David Harris is Executive Vice President of Christel House International, where he oversees the Expansion, Programs & Services, and Fundraising teams.  Before joining Christel House, he was a partner with The City Fund.  David founded The Mind Trust in 2006, which became a national model for driving urban education reform.  Before founding The Mind Trust, David spent five years as Mayor Bart Peterson's Charter Schools director, where he built a charter school office that received Harvard University's Innovations in American Government Award.

In 2024 David was recognized with the Leader in Education Innovation Award from The Mind Trust. The Indianapolis Business Journal named David one of the city’s 40 Influential People of the Past 40 Years in 2020. He has received College Summit's Let Talent Shine Award, Teachers' Treasures Caring Spirit Award, Hope Academy’s Faces of Hope Award, Marian University’s Franciscan Values Award, and Indy's Best and Brightest Award from Junior Achievement of Central Indiana. He was featured as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's 2013 Profiles of Change series. He also was named one of Indianapolis Business Journal's “Forty Under 40” and was the inaugural winner of the St. Richard's Episcopal School's Eugene S. Pulliam Founders Medal for alumni who “demonstrate creative leadership and service that has benefitted society.”

David received a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a law degree from Indiana University.