Kimberly A. Smith is co-leads the Center for Inclusive Innovation supporting a national network of forward-thinking school district leaders working in partnership with communities in equity-centered R&D to create solutions to advance equity and excellence for every learner. She held previous education leadership positions at the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, PBS, Discovery Education and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. An Aspen-Pahara Institute fellow and co-founder of the National Charter Collaborative, she received her MBA from Johns Hopkins University and BS in Journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder. She serves on the boards of CatalystEd, Learner Centered Collaborative, the National Charter Collaborative and Beacon House in Washington, DC. She received her M.B.A from Johns Hopkins University and Bachelors of Science in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder.