Alumni from the NACSA Leaders Program are equipped with the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage the challenges authorizers face in aligning their agency’s policies and practices with NACSA’s Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing and advocate for policy that supports quality authorizing.
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- Bonnie Holliday, Executive Director, State Charter Schools Commission of Georgia
- Joshua Halsey, Executive Director, Washington State Charter School Commission
- Mary Bradley, Executive Director, Chicago Public Schools, Office of Innovation and Incubation
- Colleston Morgan, Jr., Chief Strategy Officer, Orleans Parish School Board
- Mark Michael, Director of Office of School Sponsorship at the Ohio Department of Education
- Jennifer Nagourney, Executive Director, Charter School Office of the Delaware Department of Education
- Kristin Hines, Director, Office of Education Innovation, Office of Mayor Gregory A. Ballard
- Harry Lee, Chief Strategy Officer, iLearn Schools
- Sagar Gokhale, Managing Director of Impact at City Year Chicago
- Dana Reed, Assistant Superintendent for Performance Standards, South Carolina Public Charter School District
- Loretta White-Khaalid, Executive Administrative Officer, Charter and Contract Schools Office of Prince George’s County Public Schools
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- Darlene Chambers, Ph.D., Executive Director, Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools
- José Cole-Gutiérrez, Director, Charter Schools Division, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Nora Meah, Talent Business Partner, Swipely
- Natasha Howard, Managing Director of Program, SUNY Charter Schools Institute
- Adrienne Woods, Director, Office of Charter Schools at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Ethan Hemming, Executive director of the Colorado Charter School Institute
- Jennifer Lopez, Managing Director of Strategic Growth, Generation Teach
- Robert Kimball, Sr. Director of Operations & Policy, Grand Valley State University Charter Schools Office
- Daree Lewis, Program Officer, Robin Hood Foundation
- Kisha Verdusco, Director of Charter Schools, Detroit Public Schools
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- Carly Bolger, Consultant
- Steve Canavero, Ph.D., State Superintendent for Public Instruction, Nevada Department of Education
- John H. Carwell, Jr., Education Associate, Delaware Department of Education
- Gail Ann Greely, Director II, CARSNet–Charter Authorizers Regional Support Network, Alameda County Office of Education
- David Greenberg, Director of Leadership Development, NACSA
- Molly McGraw Healy, Director of Charter School Authorizing, University of St. Thomas
- Roger McKeague, Executive & Attorney
- Joel E. Medley, Head of Charter School, NC Virtual Academy
- Kathy Padian, Partner, TenSquare
- Amy Ruck-Kagan, Vice President of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement, NACSA