Dan Fishman

Dan serves as CEO of Choose to Succeed, where he works to support excellent educators as they build and grow quality schools for all children in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to this, Dan was Senior Vice President for Growth at IDEA Public Schools, where he helped lead one of the nation’s top-performing public charter school networks to add an additional 50,000 seats to serve students across eight new regions and three additional states. Prior to IDEA, Dan served as Director of the K–12 Education program at The Philanthropy Roundtable, an association of nearly 700 individuals, foundations, and generous families. Dan began his career in education as a TFA corps member on the Zuni Indian Reservation in New Mexico, where he taught high school history and coached football. Afterwards, Dan taught English and Western culture at a university in Qingdao, China. Dan earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Berkeley Haas School of Business.