View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Eric Premack Founding Director, Charter Schools Development Center Eric Premack is the Executive Director and Founder of the Charter Schools Development Center in Sacramento, California. For over 25 years, Eric has played a leading role in the development and spread of charter schools, including helping to draft and […]
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William (Bill) F. Owens – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders William (Bill) F. Owens Colorado Governor (1999-2007) Governor William (Bill) F. Owens served as the 40th Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2007, making education a key priority focus. Owens previously served as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1982 until 1988, and as a State […]
Alex Medler, Ph.D. – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Alex Medler, Ph.D. Executive Director of the Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers Dr. Alex Medler is the Executive Director of the Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers and is the National Coordinator of the Tri-State Alliance to Improve District-Led Authorizing, which helps school districts in California, Colorado […]
Ted Kolderie – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Ted Kolderie Author and Founding Partner, Education Evolving Ted Kolderie has been involved with the design and advocacy of innovations in public education since the early 1980s; initially with the idea of chartering as an R&D strategy for system change, for which he received the Conant Award from […]
Ember Reichgott Junge – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Ember Reichgott Junge Minnesota State Senator (1983-2001) Ember Reichgott Junge is the former Minnesota Senator who authored Minnesota’s 1991 first-in-the-nation charter school law, and a winner of the 2000 Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University’s JFK School of Government. Ember is a member of the National […]
Gary Hart – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Gary Hart California State Assemblyman and Senator (1974-1994) Gary Hart served in the California State Legislature as an Assembly Member and Senator for 20 years. In his role as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee (1983 to 1994), he authored California’s charter school law in 1992. Mr. Hart […]
Jim Goenner, Ph.D. – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Jim Goenner, Ph.D. President and CEO, National Charter Schools Institute Dr. Jim Goenner serves as President and CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute. Jim joined the charter schools movement in 1995, and has played a prominent role in developing and strengthening performance of the charter schools sector […]
John Engler – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders John Engler Michigan Governor (1991-2003) First elected in 1990 as Michigan’s 46th governor, Governor John Engler is now America’s most senior governor. John Engler was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1970 at the age of 22. He went on to serve in the Michigan State Senate […]
Josephine Baker – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Josephine (Jo) Baker Executive Director, DC Public Charter School Board (2002 – 2011) Josephine Baker led the public charter school sector in Washington, DC through the peak of its growth and development from 1997 to 2011. She was appointed as a founding member of the DC Public Charter School […]
Howard Fuller, Ph.D. – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Howard Fuller, Ph.D. Civil Rights Activist and Founder, Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University Dr. Howard Fuller retired from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in June of 2020 where he is now a Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Prior to his retirement, he was the Founder and […]
