Christina Culver

Christina Erland Culver is CEO of EdNexus Advisors, LLC, an Idaho-based strategic consulting and federal government affairs firm. A nationally recognized leader in U.S. domestic policy, she advises organizations serving rural and underserved communities, with expertise spanning education, technology, telecommunications, and philanthropy.

For more than 14 years, Christina has lobbied Congress and the Executive Branch on education, technology, and rural policy, while advising financial investors and philanthropic leaders on impact investing and strategic growth. She previously held senior leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Education, serving as Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, where she managed federal–state relationships and public-private partnerships under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. She also worked under Education Secretary Lamar Alexander and served in the White House under President George H. W. Bush.

Earlier in her career, Christina was Vice President of Public Affairs at Children First America, where she helped build a national school choice movement, advanced policy reform, and supported the landmark Supreme Court case Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. Her clients have included education technology companies, charter schools, higher education financial service providers, and major philanthropic and venture capital investors focused on expanding access through real estate finance and broadband connectivity.

Christina founded her Idaho-based practice in 2012 and is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sun Valley Policy Forum (SVPF). She also co-founded the Imagine Idaho Foundation, which advocates for broadband infrastructure in rural Idaho. She has served on the boards of Washington Latin Public Charter School and the Living Classrooms Foundation, contributed to national media as a political commentator, and co-authored Virtual Schooling: A Guide to Optimizing Your Child’s Education.

She holds a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College and a B.A. in political science from the University of Kansas.