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Cami Anderson

Camelle (Cami) Dawn Anderson (born July 20, 1971) is a civil rights activist and leader in the education reform community. She began her career as a teacher, went on to serve as a top executive at Teach For America and New Leaders for New Schools, and became Superintendent of schools — first in New York City and then in Newark. Cami has worked in school districts, in the justice system, with government agencies, on campaigns, and in non-profit and advocacy organizations. Her experience spans work with direct service organizations and small programs to large school districts serving upwards of 135,000 students. Throughout her career she has led change in programs and organizations to improve outcomes for young people who have been disenfranchised by the education and justice systems.

Background

Cami attended Mira Costa High School in the Los Angeles area and later graduated from the University of California, Berkley in 1993, where she received her BA in Anthropology and Education. Cami received her MEd from Harvard University in 1997.

Career and Honors

Cami has been an athlete, a teacher, mentor, activist and advocate. She went on to become a leader in the field of education. In the earlier years of her career, Cami was nominated for the Sallie Mae, First Year Teacher of the Year in 1994. In 2008, she received the Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership, an award granted to Teach for America Alumnae for work that has led to substantive change. In 2012, Cami was named by Time Magazine as one of The World’s 100 Most Influential People

Cami is widely published from Education Week to the Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post , and The Hill (add the real story piece).

Most recently, Cami founded ThirdWay Solutions, an organization that works with clients dedicated to equity in non-profits, education, corporations and governments. In 2017, ThirdWay Solutions partnered with The New Teacher Project to launch the Discipline Revolution Project, a coalition of educators who are committed to ending the school to prison pipeline.

Personal Life

Cami grew up in a multi-racial family of 14 with nine adopted siblings, which has shaped her as a person and a professional (link to my RealClear article or even the video of my announcement on YouTube where Booker waxes on about this) Cami lives in Harlem, NYC with her partner, Jared Robinson and their son Sampson Douglass Anderson Robinson (Dale writes about this, but I do not want to throw her any links).