Doug Tuthill

Doug Tuthill is president of Step Up For Students, a non-profit
that administers the tax credit scholarship program for low-income
students in Florida. He has devoted most of his professional life to
improving education, first as a college professor and then as a
classroom teacher, policy advocate and teacher union president. In
1984, he helped create Florida’s first International Baccalaureate
high school. He was elected President of the Pinellas Classroom
Teachers Association in 1991, serving two terms. He served on a state
commission that created Sunshine State Standards and the Florida
Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). He spent six years in the
private sector, directing K-16 sales for an online learning company,
Saba Inc., and serving as chief operating officer for the media
company Creative Loafing. He received his bachelor and master of
education degrees from the University of Florida.