Relay Nashville

As founding dean of Relay Nashville, Linda Lentz leads the teacher training curriculum for the campus. As an educational leader and entrepreneur, Linda has a remarkable track record of success in Nashville and is proud to call the city home to her and her family.

Before joining Relay, Linda co-founded RePublic Schools, a network of schools aimed at reimagining public education in the south. During her tenure as founding partner and managing director, the network’s two middle schools in Nashville had the highest composite growth of any charter management organization in the United States, according to the 2013 CREDO study. Prior to her role at RePublic, Linda founded and served as executive director of Liberty Collegiate Academy in East Nashville, which was named a Tennessee Reward School for performing in the top five percent of all schools in the state in both absolute academic achievement and growth.

Linda has also served as the founding dean of students of Gary Comer College Prep, a campus of Chicago’s well-known Noble Network of Charter Schools, and as fellow with Building Excellent Schools.

Linda earned her M.A from Pennsylvania State University in Organizational Development and Change, and her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas. She began her career in education as a high school English teacher in Houston as a member of Teach For America.