Amy Mast serves as Executive Director of State Board Relations for the North Carolina Community College System. In this role, Mast leads the State Board Office, serves as the state board’s liaison to stakeholders and partners, advises the state board on key priority and policy issues, and works with the state board to accomplish its strategic purpose to promote and enhance the success of the North Carolina Community College System. Mast brings senior leadership expertise at the national, state, regional, and community levels to improve education, student success, high-demand workforce innovation, and economic opportunity. She has served with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Achieve, Inc, and the United Way of Greater Atlanta. Mast has also served with family foundations in the philanthropic sector, government agencies, and private companies to leverage public and private investments and resources.
In Georgia, she directed the Alliance of Education Agency Heads, the state’s education coordinating cabinet (Birth to Workforce / P20W), working closely with the Governor’s Office, state agencies and boards, educators, business executives, legislators, funders, and partners to align policy, budget, research, state longitudinal data system, communications, and accountability priorities in early learning, K-12 education, postsecondary education, and workforce development. Mast graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education with a master's in education degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Anthropology from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.
