Eric Premack, Director

Biographical Information

Eric Premack is the Director of the Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC). Premack has been involved with the development of the charter school concept since its inception in his native Minnesota in the 1980s. He is known for his expertise in education, finance, management, and labor relations issues and his in-depth grasp of the practical details of charter school operation and charter school legislation. He is a frequent speaker at state and national education conferences and charter school groups, advises state and national-level policymakers, provides extensive consulting services to charter school developers and grantors, and served as staff to the U.S. Department of Education-sponsored National Study of Charter Schools. Premack served on the California State Superintendent's Charter School Advisory Committee, was an Advisor to the board of the California Network of Educational Charters (CANEC), and serves on the board of the East Bay Conservation Corps and St. Hope Corporation, both of which operate charter schools in northern California. He was awarded the Hart Vision Award for outstanding service to the charter school movement in California by CANEC.

Prior to joining CSDC, Premack was the Associate Director of Fiscal and Management Services with School Services of California, Inc. where he provided fiscal, labor relations, and management consulting services for dozens of California school districts and county offices of education. Previously, he was a K-12 education policy and finance analyst with California's non-partisan Office of the Legislative Analyst where he advised the Legislature on major K-12 education fiscal issues. He is a graduate of both the College and the Harris Graduate School of Public Policy (MA with a concentration in education policy) of the University of Chicago.