Jonas S. Chartock

Jonas S. Chartock (born May 18, 1975, Great Barrington, Massachusetts) is a social impact entrepreneur, executive leader, musician, actor, writer, and national expert on teacher development, education leadership, and United States public education, specifically public charter schools. He currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Chartock previously served as the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Charter School Policy Institute (CSPI) in Austin, Texas, a position he held since 2005. At CSPI, Chartock provided overall strategic and tactical leadership to the organization, managing all daily operations and executing the policies of the CSPI board of directors.

Chartock was named Executive Director of the Charter Schools Institute of the State University of New York in May 2008, and he left that position in November 2010. In that role, Chartock led the process of evaluating initial applications for the opening of charter schools, ongoing monitoring of student academic performance and overall school operations, and presenting findings and recommendations regarding the renewal of a school’s charter to the State University Trustees. SUNY was the largest university-based charter authorizer in the country.

Dr. Chartock was the national founder and first CEO of Leading Educators, a New Orleans-based national non-profit focusing on teacher leadership development. His work leading the national expansion of the organization began in January, 2011. He stepped down as CEO in July, 2018 [1], and now serves as a board member of the organization. He is a strategy consultant focusing on social entrepreneur and leadership development, storytelling, and organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion development.

Chartock was included in the 2013 list of the Good Worldwide GOOD 100.

Chartock has served on the boards of The British-American Project and The National Association of Charter School Authorizers. He has been profiled and published via a wide variety of media outlets. He has been a board member of Propeller [2], a social innovation incubator focusing on closing disparities in education, health, water, and food since 2017.

He was named an Aspen Institute Pahara Fellow in 2017 [3].

Chartock has been acting on screen and stage since 2018. [4] His film credits include "The Lottery," Mike Rousey (lead) in "Bar Brothers," Jerry Arnold (lead) in “With a Price,” Jake Jenson (lead) in “Workflow,” and “Richard May” in Ronin Nights. His stage credits include Bill Skinner in the world premiere of "When Lighting The Voids."

Chartock earned an Ed.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds an Ed.M. in School Leadership from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education; an M.A. in Education: Curriculum and Instruction from Chapman University; and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.