Allen Anderson is the Chief Growth & Development Officer at Principal Impact Collaborative, a leadership development program for North Texas school leaders. In his role, Allen leads strategic program growth and school partnerships, community engagement, and fundraising so that PIC continues to expand its impact on principals, students, and communities across Texas and beyond.

Allen has spent most of his career leaning into his passion of developing talent in others and helping others realize their potential. Prior to Principal Impact Collaborative, he served as the Vice President of Selection at Pahara Institute where he led the vision-setting and strategy for identifying, selecting, and developing outstanding education leaders for the Pahara Fellowship. He also led organizational effectiveness, community engagement, and school partnerships as the Sr. Director of Impact at Education Opens Doors, a non-profit that supports middle school students in understanding their college and career options.

For the first decade of Allen’s career, he served across several leadership roles at Uplift Education in Dallas, TX. Those positions included the Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition where he oversaw all network recruitment, selection and partnerships, as well as the founding Middle School Principal at Uplift Grand Preparatory in Grand Prairie.

Allen is a 2009 charter Teach for America Dallas-Fort Worth alum, and a graduate from The University of Oklahoma where he majored in Public Relations. He received his masters in Education Policy and Urban Leadership from Southern Methodist University. Allen is a Pahara Fellow, a member of Education Leaders of Color (EdLoc), currently serves on the SustainED Leaders Board, and is a previous Board Chair at The Village Academy for Speech and Debate and the Teach for America Alumni Board in Dallas-Fort Worth. Allen resides in Dallas with his husband and goldendoodle, and can usually be found biking, running, trying new restaurants, or attending live music shows.