Arizona ORBIE Awards Honor Carla Way for Innovation and Vision in Education Technology

Carla Way, Chief Information Officer at Charter One, has been recognized as a finalist for the 2025 Arizona ORBIE® Awards. The honor highlights her steady leadership and influence in expanding how technology supports education throughout the American Leadership Academy network.

The ORBIE Awards, organized by ArizonaCIO, celebrate leaders who use technology to create measurable progress in their organizations and communities. Finalists are chosen through a peer-led process guided by previous award recipients, a tradition that has upheld the program’s credibility and focus on authentic achievement since 1998.

Under Way’s direction, Charter One has adopted systems that make teaching and communication more effective across multiple campuses. Her work emphasizes practical innovation—modernizing operations while keeping the human side of education at the center.

Her nomination reflects a guiding belief shared within Charter One: that technology’s highest purpose is to strengthen connections between people and to open more opportunities for learning and growth.