Judith Bunnell

Background

About Judith Bunnell

SUMMARY Judith Bunnell is an education entrepreneur, a community leader, and a public servant. She is an elected member of the Alumni Board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and is on the Board of the Kennedy School’s Taubman Center for State and Local Government. She is President of the Board of Georgetown Village for seniors and is also Vice President of Georgetown Ministry Center serving the unhoused community in Georgetown and is an elected member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church Parish Council. Judith is a proven education entrepreneur who co-founded Flex Academies (“Flex”) and rapidly expanded it from a local business to a multi-state enterprise serving approximately students in over 60 schools across six states. Flex provides a rich array of afterschool enrichment programs to students through the management of a portfolio of third-party vendors. Before launching Flex, Judith spent a decade in the non-profit sector focused on supporting K-12 and higher education at national and international organizations, such as the DC College Success Foundation, The Sallie Mae Fund, NPower, World Vision and Seattle’s “It’s About Time for Kids!”. Prior to her work with the education sector, Judith was Budget and Planning Director for the City of Seattle and Chief Operating Officer of its public utilities. She started her career as a public finance investment banker at Piper Jaffray. Judith holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She has an undergraduate degree from Yale College.