Ken Zeff

Kenneth Zeff joined Fulton County Schools as the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer in 2012. In that role he oversees the District’s transition to a charter system, which grants all 100 schools (serving 95,000 students) charter-like flexibility and freedom. Ken arrived from Los Angeles where he served as the Chief Operations Officer for Green Dot Public Schools. Green Dot Public Schools is an award winning charter management organization serving over 10,000 students in Los Angeles and New York. At Green Dot, Ken led all aspects of operations and helped drive the conversion of several failed Los Angeles Unified schools to Green Dot charter conversion. Previously Ken had been appointed as a Senior Consultant for Policy Development in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. In that role, he worked primarily on the Administration's blueprint for No Child Left Behind reauthorization. Ken was also awarded a White House Fellowship which he spent at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Before his time in Washington, Ken worked for the Superintendent of San Diego City Schools as a Broad Resident where he managed the campaign for universal preschool access for all four year olds in the district. As a manager at Deloitte Consulting, he led process redesign, strategic planning, and financial management projects for Fortune 500 companies. Ken also took a leave of absence from Deloitte to create computer learning centers in the inner city of Seattle as a member of AmeriCorps*VISTA. Ken received his BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.