About Cami Anderson

Cami Anderson has spent nearly 30 years as a chief executive in government and nonprofits focused on equity. Cami now leads ThirdWay Solutions, an organization dedicated to finding innovative and inclusive solutions to the most intractable challenges leaders face in pursuit of equity.

Her organization launched The Discipline Revolution Project, a collective of leaders from across the country working to end the school-to-prison pipeline.

Cami spent a decade leading high-profile turnaround efforts, first as superintendent of New York City’s alternative high schools, focusing on students facing the longest odds: programs for pregnant and parenting teens, schools on Rikers Island, career and technical training for adults returning to school, and services for students in need of significant mental health and family support. After that, she led Newark Public Schools, putting in place key reforms that have led to notable increases in outcomes for all students in the once-struggling district.

Cami has also served as executive director of Teach For America New York, chief program officer of New Leaders for New Schools, and issues and strategy director for the Friends of Cory Booker. She’s been a middle school teacher, political campaigner at all levels, and youth theatre director. She founded ROADS — an organization dedicated to supporting youth and their families break intergenerational cycles of court involvement.

Cami is a lifelong advocate for gender equity, intersectional feminism and Title IX, spearheading successful legal action against the University of California for gender discrimination in sports and helping found A Harlem Women’s Movement. She was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people and is the recipient of The Peter Jennings Award for Civic Excellence, The National Points of Light Award for Service, among other honors.

Cami Anderson is widely published from The Wall Street Journal to The Hill to Education Week on issues of leadership and equity. She’s the sister to 11 and aunt to 18 having grown up in multi-racial and otherwise diverse adoptive family — an experience that fuels her commitment to social justice. Cami speaks and conducts trainings all over the country. She, her partner and son enjoy board games, road trips, and outdoor adventures. You can find out more about Cami at ThirdWay Solutions and follow her Forbes blog In the Room.