Strategic Partnerships for Student Achievement Partners, an organization that was instrumental in the development of the Common Core State Standards. Her work focuses on supporting SAP in working with partners to scale the impact of the tools and resources developed by the organization to promote equity and access to college and career ready education for all students. Sandra joined Student Achievement Partners after having served the New Jersey Department of Education in the roles of Director of Academic Standards and Director of Math and Science Education. She was directly involved in state standards, assessment, and professional development policy and implementation strategies. Prior to working at the state level Sandra held several district-level positions including school superintendent, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, principal, subject area supervisor and high school science teacher. She has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Rutgers University and masters and doctorate degrees in Educational Leadership from Rowan University. As important to her professional work as her individual positions and academic degrees are her roles as daughter of an elementary school teacher and mother of two school-age children.