Munro Richardson

Dr. Munro Richardson is Executive Director of Read Charlotte, a community initiative that unites families, educators, and community partners with the goal of improving third grade reading proficiency in Mecklenburg County to 80%.

Munro joined Read Charlotte as the founding Executive Director in 2015. He has worked in philanthropy for most of the past 20 years. He has received local and national recognition for his efforts at Read Charlotte. Richardson holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors, master’s degrees from both Harvard University, where he was a Mellon Fellow, and Oxford University,where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He is co-author with Samantha Cleaver of Read With Me: Engaging Your Young Child in Active Reading, published by Rowman & Littlefield in November 2018.