Bio: Ms. Charlotte Ackert

The three years that Charlotte, her husband David, and son Nick spent at TAS were the most transformative years in their family life. At TAS, Nick enjoyed its academic rigor and honed his critical thinking skills through extended intellectual discourse with his teachers. He thrived in the plenitude of extracurricular opportunities; MUN and forensics and debate imbued him with an urge to serve the global community. His life is enriched by lifelong friendships forged at TAS.

Charlotte and David’s lives were also deeply touched by the friendships they enjoyed in Taiwan where Charlotte was born and lived until she was 11. She moved with her family to Tokyo and then Connecticut. With a B.A. in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Charlotte worked as an investment banker in corporate finance and in cross border transactions between PRC and U.S. companies. She retired from Lehman Brothers, New York as a Senior Vice President in Corporate Finance to focus on her family and volunteer work for non-profit organizations.

Charlotte strongly believes that education should cultivate a love for learning, nurture creativity and independent thinking, and foster global citizenship. She hopes to bring this passion to her service on the TAS Board of Directors.

Charlotte’s Board involvements include:

WNET New York Public Television (1995 to Present) - Vice Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Personnel Committee, Member of the Executive, Nominating, and Development Committees

New Dramatist (2006 to Present) - Member of the Finance and the Institutional Advancement Committees (ND provides a 7 year residency program to American playwrights, many of whom are Pulitzer winning playwrights)

Off-Broadway Angels (2006 to Present) - Founding Member (OBA is a small foundation that funds developmental work for small NY City theaters that make new and unique contribution to the NY theater community)

Harvard University National Board of Advisors for Public Service (2013 to Present) – Board Member

Lung Ying Tai Foundation (2015 to Present) - Board Member

Alliance Cultural Foundation International (2016 to Present) - Board Member

Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (2013 to 2016) - Board Member

Trinity School (2006-2009 and 2010-2011) - Member of Executive, Nominating, Development, Education, School Life, and Diversity Committees

 

Heart to Heart International Service Organization - Co-founder and Parent Advisor for a high school student volunteer program which teaches English to children in rural communities in the Huadong region while helping to develop volunteers’ leadership skills