Joe Callahan

Executive Director, The Education Foundation of Anne Arundel County Public Schools

 

Joe Callahan, Executive Director, joined the Education Foundation of Anne Arundel County Public Schools in June 2004. Prior to this, Joe served as the  Chief of Staff of the award-winning E.L. Haynes Public Charter School since 2016. He has nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, fundraising, nonprofit management, and youth development. From 2010 – 2016, Joe served as the founding Executive Director of 826DC, where he expanded the organization to serve more than 5,000 students per year, and won the 2014 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ Mayor’s Art Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education. 

Before 826DC, Joe taught writing at two DC-area universities, and worked in development for a transatlantic public policy organization and a renowned art museum. Joe received his BA from The George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, his MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and a Masters in Leadership from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Joe is a proud AACPS parent, and lives in Arnold, MD, with his wife and two children.