Dr. Tequilla Brownie is the Chief Executive Officer of TNTP where she leads all aspects of the organization’s efforts to transform education, so every young person, every generation, thrives. Dr. Brownie’s own personal journey from a childhood spent in deep rural poverty to Yale to CEO of TNTP gives her a unique and timely perspective on the complexity of the public systems that undergird our nation. A researcher and school social worker, Dr. Brownie worked for a decade in Memphis City Schools, leading efforts to increase teacher effectiveness.