Mike Long is the President of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC). In the past few years since he began leading PEFNC, he’s moved mountains. Mike set the singular focus—empowering parents to make the best educational choices for their own children—and trusts the staff (including myself) to execute under this vision.


The results speak for themself: Mike built bridges to new partners and set fundraising efforts, put PEFNC in the national spotlight—like when we hosted The Secretary of Education at the PEFNC office (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjE7Vmw1XR8)—and led the charge at the North Carolina General Assembly to increase funding and expand eligibility for for state scholarship programs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oykKV9KUbs). In hand, Mike led us to key house and senate districts across the state, where we educated thousands of parents about their candidates’ platforms; enough to flip districts that pollsters deemed “unflippable.”


Post Script: Shout out to our Executive VP, Brian Jodice, who stepped up and led us as Interim President before Mike was appointed. We’re fortunate to have these #EverydayLeaders, leading the team work, making the dream work.