Todd Hollett

Todd Hollett is from the rural setting of Jackson County, located a quick 20 minutes north of Athens, Georgia. He studied International Relations, focusing in Community Development, at the School of Public and International Affairs and was the fifth generation of his family to graduate from the University of Georgia.

During his undergraduate studies, he received a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant from the United States Department of Education, which enabled him to work in Fortaleza, Brazil, in the public school of CAIC as a technology teacher. Simultaneously, he studied Instructional Technology at the Universidade Federal de Ceara.

After graduating from the University of Georgia, he was accepted into the nationally-renowned Teach For America program, which placed him in the Rio Grande Valley. There, he taught 8th grade reading. His dedication to closing the opportunity and achievement gap enabled his students to obtain the highest scores within the district during, with 96% passing the end-of-the-year state exams.

In 2010 Todd received a Fulbright-Hayes grant to study educational systems and reform in Tanzania and Rwanda after which he hike Mount Kilimanjaro.

Currently, Todd works with the Clarke County School District as an Instructional Technology Specialist. This district leadership position allows him to continue working with students and teachers to close the high opportunity gap caused by the increasing levels of poverty in Clarke County.