
As an educational systems leader, Anastasia Lindo Anderson specializes in school turnaround and building high-performance cultures in ethnically diverse urban environments.
Anastasia’s tenure in education began as a middle school English teacher through Teach for America Inc. She has since served as an elementary and middle school principal in Houston Independent School District as well as a School Improvement Officer in HISD’s central office. As SIO, Anastasia was responsible for coaching principals who collectively served over 10,300 students across 11 middle schools in the greater Houston region. Many of her schools won state academic recognition under her leadership by creating high-quality instructional programs, focused on aggressive academic growth. Before going to BakerRipley she supported the development of turnaround principals in Denver Public Schools through Blueprint Inc.
Anastasia joined BakerRipley’s Promise Community Schools as an Assistant Superintendent in 2014 and in 2016 she was promoted to Superintendent of Promise Community Schools. At Promise Community Schools she has redesigned the school system by focusing relentlessly on human capital, creating a high-performance district culture, and implementing a fresh charter vision and structure. Under her leadership, schools within the district grew in academic performance and enrollment.
Anastasia graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in music in 1993. A John B. Irving Scholar at Washington University, Anderson won its W.E.B. DuBois Award for Outstanding Research. She received a master’s degree in educational administration and supervision from the University of Houston in 1998 and has attended Leadership Institutes at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education in 2007 and 2015. In May 2019, she graduated from Texas A&M University with a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership.
In her early years, she was elected Teacher of the Year at Albert Thomas Middle School. She was recognized by the Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators for her contribution to education and in 2005 was named Educator of the Year by the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Black MBA. She has extensive coaching experiences as a former McGowan Fellow and leadership coach in the Houston A+ Challenge New Visions in Leadership Academy and as a principal mentor in HISD’s Aspiring Principals’ Institute in 2009, and the TEA District Coordinator of School Improvement 2015 Leadership Academy.
She is a member of the Center for Houston’s Future Business/Civic Leadership Forum, class of 2016 where she served as the fundraising co-chair. She was also been invited back to present to the fall 2017 and spring 2017 leadership classes on the topic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She serves on the Greater Houston Partnership Education Advisory Committee, is a member of the Leadership for Educational Equity, Board Appointment Cohort 2018, and is a member of the American Leadership Forum, Class LIV.
Anastasia is married to Daix Anderson, CPA, and has one daughter, Sienna Anderson. The entire family loves to travel and is active in sports and church.