Carrie Irvin

Carrie Irvin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Charter Board Partners (CBP), the leading national organization helping public charter schools build strong, diverse, and strategic boards. Carrie’s deep commitment to equity and quality in public education is backed by extensive experience in education policy and reform, especially for traditionally underserved students. Her experience includes analyzing federal education policy, shaping innovative school design programs, and teaching 8th-grade social studies. She has delivered a TEDx talk about CBP’s innovative work to improve the quality of public education, and her work has been featured in Education Week, the Washington Post, National Public Radio, and Education Next. In addition to her participation on the School Board Partners founding board, Carrie chaired the Board of Trustees of the National Child Research Center and currently serves on the Georgetown University Child and Adolescent Mental Health Advisory Council. She graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School and Brown University, and is a Pahara-Aspen Institute Education Fellow. An avid runner and amateur baker, Carrie lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband, two teenage daughters, and one high-strung dog.