Mackenzie Khan, Ed.D.

Executive Director

Mackenzie Khan has dedicated the majority of her professional career to the betterment of charter school authorizing in a variety of contexts. Beginning her career as a teacher, she quickly moved into a charter school authorizing role in Volusia County, Florida followed by St. Johns County, Florida. During her authorizing career in Florida, she also served as the Vice President of the Florida Association of Charter School Authorizers (FACSA) and was a contributing writer in Florida's Best Practices for Quality Charter School Authorizing. Before leaving Florida, she also graduated from Nova Southwestern University with a Master's in Charter School Leadership.

Since moving to Colorado in 2016, Mackenzie has worked as the Director of Charter Schools for Aurora Public Schools and Director of Choice Programming for Douglas County School District. She also assisted Aurora Public Schools in the implementation of their long-range facilities and educational plan, Blueprint APS, as a response to the state's declining student enrollment. Mackenzie was honored as a NACSA Leader in the National Association for Charter School Authorizers Leaders Program in 2019.

In 2022, Mackenzie graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with a doctorate in Leadership for Equity in Education and began working as the Executive Director for CACSA. Prior to this role, Mackenzie also served on the CACSA Board from 2018-2020. She has presented at several state and national conferences on the topic of charter schools, specifically around the value of collaboration between charter schools and authorizers and successful school openings.