Biography

Adam is the CEO and Founder of The Learning Collective with 20 years experience in education. Over the past 14 years, Adam has assessed over 100 proposed, and 150 current, K-12 charter schools nationally - in California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Washington, and Washington DC - including leading renewal inspection visits on behalf of authorizers. Adam has also evaluated charter school authorizers in Ohio and Minnesota. Previously, Adam was the Director of Global Digital Strategy for Ashoka’s Youth Venture, which helps teams of youth internationally launch socially responsible businesses and organizations. Prior to Ashoka, Adam was the Executive Director and Founder (and currently Board Member Emeritus) of icouldbe.org, the non-profit Internet-based career mentoring program that has served over 25,000 teens and e-mentors nationwide.  Before establishing icouldbe.org, Adam was a Regional Coordinator for the New York City Department of Education.