Allen Smith

Allen Smith has dedicated his education career to improving chronically low-performing schools and transforming good schools into great ones. In 2003, he co-founded Skyland Community High School as the only charter at-risk-focused school in Denver, Colorado. By 2006, the school had its first class with 100% graduation, college acceptance, and enrollment. Smith spent the next seven years leading schools within Denver Public Schools, at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, before moving into district leadership as the Executive Director of the Denver Summit Schools Network. He has served in extensive roles of leadership working with the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District as a Community Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District as Deputy Superintendent and Chief of Schools, and a return to Denver as Senior Deputy Superintendent and Chief of Culture Equity and Leadership Teams for Denver Public Schools. Smith is currently serving as Superintendent for KIPP Texas Public Schools San Antonio where he led the system through a time of needed growth, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. Smith obtained degrees from Central State University in Ohio and Denver University in Colorado.