Carrie Walton Penner
Carrie Walton Penner | |
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Residence | Atherton, California |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | Georgetown University, Stanford University |
Known for | Walton family fortune, charter schools |
Board member of | Charter School Growth Fund, KIPP Foundation, Alliance for School Choice |
Spouse(s) | Greg Penner |
Children | four |
Parent(s) | S Robson Walton |
Carrie Walton Penner (born August 12, 1970) is the granddaughter of Sam Walton[1] the founder of Walmart,[1] and the daughter of former company chairman S. Robson Walton[2]
Walton Penner is a powerful influence in the charter school movement.[1][3][4]
Early life
She attended private school at The Governor's Academy in Newbury, Massachusetts.[5] She graduated prep school in 1988,[5] and then went to Georgetown, and studied economics and history.[5] In the mid-1990s, she was involved in education issues and earned a master's degree in Education Policy and Program Evaluation at Stanford University.[5]
Career
Walton-Penner has been an education program officer for the Walton Family Foundation,[5] an evaluator for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and served internships at the Rockefeller Foundation,[5] Aaron Diamond Foundation,[5] and Academy for Educational Development.[5] She was also a research analyst for an evaluation of the Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers for Woodside Research Consortium.[5]
Personal life
Walton-Penner is married to Greg Penner, who was named the Chairman of Walmart in 2015.[4] They met while attending Georgetown University as undergraduates. They have four children and live in Atherton, California.[4][6]
Board memberships
She is on the board of KIPP Foundation,[5] Alliance for School Choice,[5] and Charter School Growth Fund
References
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