Charter School Commissioner Harris

Alex Harris has spent his career working to improve educational opportunity for young people. He currently leads the grantmaking team for the Hawaii-based Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, where his work helps more low-income students to access good jobs by obtaining a promising degree or credential. Alex has prior public sector leadership experience in the Hawaii Department of Education and DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education and has led large initiatives for the National Governors Association, Council for Chief State School Officers and US Education Delivery Institute supporting transformation of school districts and systems.

Harris is a board member of AdvanceCTE and the National Career Academy Coalition and sits on the organizing committee for Grantmakers for Education’s national conference. He holds degrees from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and Brown University and lives in Windward Oahu with his wife and two sons.