Maggie Ellis Chotas is a facilitator and leadership coach for the Mulberry Partners who started her career as a middleschool teacher and has served as director and consultant for public and independent schools in Philadelphia, New York City, Charlotte, and Durham, NC.

In addition to her work with Mulberry, Maggie serves as senior program manager for NC Ready for Success, a project working to align K–12 and higher education. She is an active community member in Durham, where she lives with her husband and two children. She attained a bachelor of arts degree from Swarthmore College, a master of arts degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis, and a master of arts in school administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.