BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeremy comes to the Board of Raleigh Oak as the proud father of two ROCS students. Jeremy is a Financial Advisor with CAPTRUST Financial Advisors and brings over 15 years of financial experience into his role as Co-Chair.  Atlanta native born-and-raised, Jeremy earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia. Jeremy holds his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation and specializes working with high net worth individuals, business owners, executives and multi-generational trusts. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys spending time outdoors with his family, seeing live music and traveling. Jeremy is honored to be serving on the Board of ROCS and is excited to provide financial oversight in the complicated Charter School landscape.

Roxanne is a mother and wife for her two favorite people in the universe. She came to ROCS after watching her child’s rough transition to traditional kindergarten after two transformative years at a Waldorf-inspired preschool. Roxanne holds an M.Phil. from Cambridge University in England and a B.A. in English from UNC-Chapel Hill, but she is most proud of her son’s home birth, 4 years of breastfeeding, 10 years of marriage, and nearly 20 marathons.

Claire Jenkins Porter has served students, parents, teachers and communities for over 20 years in many capacities: as a grant recipient to teach English in France, as a middle and high school French teacher, as a Principal, a central office Director of Secondary Education, as a consultant in the Office of Charter Schools, and as a founding Principal/Board Member for Raleigh Oak Charter School. Claire currently works for an educational management organization, CSUSA, and heads up school support and compliance for them in the state of North Carolina and strongly advocates for school choice. Claire holds a J.D. from Tulane University School of Law, an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Iowa State University, and B.A. degrees in French Language & Literature and Art History from Smith College. 

Claire is also an attorney and mediator who practiced law for several years in Virginia prior to returning to the field of education. Claire grew up overseas in a Foreign Service family and brings strong cultural competency skills and a global outlook. Claire, her husband Stephen, and children, Nicholas & Grace, both charter school graduates, are proud to call north Raleigh home. In her free time, Claire enjoys being surrounded by family and friends, reading and writing, hiking, the arts, time in nature, and baking. Claire is delighted to serve Raleigh Oak Charter School again as a board member.