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CMPPAC Board of Directors

Since then, he has directly involved in helping start more than three dozen charter schools, including the four Arthur Academy Charter Schools, of which he is co-founder. There are now more than 80 charter schools in Oregon.

In 2007, years of effort was realized when the bureaucratic and time-wasting CIM/CAM school reform was finally put to rest, which Rob worked tirelessly to kill since the 2003 session.

Rob was born and raised in Oregon, and graduated from West Linn High School. After two years at Willamette University, Rob moved to Chicago to study economics at the University of Chicago, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with honors, in 1982. He received a Masters of Business Administration, also from the University of Chicago, in 1985.

After spending eight years in commercial and investment banking in Chicago, Rob and his wife Mary moved back to Oregon to raise their two children.

In addition to his work the Oregon Education Coalition, Rob writes a monthly column on school policy for BrainstormNW Magazine and also hosts a radio show, “Kremer & Abrams,” on 750 KXL. Rob writes a blog that deals with the political scene in Oregon (www.robkremer.blogspot.com), and his articles on education have been published widely both in print and on the internet.

He has been active in many Oregon political campaigns, and regularly consults for candidates for political office on education and other political matters.

In the summer of 2006, Rob led a three-person team which included former Trailblazer Terry Porter, to buy the then troubled Portland NBA franchise. After Rob’s group successfully raised the necessary capital from local and national investors, team owner Paul Allen withdrew the team from the market.

In 2002, Rob ran for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, placing second with 30% of the vote in the three-candidate election.