With over 40 years of education experience, Gene Chasin is the visionary catalyst of Community Catalyst Partners (CCP). Prior to founding CCP in 2020, Chasin worked in all arenas of education, serving young people and supporting organizations in all regions of the country. He spent 12 years overseeing the evolution and implementation of the Say Yes to Education community-wide strategies in cities, including Syracuse and Buffalo, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio.  

Before joining Say Yes, he was the director of the Institute for Urban School Improvement at the University of Connecticut and served as CEO of Accelerated Schools, one of the largest, longest-lived, most-researched school reform models in the country. Chasin has also served as a superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, and public school teacher.