Rich Harrison
Chief Executive Officer
rich.harrison@lighthousecharter.org
Rich was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. Because English is his second language, as an educator he is particularly passionate about our students who are English Language learners. His career in education began as a High School English teacher and College Counselor in New York City, where he developed a passion for all things teaching and learning. After six years of teaching, Rich served as a principal in Denver Colorado, where his schools showed some of the strongest growth and performance in the state for African American and Latinx students. After leading schools, he served as the Chief Academic Officer for Uplift Education in the Dallas/Fort Worth region for 8 years and helped grow a system of charter schools serving 20,000 students. Rich moved to Oakland to join the LCPS family with his wife, who teaches 3rd grade at Laurel Elementary, and his two daughters.