Biography

Christopher Norwood is the Founder of the Florida Association of Independent Public Schools and the Governance Institute for School Accountability (GISA). Norwood is the former Executive Director of Lawyers for Children (Florida), he is certified by the Florida Commissioner for Education to provide Governance Training to Charter Schools. He is sought out by many to represent charter schools with application appeals, terminations and non-renewals before Florida’s Administrative Law Judges and School Board Administrative Hearings. Norwood Chair’s the City of Miami Education Advisory Board and serves on the Audit and Budget Committee of Miami-Dade Public Schools.