JD Hoye
JD Hoye is the President of the National Academy Foundation (NAF).
With a deep commitment to preparing students for college and meaningful careers, Ms. Hoye has worked on both a grassroots level and at the highest levels of government to reform how our children are engaged in learning and how they are positioned to pursue their academic interests and career goals. Through this work, she has become a nationally recognized leader in forging partnerships between educators and employers.
In leading the National Academy Foundation, Ms. Hoye oversees a network of 529 college preparatory, career-themed academies in 40 States and the District of Columbia. These small, public-school based "learning communities" have career themes in finance, hospitality & tourism, information technology and engineering and work in partnership with over 2,000 businesses.
Prior to her appointment at NAF, Ms. Hoye served as President of Keep the Change, Inc., a nationally recognized consulting business focused on helping communities reform education and develop a skilled workforce. An active public speaker, Ms. Hoye worked closely with the National Academy Foundation while President of Keep the Change, Inc. and developed strong relationships with the Foundation and its leadership.
During her years in the public sector, Ms. Hoye developed and implemented policy at the highest level of federal government. In 1994, she was selected by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Reilly and Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to head the new Office of School-to-Work in Washington, D.C. She served in that role for four years, overseeing a $1.1 billion budget and spurring nationwide progress in education reform and workforce development.
Ms. Hoye has also been a leader for education reform on a state and local level. She served as Associate Superintendent of Oregon's Department of Education, where she managed the Office of Professional/Technical Education and Community Colleges. Additionally, she served as the leader of a 27-county organization that managed federal job training funding for rural counties in Oregon.
Ms. Hoye's commitment to the mission of the National Academy Foundation is rooted in her genuine passion to make children's lives better. She began her career as a youth employment counselor working directly with at-risk youth in Corvallis, Oregon where she saw firsthand the need to connect youth with school and with careers.
