Our team

The Charter Institute at Erskine’s highly experienced team fully understands the unique needs of public charter schools. The team consists of educational leaders who actively remove barriers and assist partner schools in their pursuit of academic and operational excellence. Collectively, the Institute’s staff has 200 years of experience in the field of education, including over 100 years of experience specifically in charter schools. The Institute’s staff also has over 200 years of direct experience in the classroom.

Leadership

CAMERON RUNYAN

Superintendent/CEO

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VAMSHI RUDRAPATI

Director/Chief OPERATING OFFICER

school improvement and institute initiatives

RICHARD MELZER

Executive Deputy Superintendent of school improvement

CHristy Junkins

Deputy superintendent of Institute initiatives

Authorization and data

Kristin Olcott

Director of Authorization

Naomi morgan

director of school performance

al bogan

Director of School improvement

Katriel Rea

Coordinator of legal compliance

CALLISON MADSEN

coordinator of state programs

Fiscal & Student Services

Dr. Missy BRakefield

Deputy Superintendent of fiscal & student services

federal programs

Jeanie Glover

chief of federal programs

Karen cook

executive director of federal programs

kristy Cansler

Executive Director of federal programs (finance)

SARAH SHEALY

DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS (FINANCE)

Lacy Lucas

Assistant Director of federal programs

finance

JOhn Li

Chief Financial Officer

AManda Tucker

Director of Finance

angelica rodriguez

Assistant Director of Finance

Aila Ranera

Fiscal assistant

student services

Sarah Love

Chief of Special Education

dr. sally fickling

executive director of special education

Anna hightower

Director of special education compliance

Bralyn wood

Coordinator of SPecial Education

Operations

madison murray

director of operations and HR

TIffany shearer

office specialist

School support

Mike SInclair

Deputy superintendent
of school support

Accountability

Heather Holliday

Chief of accountability and assessment

Jason JOnes

CHIEF of Powerschool & IT

Christopher seay

assistant director of assessment

school support

Dr. BIll ROach

Chief of school support

Communications

ashley epperson

chief of communications

jacob carter

director of media production

katie graybill

coordinator of communications

Christian deany

Coordinator of media production

PEBA & benefits

Robbie anderson

Assistant director of benefits