Anette Carlisle

Change Agent, Connector, Policy maker, Public servant, Scientist, Social entrepreneur

Anette Carlisle (Amarillo, Texas) is an education advocate, consultant, and host of the “Anette of Education” podcast series. In her community work, Anette addresses root causes of systemic problems using data analysis, existing resources, and diverse teams to drive community change. Founder and director of Panhandle Twenty/20, Anette drove significant change around education and poverty in the region. Serving as an Amarillo ISD Trustee for 19 years, Anette is now in her fifth year as an Amarillo College Regent. Anette is involved with numerous organizations at the state and national level, working to drive positive change. She is a poverty reduction coach, and holds both a BS and an MS in zoology from Texas Tech University. The mother of three creative boys, Anette is married to Taylor Carlisle, an infectious disease doctor.

Education and Science!

It is more urgent today than ever to do the work that needs to be done.

advocacy, community college, Education, Evolutionary Biologist, governance, podcasting, Politics, Poverty, School Policy, social entrepreneur, Systems Level Change