Tim leads CSGF’s partnerships on policy and the development and execution of our policy agenda. Prior to joining CSGF, Tim was the associate policy director at the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), where he led the organization’s private school choice policy portfolio. Before ExcelinEd, he worked as a public policy manager at VIPKid and as a United States history teacher through Teach For America. Tim was a public policy fellow at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and a Teach For America Capitol Hill fellow. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and has a MEd from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Tim serves on the boards of Mississippi First, Man Up Teacher Fellowship, and EducateU. Tim resides outside of Frederick, Maryland with his wife and son.