Beth Battle Anderson is the President & CEO of the Core Knowledge Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working for educational excellence and equity built on strong foundations of shared knowledge. Founded in 1986 by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., the Core Knowledge Foundation publishes knowledge-rich curriculum, books, and instructional materials and supports schools, districts, states, and K-12 teachers and leaders committed to knowledge-based schooling. From 2014-2024, Beth served as Executive Director of Hill Learning Center, a nonprofit that offers student and educator programs grounded in equitable, research-based, differentiated instruction for students with learning and attention challenges. From 2007-2014, Beth was a senior leader at Teach For America (TFA), playing an instrumental role in building TFA’s national development strategy, team, revenues, and relationships through a period of rapid growth. Beth joined TFA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she was a lecturer and the co-founder and managing director of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE).

Beth is currently on the boards of Great Schools NC and the NC State Education Assistance Authority as well as the advisory board for CASE. She previously served on the founding boards of 4.0 Schools in New Orleans and Root Cause in Boston and on advisory boards for KIPP Durham, Student U, and the Emily K Center in Durham. Beth is also a graduate of Leadership Triangle and a member of the Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship Spring 2016 cohort of diverse educational leaders committed to reimagining public education. Beth holds a BA in Classics from Williams College and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.