School Board Partners is a cohort of elected, inspired, and diverse leaders from around the country who are committed to improving student outcomes. Founded by current school board members Carrie Douglass and Ethan Ashley, School Board Partners connects emerging, inspired elected community leaders serving on local school boards with the training, support and mentorship needed to successfully push for high-quality school systems. Douglass and Ashley are committed to building a collaborative connected organization that bucks the top-down policy approach, instead focusing on what is needed to empower leaders to implement good policy that changes outcomes. Now.