Nels Åkerson
Pursuing equity through a systems-level approach
- Role
- Policy Advisor at LEE
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nels Åkerson
I\'m pivoting careers from being a public school educator who has worked in four states and with students from prekindergarten through 12th grade into education policy. Previously, I led the sixth grade teaching team at Walker Upper Elementary. Using my project management, community organizing, and data analysis skills I cultivated through teaching, I organized and mobilized voters to get out the vote within my role as the Deputy Field Director during Jim Hingeley’s campaign for Commonwealth’s Attorney. I approach my work through a lens of equity, systems level thinking, and partnership so that I could provide students with the highest quality education. I am eager to connect so that we can create a more equitable world. Let’s get after it!
Experience
Policy Advisor
Mar 2025 — Present · NV, US
Education
Eastern Mennonite School
Advanced Studies Diploma
2002 — 2009
Eastern Mennonite University
Bachelor of Arts - BA
2009 — 2013
University of Virginia
Master of Education - MEd
2018 — 2019
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