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Tara Scarlett

President & CEO, Scarlett Family Foundation

Scarlett has been an active advocate for education reform for 20 years and has served as a board member of the Scarlett Family Foundation since its founding in 2005. She has an extensive track record in the private sector track for innovative leadership and a proven ability to bring people together to achieve results. Under Scarlett’s leadership and direction, the Scarlett Family Foundation has made a major and meaningful impact on early literacy, public education, and college and career readiness and success across Middle Tennessee. She serves as chairwoman of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and of Tennessee’s Education and Innovation Commission. Scarlett also serves as a board member for Tennesseans for Quality Early Education, Communities in Schools of Tennessee, and SCORE. Previously, Scarlett held marketing leadership roles for The Coca-Cola Company North America and Mars Petcare North America. She attended Scales Elementary, is a graduate of Harpeth Hall School, and holds a bachelor’s from Ohio Wesleyan University as well as a master’s in education policy and leadership from American University.