Honoring Leaders Who Shaped the Charter Movement
In Partnership with the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Since 2007, the Charter Schools Hall of Fame has recognized individuals and organizations whose leadership, advocacy, innovation, and service have strengthened and advanced public charter schools nationwide.
Inductees are selected annually by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. The National Charter Schools Founders Library serves as the permanent archive of these distinguished honorees and their lasting contributions to public charter education.
Charter Schools Hall of Fame Honorees
43 Inductees. Decades of Leadership and Innovation.
Together, Hall of Fame honorees represent the individuals and organizations that have built, defended, strengthened, and expanded public charter schools. Their collective impact spans school founding, state and national policy, research, advocacy, philanthropy, and educational innovation.
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2025 Inductees
Constance Ranae Jones
Former CEO of Noble Schools
Dr. Elaine Swafford
CEO of Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy
J.C. Huizenga
Founder and Chairman of National Heritage Academies (NHA)
2024 Inductee
2019 Inductees
Joe Nathan
MN Association of Charter Schools
Dr. Margaret Fortune
President and CEO of Fortune School
Fernando Zulueta
Founder and CEO of Academica
2018 Inductees
Maquita Alexander
Executive Director at Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School (Yu Ying)
Ana F. Ponce
CEO of Camino Nuevo
Tom Torkelson
Former CEO of IDEA
Joann Gama
Former COO of IDEA
2017 Inductees
Malcom Peabody
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Greg Richmond
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Caprice Young
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2016 Inductees
Bill Kurtz
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Roderick R. Paige
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Kim Smith
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2015 Inductees
Senator Mary Landrieu
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Deborah McGriff
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Nelson Smith
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2014 Inductees
Doris and Donald Fisher Fund
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Dr. Eva S. Moskowitz
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Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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2013 Inductees
Linda Moore
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The Walton Family Foundation
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Lisa Graham Keegan
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2012 Inductees
City Academy
Jon S and Eric ?
Jim Griffin
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2011 Inductees
Donald Hense
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Joel Klein
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Jim Peyser
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2010 Inductees
Norm Atkins
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John B. King, Jr.
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Jim Goenner, Ph.D.
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2009 Inductees
KIPP
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Josephine Baker
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Don Shalvey
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2008 Inductees
Linda Brown
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Yvonne Chan
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Ember Reichgott Junge
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2007 Inductees
Howard Fuller, Ph.D.
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Sonia Guitierrez
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Ted Kolderie
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John Walton
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