Timothy Daly, president of The New Teacher Project (TNTP), manages TNTP’s efforts to engage the wider educational community in the organization’s work to close the achievement gap by increasing teacher quality. Mr. Daly has been with TNTP since 2001 and previously served as TNTP’s managing partner for multiple contracts including the NYC Teaching Fellows program, the largest of The New Teacher Project's alternate route to certification programs, with approximately 8,000 active teachers in over 1,000 schools across New York City.

Prior to his appointment as president in 2007, Mr. Daly also served as vice president for policy and research, launching partnerships with large urban districts to align district policies and processes to support student achievement. The policy team has produced a number of influential analyses focused on districts such as Portland, Chicago, and Milwaukee.

Mr. Daly began his career in education as a Teach For America corps member at Northeast Middle School in Baltimore. He holds a BA in American studies from Northwestern University and a MA in teaching from Johns Hopkins University.