Jack is a former teacher and accomplished public servant, with over a decade of experience in education policy, advocacy, and legislative affairs. He has dedicated his career to championing student-centered reforms rooted in the belief that every student deserves an education that fosters their unique potential.

A native Tennessean, Jack grew up in Memphis and was a member of the 2013 cohort of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, where he taught high school English in the small Delta town of Clarksdale. Teaching taught him the power educators possess to alter life outcomes for students, but also showed him the need for bold, state-level education reforms.

Jack joined the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) in 2019, where he spent five sessions as a Legislative Liaison for Governor Bill Lee’s Office. During this time, he was part of the state’s rigorous COVID-19 response and worked to pass historic laws on learning loss recovery, early literacy instruction, and student-based funding.

In 2023, Jack worked as the Southeast Regional Advocacy Director for ExcelinEd, where he spearheaded passage of Georgia’s first Science of Reading-based early literacy law. Most recently, he served as the Assistant Commissioner of Policy and Legislative Affairs at TDOE, where he was part of an amazing team effort to pass the Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Act, the state’s first universal school choice program.

Jack holds a bachelor’s degree from Millsaps College, a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi, and a master’s in Education Policy from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. He lives in Nashville with his wife Pam and enjoys flyfishing and restoring vintage stereo gear in his spare time.