Ms. Tisha S. Edwards has been the President at BridgeEdU, Inc. since June 2017 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Edwards served as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Baltimore City Public School Systems since July 1, 2013. Ms. Edwards served as senior management executive for Empower Baltimore Management Corporation, a federally funded non-profit corporation providing services to distressed communities in Baltimore and was appointed Founding Principal of Baltimore Freedom Academy from 2003 to 2007.
In January 2008 Ms. Edwards was named as Special Assistant to Dr. Andrés Alonso, Chief Executive Officer of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools). In February 2009, Ms. Edwards was appointed Chief of Staff to Chief Executive Officer of Andrés Alonso, where she managed City Schools’ senior management team and oversaw the implementation of many of the district’s most important reform initiatives over the next four and a half years. In 2012-13, Ms. Edwards led the initiative to modernize the district’s building portfolio, resulting in the passage of the first phase of City Schools’ 10-Year Buildings Plan – an historic $1.1 billion investment in modern schools and facilities for Baltimore’s students. Ms. Edwards was awarded her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2001 and a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland in 2000.
