Alison Bagg currently serves as Director of the Office of Charter Schools and School Redesign at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. She is responsible for leading the Department’s work supporting and overseeing charter and virtual educational options available to Massachusetts families. The Department has been recognized as a national leader for charter school authorizing. She is a former member of the board of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and currently serves as a member of MIT Blueprint Labs’ Charter School Research Collaborative Advisory Council. Alison began her education career working as an Outward Bound instructor on Thompson Island in Boston Harbor, and taught middle school social studies in traditional public and charter schools. She holds a BA in social sciences from Wesleyan University and a MEd from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Stephanie Callahan, a native of Scotia, NY, graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. Her journey in education began with Teach For America, where she taught third grade in Lynwood, CA, and coached the Wilson Wildcats track team to the state finals. While there, she pursued a Master of Arts in Education from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Stephanie's commitment to each student's potential and right to an exceptional education has been the driving force behind her work in charter schools in Massachusetts for the past 20 years. Stephanie returned to MA in 2007, as founding middle school teacher at KIPP Academy Lynn. After supporting the school in its startup, Ms. Callahan joined Salem Academy in 2007 as the Dean of Students. She served as the Lower School Principal for nine years and has been the Executive Director since 2020. When she is not at SACS, she can be found running, paddleboarding and skiing with her family - or on the sidelines of her children's sporting events.

Kim Perron is President of SchoolWorks. Kim is responsible for setting and overseeing the organization’s strategic direction and initiatives. She has worked with numerous state departments of education, city school districts, charter school authorizers, and school management organizations throughout the country to assist them in setting and implementing school and district accountability frameworks. She has also worked closely with charter school authorizers to define standards and criteria for granting new charter schools and evaluating the renewal of existing charter schools and charter school management organizations. She leads school quality reviews across the country. Prior to SchoolWorks, Kim served as Associate Vice President for the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute. Additional former roles include the Coordinator of New Schools Development for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Lead Teacher for one of the first charter schools in Massachusetts. She holds a M.Ed from Harvard University, as well as both M.A. and B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Simmons University.