Vice President, State & District Engagement
Joe McKown is NCTL's Vice President of State & District Engagement. He joined NCTL with deep prior K-12 education experience as a teacher, administrator and education advisor. Most recently, he was a Senior Principal and part of the management team at the business strategy consulting firm The Parthenon Group in Boston. At Parthenon he was on the firm’s education practice leadership team, and he led strategy projects for organizations including urban school districts, state departments of education and governor’s offices, charter school management organizations, and foundations. He also led education-focused private equity due diligence projects. He started his career in education as a teacher and administrator in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area for nine years. Joe was also previously a Senior Consultant at the boutique strategy firm Axia, Ltd. in Boston and a Portfolio Manager at a Boston-based grant-making foundation.