Dr. Karen Drezner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
As a lifelong educator, Karen has scaled organizations, developed dynamic, diverse teams and designed, launched and facilitated significant improvement efforts in traditional public, charter and independent schools as a founder, leader, board member and consultant.
Karen particularly loves the adaptive work of facilitative coaching. She is purposeful and goal-oriented, placing a high value on building trusting relationships and a culture of collaboration. Karen is a curious observer and listener, a thoughtful questioner and a direct and sensitive provider of feedback.
Karen previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Amber Charter Schools, Executive Director of the Lynch Leadership Academy at Boston College's Carroll School of Management/Lynch School of Education and the Director of Leadership Development at Achievement First. She was the Founder and Executive Director of the Bronx Charter School for Children. Karen currently serves on the board of Inwood Academy of Leadership Charter School, which serves K-12 students in northern Manhattan.
After earning her B.A. from Clark University and her M.Ed. from Boston College, as a Donovan Urban Education Fellow, Karen completed an executive MBA from Columbia Business School’s Institute for Nonprofit Management. She received her Ed.D. in Educational and Organizational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Read Karen's recently published (2026) doctoral dissertation research here. A brief overview of the study's findings is below!
