Christina Erland Culver brings a wealth of experience to the education, technology and telecommunications sectors, and non-profit and philanthropic communities as CEO of EdNexus Advisors, LLC, an Idaho based strategic consulting and federal government affairs firm. She is a nationally recognized leader in U.S. domestic policy, regulatory, and strategic advisory services focused on unserved and underserved communities in the Mountain West and rural areas of America. For the last fourteen years Ms. Erland Culver has lobbied Congress and the Executive Branch on technology, pre-K-12, higher education, and rural program issues. Ms. Erland Culver advises financial investors and private philanthropy on impact investing. She gained her expertise working in senior positions at the U.S. Department of Education, including Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs. In this position, Ms. Erland Culver managed the relationships between federal and state governments regarding compliance and governance issues surrounding the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and managed USED’s communications and relationships with corporate, trade association, and non- profit partnerships. She served under Education Secretary Lamar Alexander in the early 1990s as well as at the White House for President George H.W. Bush. In addition to government service, Ms. Erland Culver was vice president of public affairs for Children First America, a national non-profit in support of expanding high quality education access for low-income children. In this role she built a national school choice policy movement by raising funds, successfully advocating for state and federal legislation, and supporting a major U.S. Supreme Court decision, Zelman v. Simmons Harris.

Ms. Erland Culver’s clients include national education technology and online learning innovators, high performing charter schools, higher education financial service providers, and major philanthropy and venture capital firms investing in services from real estate finance to internet connectivity with the goal of providing equity and access to unserved and underserved populations. She established a practice in Idaho in 2012 with a project to support the policy analysis, redesign, and implementation of philanthropy investment in Idaho’s high performing charter schools, career and technical education, and rural education ecosystem using online learning, innovative designs, and world class content.

Christina leads two major non-profits to improve the Idaho experience and way of life.  She is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Sun Valley Policy Forum, a non-profit organization that serves to educate and grow citizen awareness on public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values and a strong national defense.  She is also Co-Founder of Imagine Idaho Foundation, a non-profit that ensures rural Idaho communities and citizens have the support they need to build sound, future proof broadband infrastructure and last mile internet connectivity so that individuals, families, and businesses can flourish and have greater economic prosperity.

Christina served on the board of highly rated Washington Latin Public Charter School and Living Classrooms Foundation in Washington, DC. Christina has served as a political contributor in the national media appearing on Fox News and Fox Business. She co-authored a book, Virtual Schooling: a Guide to Optimizing Your Child’s Education, released in June 2009. 

Christina is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College with a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies and has a B.A. in political science from the University of Kansas.