Current Clients: Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning, University of Indianapolis (Indianapolis, Indiana) principal consultant for an initiative that supported the development of seventeen new, innovative high schools funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provide coaching support to multiple planning teams planning new schools and for existing schools adopting transformative models lead consultant on a policy study to improve the state's approach to college transition programs The Mind Trust (Indianapolis, Indiana) author or editor of more than a dozen grant applications and reports during initial launch of a new nonprofit organization fostering entrepreneurial solutions to public education challenges member of team evaluating competitive applications for a prestigious fellowship, marketed fellowship to recruit high-calibre applicants Indiana Department of Education (Indianapolis, Indiana) facilitator of the College and Career Success Advisory Committee to provide input into an initiative to identify student expectations and K-12 school practices that support college and career success. recruited committee members, organize committee meetings and agendas, facilitate discussions and deliberations Prior Clients: City of Indianapolis, Office of the Mayor (Indianapolis, Indiana) provide research and technical support for the Indianapolis Charter Schools Initiative, particularly in application review and accountability efforts Ball State University, Office of Charter Schools (Muncie, Indiana) conducted a needs assessment of the Charter School Accountability Framework, Academic Walkthrough process, and Virtual Charter School oversight researched and summarized best practices to inform leadership of alternate approaches National Association of Charter School Authorizers (Alexandria, Virginia) managed the Education Service Providers Project, an effort to provide information and tools to improve relationships between charter schools and educational service providers compiled a clearinghouse of objective information about all management companies and comprehensive school design organizations serving the national market for charter schools District of Columbia State Education Office (Washington, District of Columbia) analyzed data on public and charter school student performance and outcomes, authored student performance chapter for the city's first "State of Education" report coordinated efforts by a newly-created agency to launch an initiative to improve the quality, comparability, and availability of information on education in the District of Columbia Personal: Visit Adam Lowe's personal webpages.