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Our Board of Advisors

We are so grateful to our board of advisors, all of whom have played a founding role in the charter schools movement.

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Josephine (Jo) Baker

Executive Director, DC Public Charter School Board (2002 - 2011)
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Chris Barbic

Partner with The City Fund
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Jim Blew

Co-Founder, Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies
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Derrell Bradford

President of 50CAN
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Don Cooper

Assistant Vice President for Charter Schools at Grand Valley State University
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John Engler

Michigan Governor (1991-2003)
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Howard Fuller, Ph.D.

Civil Rights Activist and Founder, Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University
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Jim Goenner, Ph.D.

President and CEO, National Charter Schools Institute
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Ember Reichgott Junge

Minnesota State Senator (1983-2001)
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Ted Kolderie

Author and Founding Partner, Education Evolving
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Alex Medler, Ph.D.

Executive Director of the Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers
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William (Bill) K. Owens

Colorado Governor (1999-2007)
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Eric Premack

Founding Director, Charter Schools Development Center
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Nina Rees

President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

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Ricardo Soto

Chief Advocacy Officer and General Counsel at the California Charter School Association
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Roblin Webb

Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Prep Charter Schools
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"As the sponsor of the nation’s first charter public school law, I am proud to see the Founders Library gaining momentum. Like chartering, it began with a vision and will grow into a lasting legacy.”

- EMBER REICHGOTT JUNGE
Author, Advocate and former Minnesota State Senator

DEFINING

Founder

[found·​er | \ ˈfau̇n-dər] noun

One from whom something originates. One who lays a foundation. One who establishes something special. Ideas matter.

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