Kerry Whitacre Swarr
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Kerry Whitacre Swarr
Director of Human Capital
Kerry has spent her entire career working in public school systems, government, and non-profits. Before joining Urban Teacher Center, she provided direct support to three CEOs over six years at the Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools), serving on the school system’s leadership team. During Kerry’s tenure, City Schools produced six years of academic improvement in all subjects and grades. Before joining City Schools, she served on the Gates funded High School Reform Initiative at the Fund for Educational Excellence and served as staff to the Education Affinity group with the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers. Beginning in 1997, she spent five years with the Maryland Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, working on K-12 and Higher Education policy, prevention, and juvenile justice reform. She started her career in the State of Maryland as a Governor’s Policy Advisor, helping to start the Live Near Your Work Program with the Department of Housing and Community Development and as staff to the Public School Construction Program. She earned her B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College and her M.A. in Public Policy from Georgetown University.
