Charlie is the Senior Director of State Advocacy and Support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, working toward improving public charter school laws across the country and supporting the growth and expansion of high-quality public charter schools. Formerly, Charlie served the state of Tennessee as the Assistant Commissioner of Policy & Legislative Affairs for the Department of Education and Governor’s Office. In this role, he successfully executed the passage of 13 administration education bills, highlighted by the historic passage of major reforms.
Charlie began his career as a start-up employee of Rocketship Education, where he helped drive overall national expansion efforts by leading growth strategy, policy and legislative advocacy work, and the writing and securing charters. Charlie graduated from Pomona College with a bachelor’s degree in History, and received his Master’s in Public Policy from Vanderbilt University. Charlie has spent his career working in education reform due to his concern with eliminating the achievement gap, the systemic effects of poverty on society, and education’s role in alleviating these ills.
