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Celia Hartman Sims is director of New America’s Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI). Most recently, Ms. Sims served as senior policy advisor to Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) on issues related to education (preschool through higher education), financial services, and housing. Ms. Sims came to Senator Burr’s office after serving four years in the Bush Administration at the U.S. Department of Education. At the Department of Education, Ms. Sims worked primarily on the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act with a focus on State standards, assessments, and accountability systems. Ms. Sims began her career as a high school Latin teacher in North Carolina.
 
Ms. Sims is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and received her B.A. in Classical Languages and U.S. History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ms. Sims earned her M.A. in Latin from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was working on a Ph.D. in educational administration and policy prior to going to work for the U.S. Department of Education.