Valor Collegiate Academies
Thomas Branch has a strong background in operations and management. Thomas is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Valor Collegiate Academies, where they are passionate about providing high-quality public education to all children. Prior to that, Thomas held the position of Director of Operations at KIPP Nashville from 2009 to 2016. Thomas also worked at Wells Fargo as a Financial Center Manager from 2004 to 2008 and at BB&T as a Financial Center Manager from 2002 to 2004.
Thomas Branch attended Florida State University from 1999 to 2002, earning a Bachelor's degree in Finance, General.
Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor Collegiate Academies is the first diverse-by-design, public college preparatory charter school in Nashville, TN to serve a holistically diverse background of students. Founded with the mission to empower our diverse community to live inspired, purposeful lives, Valor currently serves 1,900 students across three schools in grades 5-12. At the core of our model is Compass, a nationally-recognized model for comprehensive human development and social-emotional learning. Ranked in the top 5% of Tennessee schools for growth and achievement since opening in 2014, we are proving that schools don’t have to compromise academic results for comprehensive human development.