All Episodes

#73 AI Is Changing the Enrollment Game… Here's What Your School Can Do About It, Ft. Vanessa Barry

# 72 How Insurance Captives Actually Work — ft. Gary Clark of HUB Charter & Kylie Hunter of Berkley

# 71 The Myth of Incremental Progress Ft. Maryann Li, CEO, Ascend Public Charter Schools

#70. 3 major enrollment trends and what to do about them ft. Yoni Samuel-Siegel - Founder and Principal at Enrollment Design Studio

#69 Scaling operations across 140+ schools ft. Layne Fisher of IDEA Public Schools

#68 From Vision to Village: Building Partnerships That Drive Student Support

#67 Leading Through Uncertainty: How CFOs can Balance Mission, Metrics, and Trust

#66 Balancing Freedom & Autonomy while Building Systems in School Operations

#65 How to develop your people using a competency based framework ft. Cynthia Leger, Sr. Director of Ops Leadership Development

# 64 Why 2026 May Be the Toughest Health Insurance Renewal Year Yet (and What Charter Schools Can Do About It) ft. Gary Clark, Head of HUB Charter Practice

# 63 A masterclass on master schedules ft. Matt Troha of Timely (former COO at Mastery Charter Schools)

# 62 A Realistic Approach to Your Next Facility Project ft. John Sun, CEO of Blueprint

# 61 Staff Budgeting from First Principles ft. Richard Royal, Executive Director of Denver Language School

# 60 Best practices for working with your authorizer, featuring Kathryn Connell-Espinosa

# 59 How to maximize your time as a leader, ft. Missy Couch CEO of CheckBox Pro

# 58 Changing the culture of enrollment operations featuring Yoni Samuel-Siegel

# 57 How a health insurance change generated $1.4M in savings for Windsor Charter Academy

# 56 Getting Your Board Unstuck: Revitalizing Your Charter School Board

#55 The Power of People & Performance Management ft. Dr. Richard Seigler-Carter of the LeveragED Foundation

#54 Beyond desks and chairs... operationalizing innovative FF&E upgrades

#53 Mastering Teacher Onboarding for Lasting Impact With Keith Vigraham, VP of HR at Vertex Education

#52 Staffing based on… personalities? Featuring Racheal Sewards, Founder of Solare Collegiate Charter School

#51 Ops Team Essentials: Building Trust & Running Effective Meetings with Jill Dunchick

#50 Building Systems & Culture from Day 1, featuring Dermoth Mattison,

#49 Mastering Charter School Enrollment: Missteps, Metrics & Marketing Tips

#48 Top Leadership Lessons and Insights from Year One of the Seminar Community with Jen Davis Wickens

#47 Ratings 101 with Blake Cullimore, Vice President - Senior Analyst at Moody's Ratings

#46 Data-Driven Decision Making with James Cryan, Founder of Willow Education, Former CEO of Rocky Mountain Prep

#45 Serving the community IS the goal… enrollment is the byproduct - featuring Brilla Public Schools COO Reyes Claudio

#44 The importance of financial storytelling featuring Neil Shah, serial CFO

#43 How to increase attendance rates with Al Dawe, COO at University Prep

#42 Making sense of board committees with Mike Mizzoni, Chief Governance Officer at BoardOnTrack

#41 The most beautiful school in… the world? Facilities management strategies with Raymie Fernandez, COO at DREAM Charter School

#40 What leaders can learn from THE job board for transitioning teachers with Josh Czupryk from Josh's K12 Jobs Blast

#39 From 15% staff retention to 95%... shifting mindsets to turn around school performance with Dr. Sarper Turker

#38 Rebuilding the people team of one of the largest charter networks in the country with Ru Sharma

#37 Managing procurement across 9,000+ square miles with no physical classrooms… featuring Tom Tafoya from Visions in Education

#36 The 5 things that actually drive teacher retention and sustainability with Zainab Ali

#35 $100M for charter schools about to expire… your crash course in E-Rate with CDW

#34 Developing a tiered approach for your organization’s budget with Yeime Valle, CEO of Brilla Public Charter Schools

#33 Operationalizing school moves with Julie Anne Garretson, Network Director of Operations and School Support at Public Preparatory Network

#32 Building ops team infrastructure with Tina Dass & Stacy-Ann Brissett, Sr. Ops Directors for Prospect Schools (NY)

#31 Spending $$ on Google & Facebook for your enrollment marketing with Dallan Wortham, Founder & CEO at Charter Connect

#30 From 8,000 to 10,000… enrollment marketing lessons from the largest virtual charter school in Georgia, with Maria Blencowe

#29 Why succession planning is a mess with Mollie Mitchell

#28 You don’t have to do it all, leadership lessons with Executive Coach MK Flynn

#27 The Merger with Tricia Noyola, CEO at Rocky Mountain Prep

#26 What’s missing in your enrollment strategy with Vanessa Segovia Barry, Founder of Mariposa Consulting Group

#25 Building an operations leadership pipeline with Trey Vernaci, Sr. Director of Operations at RePublic Schools

#24 5 Best Practices to Turn Procurement into a Pillar of Financial Stability

#23 How executives can get started with AI, featuring Seminar Co-Founders Jen Davis Wickens & Kristen McCaw

#22 Partnering with your board with Dr. Garland L. Thomas-McDavid, CEO of Brooklyn Lab Charter School

#21 Day one readiness planning with Ops for Impact Founder, Megan Thomsen

#20 Rooted in community with Jemia Cunningham-Elder, CEO at North Lawndale College Prep High School

#19 Developing shared language amongst your leadership team with Chad Miller, CEO at Pinnacle Charter School

#18 From Operator to Authorizer with Lana Ewing, Executive Director of the Maine Charter Commission

#17 Getting the people right as you scale with Jason Watts, CEO of Scholarship Prep, and Jason Sitomer, Managing Director at Charter Impact

#16 Top 7 myths going from 'fully insured' to 'self-funded' with DSST's Nick Plantan (COO) and Ashley Wiegner (CPO) alongside HUB's Gary Clark

#15 Renegotiating your SaaS contracts... here's what you need to know (solo episode)

#14 The strategic role of the Chief of Staff with Dan Soleimani, Chief of Staff at Aspire Public Schools

#13 Let’s talk school food with Emily Chatelain, CEO and founder of School Food and Wellness Group

#12 Operations project deep dive with Ellen Lin, COO of Green Dot Public Schools

#11 Responsible financial management with Raj Thakkar, Founder & CEO of Charter School Business Management

#10 Developing a framework for grant management with Kim Tarin, Finance & Grant Management Consultant, CIES

#9 Founding & growing a CMO aimed at significance with Colleen Mullen, Founder and Executive Director of Propel

#8 More than the numbers... ensuring finance is mission-aligned while navigating the ESSER cliff with Daniel Bell, Deputy Chief of Finance at Mastery Charter Schools

#7 How to “talk the talk” of operations with Anders Lindgren

#6 Values based leadership in an ever-changing landscape with Kennedy Hilario, CEO of ACE Charter Schools

#5 Strategic planning and the role of the board with Peter Gudmundsson, President of the Board for International Leadership of TX Charter Schools

#4 Listen to your teachers....! Top 5 learnings for administrators from the National Alliance's teacher sentiment survey with Debbie Veney, SVP Communications & Marketing

#3 How an operational challenge became an EdTech product with David Berg, Director of Digital Innovation at Big Picture Learning

#2 Why community engagement should be the foundation of your enrollment strategy with Bill Knous, Director of School Growth at CO League of Charter Schools

#1 Lessons from $100M in bond financing with Mark Kalpakgian, COO at The Classical Academies

#0 What to expect from Charter School Insider?