Our Team
Our staff members come from diverse backgrounds. We all have a deep-seated belief that all Tennessee kids CAN succeed.
About Chelsea Crawford
Executive Director
Chelsea Crawford is the Executive Director of TennesseeCAN. In her prior role, she served for more than four years as chief of staff at the Tennessee Department of Education, where she led the commissioner’s office under two commissioners and through the COVID-19 pandemic. Her role spanned overseeing the communications, stakeholder engagement, policy and legislative affairs, and performance and evaluation teams. Her leadership contributed to the passage and implementation of several key administration bills, including early literacy, learning loss interventions, tutoring, and funding reform policies that are positively changing the trajectory for Tennessee’s students.
About Jordan Long, Esq.
Advocacy Director
Jordan Long is the Advocacy Director for TennesseeCAN. Prior to working at TennesseeCAN, Jordan served as the Director of Government Relations at the Beacon Center of Tennessee. At Beacon, he worked on four main issues: education, healthcare, property rights and economic opportunity.
Jordan received his law degree from the Nashville School of Law. He is a member of the Cooper’s Inn Honor Society for graduating in the top 10% of his class. He received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he served as the President of the Student Government Association.
After living in Nashville for several years, Jordan and his wife, Lily, now live in Martin, Tennessee with their two dogs, Max and Sadie.
Careers & Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in joining the TennesseeCAN team. We are not hiring for full-time or fellowship positions at this time.