Biography
Cordell Carter, II is founder and board chairman of Social Sector Innovations, a product incubator that launches products and services for the social sector. This collaboration of professionals is currently incubating iParentsApp (an app that engages diverse parent groups on K-12 education), CommonCoreU (a teacher driven Common Core State Standards training tool) and the Center for Middle School Innovation (a plug and play innovation curriculum for middle school students).
Cordell has multi-sector experience in strategic planning, business development, operations, advocacy. He formerly served as Vice President for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Business Roundtable in Washington, DC; he was a senior leader of a six department, 800 employee, $50MM division in a 48,000 student urban school district; an international attorney focusing on carbon emission trading credits in Germany; and management consultant (IBM & Deloitte).
Industry Expertise (3)
Public Policy
Non-Profit/Charitable
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (3)
Stem/Innovation Minorities
Business Engagement in Education Reform
College and Career Readiness
Education (3)
University of Washington: B.A., Political Economy 1998
University of Notre Dame Law School: J.D., Law 2007
Indiana Bar Admission
Carnegie Mellon University: M.S., Public Policy and Management 2000
Affiliations (6)
- Net Impact
- Broad Residency in Urban Education
- Heinz School Alums
- PPIA Fellow
- Bosch Fellow
- Aspen Institute
Links (3)
Event Appearances (8)
STEM Means Jobs
US News STEM Solutions Leadership Summit Dallas, TX
2012-06-18
Business Engagement in Education Reform
ACT National Board of Directors Meeting Washington, DC 20001
2012-04-09
Are we ready for Common Core State Standards?
Council of Chief State Schools Officers Legislative Conference Washington, DC
2012-03-12
Career and Technical Education Panel
Association for Career and Technical Education - National Policy Seminar Washington, DC
2012-03-05
Workforce Readiness Panel
The Conference Board - Workforce Barometer Roundtable New York, New York
2012-02-13
Business Engagement and STEM Education
2012 Engineering Deans Public Policy Colloquium - American Society of Engineering Education Washington, DC
2012-02-06
National Perspectives on STEM Education
National Defense Industry Association Workforce Conference Phoenix, Arizona
2011-11-14
STEM Workforce Panel
National Center for Women in Information Technology Conference Washington, DC
2011-10-17
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Host/MC
- Corporate Training
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