2026 EdFuel Virtual Talent Summit

Jamey Roberts is an Executive in Residence and the Talent & Equity Practice Lead on the Impact Team at Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF). In this role, he partners with talent leaders and equity leaders across the CSGF portfolio to identify common challenges, highlight promising practices, and explore solutions that may be transferable across organizations. He leads talent and equity community programming, including convenings, learning modules, and resources that connect leaders across the country.

Jamey began his career in K-12 talent with TNTP, leading engagements and programs in partnership with urban school districts to solve their most critical human capital challenges. His work there included teacher recruitment and development programs and effective school staffing initiatives. He then moved into the charter sector at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, where he built out the Leaders Program and Fellows Program to grow and develop authorizing leaders across the nation.

Most recently, Jamey served for five years as the Chief Human Assets Officer at IDEA Public Schools, leading the organization’s strategy to recruit, develop, and retain great teachers, leaders, and other staff members. During his tenure, IDEA grew from 36 to 96 schools across six regions, serving nearly 53,000 students in Texas and Louisiana.

Jamey holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a BS in theatre from Northwestern University.

Eric began his career in education as a 2010 Teach For America DC Corps Member. He taught reading intervention and English Language Arts for six years, then transitioned into school leadership after completing the National Principal Academy Fellowship with Relay Graduate School of Education.

In 2020, he took on the Principal role at Washington Leadership Academy PCS (WLA) three days before the COVID shutdown and successfully led his school community through the pandemic and back to pre-pandemic academic achievement by 2025.

Currently, Eric serves as the Executive Director for WLA and, in the advent of AI, works with his school team to utilize emerging technology as a tool for liberation to help young leaders thrive in the world and change it for the better.

Alex is the Chief Program Officer at AI for Equity, where he empowers school system leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead AI initiatives intentionally. He brings extensive experience in public education as a teacher, school leader, and central office leader.

Prior to his AI work, Alex served as Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at Impact Public Schools, where he led teams overseeing talent, HR, communications, and development. He also held leadership roles at Summit Public Schools, Washington, where he guided teams to achieve 100% college admission for founding classes and drive gains in state assessment outcomes.

A musician and outdoor enthusiast, Alex lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two boys, and pup.

Amanda Craft is the Chief Talent Officer of Uncommon Schools, where she oversees HR, recruitment, compensation, and talent strategy for an organization of 53 schools, 3,000 employees, and 20,000 students.

As Chief Talent Officer, she has built and transformed Uncommon’s talent systems to provide the essential data needed to drive strategic solutions to talent problems. Over the past four years, that approach has helped significantly reduce teacher attrition, increase teacher applications by 120%, and cut teacher vacancies on the first day of school by more than 50%.

Amanda joined Uncommon in 2018 as Senior Director of Recruitment, became Head of Talent in 2020, and was named Chief Talent Officer in 2025. Her analytical approach to talent was shaped over two decades working in people analytics, in and outside of education. At Bridgewater Associates, she worked on executive-level sourcing and led recruiting research analytics for the firm’s Systematized Intelligence Lab. Earlier, at Teach For America, she held people data roles of increasing complexity, from data analyst to Managing Director of Strategy for Human Assets, overseeing human capital goal-setting and people analytics for the national organization. She also served for a decade on the Board of Trustees of Ascend Public Charter Schools.

A graduate of Columbia University, Amanda lives with her husband in New York City.

Erica Beal is the Executive Director of School Leader Lab, where she brings her passion for supporting school leaders and helping them find greater joy, sustainability, and impact in their work.

She began her career as a Teach For America corps member and spent a decade as a teacher and school leader before joining School Leader Lab. Her work is grounded in strengthening relationships, equipping leaders with practical tools, and advancing more equitable school systems.

Erica holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a master’s degree from Columbia University.