P. Ann Byrd serves as Executive Director and Lead Strategist for SC TEACHER, a research and resources initiative housed in the University of South Carolina's College of Education. Having formerly served the leadership team of Mira Education (then the Center for Teaching Quality, or CTQ) for 17 years as well as spent 13 years teaching high school, her work continues to be grounded in activating the collective power of educators to propel impact and advance the profession. Byrd earned her doctorate at the University of South Carolina in 2007.