Propel America 
Boston, MA 

Chad Rountree is the CEO of Propel America. Prior to becoming CEO, Chad served as the organization's founding Chief Program Officer. In this role, he was responsible for executing the programmatic vision of building accelerated, credit-bearing pathways that are responsive to the needs of both young adults and employers.  As a product of non-traditional pathways, Chad deeply understands the need for creating viable alternative pathways that unlock access to building meaningful careers for students whom the more traditional routes were not designed to serve.  

Prior to joining Propel, Chad led multiple teams at OneGoal, a national nonprofit organization working to close the college degree divide. Before joining OneGoal, Chad led the novice teacher preparation efforts for Denver Public Schools, and designed and implemented an innovative school network in Duval County Public Schools. Chad served in school leadership with KIPP Jacksonville and began his career in education as a middle school teacher in Jacksonville, Florida with Teach For America. Prior to that, he completed Le Cordon Bleu culinary training and led multiple restaurants in the southwest. Chad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from New Mexico State University, Masters in Education Leadership from Michigan State University.