Luminosity Advising — Amy Chen Kulesa

About

Amy Chen Kulesa

Amy Chen Kulesa is a strategic advisor working at the intersection of education, technology, and organizational strategy. She helps schools, nonprofits, and philanthropies navigate complex challenges and make decisions that improve outcomes for young people.

Most recently, Amy launched and led the artificial intelligence (AI) portfolio at Bellwether. There, she advised philanthropic organizations, published field-facing research, and worked directly with organizations to deploy AI thoughtfully and responsibly. Across her time at Bellwether, she also partnered with organizations on strategic planning, growth initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts spanning instructional materials, professional learning, STEM education, charter management, postsecondary and career pathways, early college, and whole-child approaches to student development.

Before joining Bellwether, Amy served as Director of Data and Analytics at Boston Prep, where she led the school's data infrastructure, developed its strategic plan, and helped to author a growth application that earned a state commissioner's recommendation for expansion. Earlier in her career, she was a consultant at Booz & Company, advising Fortune 500 clients on operational strategy. She currently serves on the board of Match Charter Public School and the AI Advisory Group for OpenSciEd.

Services

How I can help

AI Strategy & Implementation

AI is moving fast, and the organizations getting it right are the ones who approach it with both ambition and care. I'm energized about what's possible — and clear-eyed about the real risks, practical constraints, and the gap between what's promised and what's ready.

This could include: assessing your organization's readiness, facilitating sessions to build a shared AI plan, designing convenings where stakeholders develop policy or practice together, helping your team build the skills and judgment to use AI well, or thinking through the design and implementation of specific tools and practices.

Strategic Advising

The best decisions come from bringing the right questions, the right information, and the right people into the room. I work with schools, nonprofits, and foundations on big gnarly questions — taking in different perspectives, stress-testing assumptions, and helping move from complexity to clarity with confidence.

This could include: developing a strategic plan, facilitation of a planning process with your team, a structured engagement around a specific decision you're facing, or ongoing thought partnership.

Philanthropic Advising

I work across the funding ecosystem: with foundations thinking through strategy and priorities, and with the organizations they fund who are navigating growth or change. I bring deep knowledge of how both sides of that relationship work, and what it actually takes to create enduring change.

This could include: advising a foundation on portfolio strategy or grantmaking priorities, supporting a foundation launching work in a new area, helping funders think through how AI fits into their giving, working with a grantee organization to strengthen their strategy, or serving as a thought partner to a program officer or nonprofit leader navigating a complex moment.

Interim & Fractional Leadership

Not every leadership need requires a permanent hire. Sometimes organizations need an experienced leader for a defined window — to cover a vacancy, own a growth or partnerships function, or keep a critical workstream moving while a longer-term plan comes together. I step into these roles with full ownership and accountability.

This could include: serving in a fractional leadership role during a transition or search, taking on a time-bound strategy role, or acting as a fractional chief growth or partnerships officer for an early-stage organization that needs that function but isn't ready to hire for it full-time.

Every young person deserves a world-class education, one filled with curiosity, meaningful challenge, and lasting relationships.