Adam teaches the Leadership & Entrepreneurship classes, helps coordinate outreach and community relationships, and provides general input regarding the direction of the school. Prior to the school's opening date in August 06, as one of the Co-Founders, Adam spent two years developing the charter proposal and conducting outreach efforts within the community.  During this time, Adam also held a teaching position as an Adjunct Instructor at Portland State University (PSU) where he taught Popular Culture - a class theme used to build sophomore student's reading and writing skills. As a Portland State University faculty member, Adam also taught for one year in Marshall High School's Renaissance Arts Academy.

Adam gained most of the ideas featured in LEP while helping to develop Ethos, Inc., a nonprofit multicultural music center in North Portland, where he started and managed multiple programs that brought music education to underserved youth and communities. Through this experience, he saw that many schools throughout the Portland area were not interesting, engaging, and teaching materials that relate to student's lives. After his time at Ethos, Adam enrolled in a specialized program to earn his Masters Degree in Education at Stanford University. At Stanford, Adam specialized in education reform, policy, and management by taking classes in both the Graduate School of Business and the Graduate School of Education. Adam also researched charter school development with several charter school consortia, including KIPP, Leadership, and Aspire Public Schools.

Before attending Stanford, during the same time that he was part of the development efforts at Ethos, Adam earned his undergraduate degree from Portland State University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelors of Science in Philosophy.

Other relevant experiences from Adam's past include serving several years as a Student Leader for Service and a University Studies Peer Mentor at PSU, and tutoring after school at Jefferson High School. Altogether, Adam served thousands of volunteer hours in the local community, which includes two full-time years with AmeriCorps. He as received several awards for his leadership in community service.

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