As chief transformation officer for TNTP, a analysis, coverage and consulting group devoted to reworking public training, Mahnaz R. Charania, Ph.D., drives innovation and development by aligning management, increasing partnerships, and leveraging knowledge to drive improvements and yield improved academic outcomes and financial and social mobility for all learners. She leads a dynamic staff overseeing the group’s nationwide analysis agenda, leveraging proof to design and scale TNTP’s companies, and making certain the group’s methods stay adaptive and impactful within the evolving training ecosystem. Previous to becoming a member of TNTP, she served because the founding govt director of the Rozhar Schooling Collaborative the place she partnered with PK-16 colleges, districts, nonprofits, and intermediaries to reinforce their capability for brave, systems-level management and implement modern practices that help pupil success.
On the Clayton Christensen Institute, Mahnaz co-directed a multiyear $1.5 million field-building initiative aimed toward scaling modern practices and edtech instruments to broaden college students’ social capital by means of career-connected pathways, civic education schemes, and place-based studying. Recognized for bridging the hole between analysis and apply, Mahnaz excels at designing significant data-driven studying experiences. Beforehand, at Fulton County Colleges, she established the inaugural Division of Analysis and Program Analysis, led the district’s 2017 strategic planning course of, and performed a pivotal function in rolling out customized studying throughout 96 colleges.
Mahnaz holds a bachelor’s diploma in psychology from the College of Texas at Austin and a doctoral diploma in experimental social psychology from the College of Texas at Arlington. She’s a Pahara Fellow and a sought-after speaker on methods for measuring nonacademic outcomes and scaling modern practices that help learners towards social and financial mobility.
