WHo WE Are

Energy Convertors…

is an organization that focuses on building agentic students and agentic communities in order to ensure our students get the education they deserve.

We exist to utilize the voices of the end-users of education - THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND THEIR COMMUNITY. Our starting place is with those that public education was meant to serve from day one rather than the “system”. We prioritize the quality students and parents desire over any system. Through our research, students and their families understand their power and agency in education. You can find the voices of of our convertors through our blog, our reports, our videos, our podcast, and other forms of media.

Our fellows are not victims, they are every day change agents.

our leadership

CHARLES COLE, III, Edd, FOUNDER

Dr. Charles Cole, III is an educator focused on the advancement of all youth of color but more specifically Black males. The passion comes from his own experiences growing up without proper support. His life's goal is to better the communities he grew up in through his work. Through Energy Convertors, he is able to help students activate their leadership by building and supporting students to realize their agency and improve systems in which they are most impact.  

Dr. Cole has has served as a social worker, a Director for Teach for America, the Vice Chair of the California Young Democrats, Black Caucus and at a Director's level at various youth-focused nonprofits.

Dr. Cole is a national speaker, a writer and can be found in Oakland and around the country working with youth on how to equip themselves appropriately to lay the ground work for a bright future. Charles was a Community Engagement Specialist for the Oakland Unified School District before leaving to launch Energy Convertors. 

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MarQuis evans, program manager

MarQuis Evans is an experienced educator and program manager originally from Warner Robins, Georgia. He graduated from Fort Valley State University with a B.S. in Middle Grades Education and has since dedicated over 13 years to the field of education. Currently, he serves as a Program Manager of Energy Convertors and Financial Literacy Educator at KIPP Bridge Academy in West Oakland, California. Before this, he taught math at Tindley Collegiate Academy in Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a teacher fellow at the Teacher Village in Los Angeles, California, and was a literacy coach at the Center for Black Educators in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MarQuis is also a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

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