Sione Thompson

About this Speaker

Sione Thompson has most recently served as the Executive Director of the Hawaiʻi State Charter School Commission from 2016. As the director he oversaw the approval of applications for new charter schools, developed and implemented an accountability system and monitored the performance and legal compliance of 37 charter schools across the state. Prior to his work with the Commission, Thompson was the Title III Program Director for the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu, in charge of administering programs that helped the college-going rate for underserved students, and before that spent a decade at Saint Louis School, where he served in such roles as Principal, Director of Advancement and Dean of Students.