Carrie Douglass

Carrie Douglass is a Managing Partner at Education Cities, a network of city leaders working to increase the number of high quality schools serving low-income students in America's largest cities. With extensive experience designing organizational and human capital strategies, Carrie leads Education Cities’ internal operations, spearheads our innovative schools work, the Education Equality Index, and works with the Founder and CEO on organizational strategies. Carrie most recently served as the Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation at the Rogers Family Foundation in Oakland, where she developed one of the nation’s leading blended learning pilots. Prior to joining Rogers, Carrie was the Director of Human Resources and Talent Strategy at Aspire Public Schools during a period of growth from 16 to 34 high performing schools. While at Aspire Carrie led the development of innovative strategies for teacher and leader recruiting, evaluation, compensation and career ladders. Carrie has also worked as Special Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Boston Public Schools, and is a former teacher and school administrator. She is an alumnus of the Broad Residency and Education Pioneers Fellowship programs. Carrie graduated with a BA in education from the University of Portland and also holds an MBA from Boston University. Carrie sits on the boards of EdFuel, Cascade Relays Foundation, Big Sur International Marathon and TEDxBend. Carrie and her husband Scott own Cascade Relays, a race management company specializing in long distance running relays. They live with their daughter Cora and dog Sierra in Bend Oregon.

Ensuring that your zip code doesn't determine the quality of your school

When it comes to schools, government should steer, not row.

Event Management, Human Capital, K-12 Education, Personalized Learning, Running, Urban Education