Mrs. Robbyn Wahby founded the Missouri Charter Public School Commission in 2015. She serves as the Executive Director of this state agency that has statewide authority to sponsor charter schools. During her tenure, MCPSC has grown to become Missouri’s largest sponsor of charter public schools, serving over 12,000 students, who attend 21 charters, in three districts.
Prior to her appointment to MCPSC, Wahby served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the City of St. Louis City where she provided direction and advice on education and children’s policy. Beginning in 2000, Wahby led the city’s K-12 school reform effort. She developed and directed the mayor’s strategy to expand quality public charter schools, helping to open 28 new public charter schools as well as opened and closed several poor performing schools. Wahby also worked with the City’s private and parochial schools to assure all St. Louis families had an array of quality options.
Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Wahby held a variety of leadership positions in public, private and non-profit organizations and served as an elected member of the St. Louis Board of Education.
A graduate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, she holds a Master of Public Policy Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She and her husband reside in the City of St. Louis and periodically hear from their adult children who thriving and happy, one in Columbia, MO and the other in Redland, CA.