Blew, Jim
Jim Blew is president of StudentsFirst, an education advocacy group, having previously advised the Walton Family Foundation on K-12 education reform issues for over a decade, working to expand educational choice and create high-quality alternatives to traditional district schools. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Blew directed various campaigns for the Alliance for School Choice and its predecessor, the American Education Reform Council. Prior to committing himself full-time to the educational choice movement, Jim worked at political and marketing communications firms in New York and California. His experience includes several political issue campaigns and high-profile corporate crises. Mr. Blew holds a B.A. from Occidental College and an MBA from Yale University.
