Erika Bryant

Advisory Board

Erika is the executive director of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington, DC. A former Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Guinea, where she served as a volunteer teacher with TEFL certification, Erika has extensive experience working in international education with a focus in Africa.

Erika's diverse professional career includes serving as policy associate with the National Youth Employment Coalition and project associate for the Council of Chief State School Officers in Washington, DC; program officer for Africare in Mali; and consultant to International Education and Training in Chad, working with clients such as UNICEF and the International Finance Corporation. She also served as interim school director at Mungere Secondary School in 2014.

Erika received her bachelor of arts degree in English from Spelman College in 1990 and her masters in education from Harvard University in 1996 with a concentration in International Education.