A New Executive Director at the Helm!

Community Education Partnerships (CEP) is thrilled to introduce our new Executive Director, Evan Lewis. Evan’s bio below highlights the dedication he has demonstrated in his 20-year career to support underserved populations across the country.

Evan Lewis is a visionary and strategic leader committed to educational equality, social activism, and empowering marginalized communities. His work has been featured by national and international media outlets including CNN, National Public Radio, and PBS. His work was chronicled in the award winning PBS documentary, All the Difference, which was heralded by the U.S. Department of Education, The White House under President Barack Obama, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Evan has spent nearly two decades working at the forefront of national movements to eradicate the achievement gap, provide high-quality educational opportunities to marginalized communities, and reframe the national dialogue concerning the fates and futures of communities of color. Evan was a founding leader of Urban Prep Academies, where he worked tirelessly to build and sustain the nonprofit organization which operates a network of tuition-free, college preparatory schools serving low-income communities in Chicago. Subsequently, Evan maintained a passion for community centered work, first serving as Chief Development Officer at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School in Cambridge, Massachusetts before taking on the role of Asst. Dean of the School of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts—Amherst.

Now is a great time to support CEP and our students, as we enter this exciting new chapter with Evan at the helm!