The beginnings of the Alliance can be traced to conversations between the High Point Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, which joined forces in March 2002 to convene a discussion group on private sector partnerships and education in Guilford County.  The purpose of this group was to consider forming an independent, countywide organization to strengthen schools and to positively impact learning for all Guilford County residents. 

A Board of Directors was assembled under the name of Guilford County Education Network and the Board held its first meeting in August 2002.  Over the course of the next year, the Board formed its organizational and governance structure, held “listen and learn” events to get input from education related groups across the county, and clarified the organization’s role: to promote and support existing efforts (not to displace them) and to develop complementary initiatives in the future. 

In January 2005 Margaret B. Arbuckle, Ph.D. was hired as the Executive Director of the Guilford Education Alliance. 

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