Patricia Humphrey is a devoted supporter of the public charter school movement and has offered much of her life to this cause. She is theExecutive Director of the New Hampshire Center for Innovative School (NHCIS)and the New Hampshire Alliance for Public Charter School, a Founder of the Academy forScience and Design (ASD) in Nashua, as well asSparkAcademyand Founders Academy in Manchester. Patricia is an experienced school administrator and board director. As an educator, Mrs. Humphreytaught K-8 in New York City and in New Hampshire, and as administrator, she directed a unique, independent school in New York City. Patty has extensive experience with public policy and fundraising and has been on the frontline for charter school advocacy in our State since the early 1990s.