Dr. Christine Ngei has spent her career working with schools and districts to set clear goals, build strategy, and grow operational capacity. Dr. Ngei is a strong champion of approaches that foster critical teacher retention and whole child development, with a clear focus on robust implementation. By bringing together her deep experience as an impact-driven K-12 educator and a partner-centered business development leader, Dr. Ngei understands the intricacies of public education systems and how to drive growth and improvement.

Dr. Ngei brings to CORE and its partners over 20 years of curriculum, instruction, and administrative experience. She has been a classroom teacher, department chair, campus leader, consultant, executive director of curriculum and instruction, assistant superintendent, and interim superintendent.

Before joining CORE, Dr. Ngei was the Director of Educator Relations and Partnerships at Mentoring Minds, where she led business development and partnerships with districts, states, associations, and education service centers. Prior to that, she was the Chief Education Strategist at SchoolSpire, leading business development.

Previously, Dr. Ngei was the Interim Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction, and the School Improvement Officer of Royal ISD in Pattison, Texas. She was also a School Improvement Consultant for the Texas Region 4 Education Service Center and a District Coordinator and high school math and science teacher with Katy ISD in Katy, Texas. Before coming to the US, Dr. Ngei was a principal and teacher at Milimani High School in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dr. Ngei holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Egerton University, a master’s degree in entomology from the University of Nairobi, and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.