Kimberly Waite-Cooper joined California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP) in December 2019. She came to CCAP after a career with the armed forces, starting in the Ohio Army National Guard and then for 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, where she retired as a First Sergeant having served as an Automatic Flight Control Systems Specialist and an Aerospace Physiology Journeyman. Kimberly also worked as a Logistics Flight Chief with the U-2 spy plane program for eight years before resigning to care for her mother. Born in Key West, Florida, she was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was thrilled to be among the first graduating class of the Cleveland School of Science. A resident of Yuba City, California for over 18 years, Kimberly holds a Masters of Arts in Education from William Jessup University and currently is a doctoral student in education at Regent University.