Current Title:  Partner, Schoolhouse Partners, strategic advisors to K-12 education

Education:
B.S. Industrial Administration, Yale University

Email:  anderson@frontier.net

Career Profile:
Former president and CEO of New American Schools (NAS), a non-profit, bipartisan, public-private partnership dedicated to creating and disseminating bold, new comprehensive designs for public schools.

Professional activities with International Business Machines Corporation:

• Director of Governmental Programs for Education, Washington, DC.  Directed IBM’s work on behalf of public education and coordinated the activities of The Business Roundtable’s primary and secondary education initiative.
• Assistant to the IBM Chairman of the Board and CEO, Armonk, NY.
• Numerous marketing and executive positions in Texas, California, and Connecticut.

Volunteer/Community Service:

• Co-Chairman, Disaster Recovery Coalition. Created to help victims of the fires resolve disaster related unmet needs
• Member, Leadership La Plata
• Member, Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College.
• Member, Board of Directors, Music in the Mountains.
• Member, Advisory Board, Durango Arts Center
• Former Durango Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year
• Member of the adult ski school staff of Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort