Shani Dowell

Shani Dowell is the Founder and CEO of Possip, an organizational listening platform that helps schools, districts, and organizations truly hear from the people they serve. A product of Houston public schools and a former public school math teacher and parent, Shani built Possip in 2017 to help school and district leaders have a better system to easily listen, learn, and act – and to give families an easy and accessible way to share their insight and experience.
She holds a BA from Howard University and an MBA from Stanford University. Shani began her career as a consultant at Bain & Company and helped launch the Posse Foundation's Boston office. She has also held roles at Houston Independent School District, the KIPP Foundation, Teach For America, the Bridgespan Group, and Relay Graduate School of Education — experience that shapes Possip's mission to make listening data-driven, simple, inclusive, and actionable.

When outside of work, she's on her Peloton for fitness, listening to podcasts, writing, singing in her car, and exploring soccer with her teenagers.