Margaret Fortune, CEO, Fortune School of Education Margaret Fortune is President/CEO of Fortune School of Education. Under Fortune’s leadership, the organization launched a network of K-12 public charter schools in Sacramento and San Bernardino counties, focused on closing the African American achievement gap. The network currently includes six schools with combined enrollment of over 1700 students. Fortune also operates a graduate school of education, credentialing teachers and school administrators with a focus on charter school leadership. In 2003, Fortune turned around Sacramento High School, changing the campus into a charter school. The college-going rate has increased from 20 percent before the reform to 90 percent today. In 2017, Fortune will open a middle college high school in partnership with Cosumnes River College and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Students will be able to earn their high school diploma and their associate’s degree upon graduation. Fortune will open a new middle school named after State NAACP President Alice Huffman. Both campuses will be located in Elk Grove, CA. A graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Fortune served as education advisor to two California Governors. Fortune is a Trustee Emerita of the California State University, a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, and a Board Member for the California Charter Schools Association.