Biographical Information

Miles Denniston is the School Development Services Manager at the Charter Schools Development Center (CSDC). At CSDC, Denniston is the head of Development Services, which provides in-depth consulting to individuals and groups seeking to found a charter school. Denniston also provides expertise in charter school financial and business matters.

Prior to joining CSDC, Denniston was the Managing Director and founding team member of Oakland School for the Arts, a charter high school dedicated to the arts in downtown Oakland that successfully opened in September 2002. Additionally, he founded the San Francisco-based nonprofit Youth for Environmental Service (YES), eventually expanding the program to Seattle and Los Angeles. For his work with YES, Denniston was awarded a national “Environmental Hero” award presented by then Vice President Al Gore. Denniston also has worked in the White House. He earned academic honors while receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA from Pomona College.