Our advisors include teaching, technology, and finance experts and advocates committed to reaching every child consistently with excellent teaching:
Celine Coggins, Chief Executive Officer, Teach Plus
John Danner, Co-Founder and CEO, Rocketship Education
Alex Hernandez, Partner and Vice President, Charter School Growth Fund
Michael Horn, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Education, Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation
Karen Hawley Miles, President and Executive Director, Education Resource Strategies
Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Program Officer in Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Sydney Morris, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Educators 4 Excellence
Marguerite Roza, Director, Edunomics Lab, Georgetown University and Senior Scholar, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Ariela Rozman, Chief Executive Officer, TNTP
Butch Trusty, Senior Program Officer for Education, The Joyce Foundation
S. Denise Watts, Zone Superintendent and Executive Director, Project L.I.F.T./Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Jeff Wetzler, Executive Vice President, Teacher Preparation, Support, and Development, and Chief Learning Officer, Teach For America
While we are deeply grateful for these advisors’ guidance, participation on the OCAT does not imply individual or organizational endorsement of any specific policy recommendation or school model featured on this site or related publications.


