Cordell Carter II wasn’t expecting an invitation to the White House as he ate sushi recently at a downtown Chattanooga restaurant.
“All of a sudden, I’m getting a call from an unknown number,” said Carter, the CEO and president of TechTown, a youth-oriented technology and entrepreneurial learning center on Market Street.
Expecting a telemarketer, Carter at first didn’t believe a White House staffer was on the line.
“I’m like, yeah, right,” he said.
But the call was legitimate, and Carter was honored Tuesday as one of nine “Champions of Change” in computer science education at a day-long series of events that included a visit to the Roosevelt Room in the White House’s West Wing.