Chief Operating Officer, Alliance Education Services, Inc.
Justin H. Matthews, M.Ed.
Justin H. Matthews, M.Ed.
Chief Operating Officer, Alliance Education Services, Inc.
Mr. Justin Matthews has served as a public school educator in the Southeast for the past twenty-four years. He has held the positions of CEO/Executive Director, Region Director, Founding K-12 Principal, Chief of Operations, Principal, and Assistant Principal, while also serving as an elementary and high school teacher in his career.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Matthews has been directly responsible for the successful construction of over three million square feet of charter school facilities, numerous gymnasiums, sports fields, cafeterias, playgrounds, and other similar developments. These projects have been valued at over three hundred million dollars in financing for charter schools. Most recently, he facilitated one of the first stand-alone new charter school bond financings in history, including a twenty-four million dollar bond issuance for Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy, a fifty-one million dollar issuance for Avant Garde Academy, and a thirty-four million dollar issuance for Mountain Island Charter School.
Mr. Matthews regularly works nationally with multiple schools and state entities through his 501(c)(3) non-profit consulting firm, Alliance Education Services. He also collaborates with Cognia/AdvancED as a Lead External Review Evaluator.
In recognition of his contributions to education, Mr. Matthews was named the 2010 National Innovation Principal of the Year. Schools under his leadership have won numerous national awards in the areas of academics, parent choice, school culture, and operations.
