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Austin Smigel

Chair, business

Education

  • M.B.A., business administration, Marymount University
  • B.A., geology, Allegheny College

Credentials

  • Chair of business, 2022–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Co-head of school/director of administration and finance/instructor, 2012–22, Washington Montessori Public Charter School, Washington, NC
  • Instructor, 2018–22, Center for Guided Montessori Studies, Raleigh, NC and Sarasota, FL
  • Co-founder/managing partner, 2003–22, ASA Company, LLC, Washington, NC
  • Operations manager, 2001–03, Laurel Consulting Group, Inc., Arlington, VA
  • Director of development administration, 1999–2000, Center for Mental Health, Washington, DC
  • Development associate, 1997–99, The Lab School of Washington, Washington, DC

Organizations

  • Gates Scholarship Interviewer, 2022
  • Southeast Montessori Collective, Board Member, 2019–present
  • Washington Montessori middle and high school soccer coach, 2014–present
  • Washington, NC Optimist League soccer coach, 2014, 2015
  • Washington Montessori Public Charter School, Survey Committee Lead, 2010–13
  • Art du Jour, Corporate Committee, 2009
  • Crosscreek Charter School, Board of Directors, Treasurer, 2006–08

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • Developing a Secondary Program in a Hands-on Montessori Environment
  • Multi-tiered Systems of Student Support
  • Hands-on Education in a Secondary Program
  • Alternative Organizational Structures
  • Charter School Leadership
  • Data Analysis in a School Environment