Board Bios

William Glasgow, Chair
Prime Management
For over 20 years Mr. Glasgow has been involved with the Prime Management group of companies, acting as President for its operating and investment entities for the past 10 years. Mr. Glasgow has a broad operating and investment background, including experience in education, telecommunications, cable TV, and as a partner in several venture capital funds. Mr. Glasgow graduated Magna Cum Laude from Vanderbilt University in 1981 and received his MBA from the University of Texas in 1985.

Lori Fey, Secretary
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Lori is a Portfolio Director of Policy Initiatives at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in Austin. She is responsible for the foundation's Texas education investments and was a key facilitator of the campaign to create TCSA. Fey joined the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in June 2003 as the foundation's first grant officer. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Fey worked extensively in the nonprofit and public sectors, including nonprofit management and fund-raising consulting as well as self-insurance administration and insurance regulation. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

Chuck Cook, Treasurer
Responsive Education Solutions
Chuck is the Chief Executive Officer of Responsive Education Solutions (RES) in Dallas, the state’s largest charter management organization. Cook was a founder of Charter CHOICE, a grassroots coalition of charter schools heavily involved in state advocacy. He leads a 32-campus organization with more than 3000 students, primarily in metropolitan areas of the state. RES schools include Premier High Schools, Vista Academies, and iSchool High, a math, science, technology, and engineering academy.

Albert Black
On Target Supplies and Logistics
Albert Black is the President & CEO of On-Target Supplies & Logistics-a regional logistics and supply chain management organization. Albert is a career long advocate of public education with 18 consecutive years on college or university boards. During this time of public service, he was appointed by former education commissioner Dr. Shirley Neely to oversee one of the most troubled school districts in Texas school history. Currently, Black’s on his 3rd term as a Regent at Baylor University. Black also serves on the Boards of St. Louis University, the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as well as Baylor Healthcare System where he's the current Board Chairman. He graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science degree and the Cox School of Business at SMU with a Master of Business Administration degree. Read Mr. Black’s complete resume or contact Mr. Black.

Mike Feinberg
KIPP
Mr. Feinberg currently serves as superintendent of KIPP Houston. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991, Mr. Feinberg joined Teach For America and became a fifth grade bilingual teacher in Houston ISD. In 1994, Mr. Feinberg co-founded the Knowledge Is Power Program along with fellow TFA corps member Dave Levin; in 1995, he founded KIPP Academy in Houston. Mr. Feinberg was named an Ashoka Fellow in 1994, awarded to leading social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions and the potential to change patterns across society, and along with Dave Levin was awarded The Thomas B. Fordham Prize for Excellence in Education and the National Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen in 2006.

Christi Martin
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Christi Martin is the Senior Program Officer for the College Readiness team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to joining the foundation, she served as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of Education. She earned a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law (1992) and an MA and BA in political science from the University of Houston (1989 and 1987, respectively).

David Ray
St. Anthony School
David is Superintendent/Principal of St Anthony School, a Charter School located in South Dallas. Mr. Ray came to St Anthony from Preston Hollow Elementary within the Dallas Independent School system, where he taught for 10 years. St Anthony has moved from academically acceptable to recognized during his tenure. He received his bachelor degree in accounting from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas and obtained his MBA from New Hampshire College.

Lisa Robinson
Eden Park Academy
Lisa Robinson is the director of Eden Park Academy, a 235 student, K-8 charter in Austin. Mrs. Robinson is a native Texan, from Round Rock. She received her undergraduate degree in Health and Physical Education from Texas A&M University in 1982 and began her teaching career in Killeen, Texas, at a middle school, teaching PE and coaching girls basketball, volleyball and track. Mrs. Robinson earned her master’s degree from Cameron University in 1991, in Lawton, Oklahoma after her husband’s military career took them there. She taught sixth grade in Lawton before becoming an elementary school principal. When her family returned to central Texas in 2004, Lisa took over the reins of Eden Park Academy and fell in love with the charter school movement.

Alfredo Segura
New Frontiers Charter School
Alfredo Segura Jr is the Chief Executive Officer for New Frontiers Charter School. He has full responsibility for the district to include local, state and federal compliance; management of fiscal, administrative and facilities functions and general supervision of faculty, staff members and contract labor. Under his leadership, the district has achieved “Recognized” state accountability. Mr. Segura was previously the Director of Compliance and Operations for Texas for Charter Schools USA where he maintained compliance, managed the facilities and provided operational guidance for seven charter schools throughout Texas. He was also a Behavior Intervention Specialist with Advantage Schools where he worked with students, teachers and parents to improve individual student behavior and overall campus conduct policies.

Arturo Suarez
Positive Solutions
Arturo is the Executive Director of Positive Solutions Charter High School in San Antonio Texas and the current President of the Association of Charter Education (ACE) of Texas. ACE was the first association of charter schools in the state. Positive Solutions was founded in 1998 and serves students who have not found success in traditional public schools. Suarez has been instrumental in the development of TCSA, and worked to build support for the new organization through South Texas.

Soner Tarim
Harmony Public Schools
Dr. Tarim serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Superintendent of Harmony Public Schools. Dr. Tarim received his bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Engineering and master’s degree in Aquatic Science from Ataturk University, Turkey, and his doctorate in aquatic ecology from Texas A&M University. Dr. Tarim is one of the founding members of Harmony Public Schools, and has served in his current role since 2000. He is a certified Texas School Board Member Trainer and serves as a Board member for the Texas Region-IV Education Service Center. Dr. Tarim is a professional biologist and ecologist, and has taught courses in biology, ecology, management and physical education at the high school, college and graduate school levels.  He has also organized numerous symposiums and science projects for colleges and high schools.

Tom Torkelson
IDEA Public Schools
Upon graduating from Georgetown University (Washington, DC) with a degree in economics in 1997, Tom joined Teach For America and taught fourth grade in Donna, Texas for three years, after which he successfully launched the IDEA Academy in 2000, serving as the first board president and founding principal. At 24 years of age, Tom was then Texas’ youngest-ever charter school founder. In 2009, Tom was featured in Time magazine as Wendy Kopp’s pick for the 100 most influential global citizens. Tom is the recipient of the prestigious Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership (2009), University of Michigan Ross Business School’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2010), the Freddy Fender Humanitarian Award (2008), and served as Chairman of the 2007 National Charter Schools Conference. Tom is often called upon to provide expert testimony to state and local officials on issues of education policy and school choice.