Kaleem Caire is the founder and chief executive officer of One City Schools, the operator of three schools, serving young people ages two through 12th grade, that are focused on getting young children ready for school, college and life success. Prior to One City, Kaleem was the president and chief executive officer of the Urban League of Greater Madison in Madison, WI, and chair of the National Urban League?s Education Committee. Prior to the Urban League, Kalem held other executive leadership positions with Target Corporation, Fight For Children of Washington, DC, Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), American Education Reform Council, Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth (WCATY) and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. In 2008, Kaleem was among the first recipients of the University of Wisconsin?s Forward Under Forty Award and in the same year, was named a Distinguished Alumni by the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association for his work in education and community development. He was also the youngest recipient of the City of Madison (WI) Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award in 2001 and the Urban League of Greater Madison?s Whitney Young Jr. Award (2001). Kaleem?s life commitments are to create opportunities in places where people need them the most, to move people from poverty to prosperity and to raise strong and caring children in his own home. His work in education has been chronicled in news articles, research papers and books. Kaleem is divorced with five awesome children, ages 15 to 29, and holds a bachelor?s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.