Meet Our Team

As Executive Director of Explore Schools and the network’s co-leader, Carrie Mauer guides and executes the network’s strategic and operational vision. Carrie came to Explore in 2017 as an experienced leader in public charter schools, chiefly KIPP. Most recently, Carrie served as Senior Director of Strategy and Operations at KIPP Foundation and, earlier, as Chief of Staff at KIPP NYC —one of a series of leadership roles over eight years. Carrie has also consulted for Education First and managed professional development and fundraising for Providence public schools. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Brown University and an M.P.A  from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

As Superintendent of Explore Schools and the network’s co-leader, Christina Froeb oversees the academic vision and instructional leadership development. Under Christina’s leadership as Academic Director, Explore Charter School was recognized as the most-improved K–8 school in New York City in 2012. Christina returns to us after four years consulting with organizations and schools including TNTP, SchoolKit, and VOICE Charter School, bringing a wide vision of what public charter schools can achieve. Christina is an experienced educator, having served in a variety of roles including principal, assistant principal, and teacher. Christina earned her BS from St. Joseph’s University and her MS in both Art Education and Educational Leadership from Brooklyn College, where she also served as an adjunct professor in their Instructional Leadership graduate program.