Peter Groff

Ursula Wright is the interim president and CEO for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Before assuming her current position, Ursula served as the COO, and prior to that, the CFO for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools for three years. Her diverse professional experience includes corporate finance, operations and business development positions at some of the nation’s leading firms, including The Chase Manhattan Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cassidy & Associates and, most recently, GXS (formerly a General Electric subsidiary). She has been active in the World Bank’s Development Marketplace Business Plan Competition and helped to found a charter school in Washington, D.C. Ursula earned an Economics degree from Spelman College and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.