Matt Niksch

Matt Niksch is President for the Noble Network of Charter Schools. As President, he leads 5 functions on the support team and is responsible for the execution of Noble’s new strategic plan, with particular focus on ensuring that all students have equitable and positive school experiences that equip them to succeed on the path of their choice, leading to 75% of alumni completing college. He assumed that role in 2019 after seven years as Chief College Officer. In the latter role, he supported campuses in all aspects of college access, college completion, and career outcomes. Matt's work has been nationally recognized for its innovative and data-driven approach to college and alumni counseling based on a suite of tools that he shares with other networks, and was recently profiled in a chapter of the new book, The B.A. Breakthrough: How ending diploma disparities can change the face of America, by Richard Whitmire.

Prior to Noble, Matt was Director, College Completion Initiative at the KIPP Foundation. He has worked previously as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company and as an aerospace and systems engineer at Lockheed Martin. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and aerospace engineering from Purdue University. Matt and his wife Karen love to travel internationally with their 3 sons.