Chike Aguh

Chike Aguh Chike has a account Head of Economic Mobility Pathways at Education Design Lab | Technology and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Glenn Dale, Maryland, United States 500+ connections About Chike Aguh (Chee-kay Ah-Goo) works across sectors on creating a future of work for all. He is the inaugural Head of Economic Mobility Pathways at the Education Design Lab. There he leads the Community College Growth Engine Fund, an innovative, tri-sector and $2.5M dollar effort turning community colleges into bridges to careers in high growth fields for every American learner and worker, starting with nearly 4,000 in 6 communities. Chike is also a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy where he is writing a book on the future of work and racial equity, and Venture Partner at Maryland-based New Markets Venture Partners where he focuses on workforce technologies. He is a faculty member at Columbia University, advisor on social impact to Baltimore-based upskilling technology startup Catalyte and frequent guest speaker at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. Previously, Chike worked as an education policy official under the Mayor of New York, 2nd grade teacher and Teach For America corps member, Fulbright Scholar in Thailand researching education and skills, director of corporate strategy at Education Advisory Board (EAB), CEO of a national social enterprise which helped connect 500,000 low-income Americans to affordable internet and digital skills, and Senior Principal and Future of Work Lead at the McChrystal Group, a business advisory firm founded by Gen. (ret.) Stanley McChrystal. He has also served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Future of Work Taskforce, expert advisor to the AI Education Project, and inaugural Future of Work Fellow at the International Society for Technology in Education. Chike holds degrees from Tufts University (B.A.), Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.M), Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA), and University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (MBA). He is a Presidential Leadership Scholar; past Council on Foreign Relations term member; 40 under 40 honoree from Wharton and the Washington Business Journal; former member of the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Board of Directors, advisory board member at the Business for a Better World at George Mason University and Advisory Board Chair of the Prince George’s County Social Innovation Fund. Chike and his work have been featured at or in the White House, Harvard, Forbes, Wired Magazine, Council on Foreign Relations, and Fast Company. Chike, his wife and their son proudly call Prince George’s County, MD home. Experience Education Design Lab Head of Economic Mobility Pathways Company NameEducation Design Lab Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Durationless than a year LocationWashington, District of Columbia, United States The Education Design Lab is a 501c3 non-profit that designs, tests, and implements unique higher education models that address the rapidly changing economy and emerging technology opportunities. The Lab demonstrates where technology, rigor, and design can improve equity, opportunity, and economic dynamism for historically non-traditional learners and workers and the country as a whole. The Lab has partnered with organizations like the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, the United Negro College Fund, and Georgetown University. Chike is the inaugural Head of Economic Mobility Pathways for Education Design Lab where he leads the Community College Growth Engine Fund, a tri-sector multimillion dollar effort to ensure community colleges are bridges to employment for all. Working with six community colleges from across the country along with stakeholders from each geography like employers, chambers of commerce, K-12 school districts, and labor unions, the Lab will help design credential pathways that will help get almost 4,000 learners into work by the end of 2022. Even more importantly, this work will provide a model for the country to help employ millions more. … see more No alt text provided for this image No alt text provided for this image No alt text provided for this image No alt text provided for this image +4 Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Technology and Human Rights Fellow Company NameHarvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Durationless than a year LocationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States The 2020-2021 Technology and Human Rights Fellows strengthen the Carr Center's mission to educate the next generation of leaders in human rights policy and practice; and to provide knowledge to organizations, states, policymakers, and corporations. Under the guidance of the Faculty Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School, the fellows will spend the next academic year building projects related to the impact of the future of work on racial minorities, business and human rights, international law and cyberspace, and the UN guiding principles, among other projects. During his fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center, Chike will be writing a book on the future of work and racial equity. … see more No alt text provided for this image COVID-19 and the Future of Work COVID-19 and the Future of Work No alt text provided for this image Carr Center Announces Technology and Human Rights Advisory Committee and New Technology and Human Rights Fellows Carr Center Announces Technology and Human Rights Advisory Committee and New Technology and Human Rights Fellows New Markets Venture Partners Venture Partner Company NameNew Markets Venture Partners Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Durationless than a year LocationFulton, Maryland, United States New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformative education and workforce technology companies that drive superior financial returns. New Markets is led by a veteran investment team with a 25-year track record of outperformance. As one of the leading education and workforce technology venture firms in the U.S., we maintain deep relationships with states, districts, universities, and other centers of workforce innovation that allow us to provide exceptional value to our portfolio companies. New Markets adds value to our portfolio companies before, during and after the investment process. We believe that: • Innovation, nurtured by expert managers, is at the heart of profitability. • Disruptive technologies with data-supported results lead to high margins and short sales cycles. • Deep relationships with centers of innovation yield high quality, capital efficient, investments. • Capital efficient growth dramatically improves liquidity options. Chike serves as a Venture Partner, particularly focused on the future of work. His work centers on finding transformative technology companies in that space that are producing outsize financial and social returns. Additionally, he creates partnerships with stakeholders across sectors to further the work. … see more No alt text provided for this image Chike Aguh, Venture Partner - New Markets Venture Partners Chike Aguh, Venture Partner - New Markets Venture Partners DigitalUS Senior Advisor and Chief Evangelist Company NameDigitalUS Part-time Dates Employed2019 – Present Employment Duration1 yr Digital US is working to ensure that all of US have technology skills and digital resilience to thrive in work and life. Digital US partners are collaborating and innovating to remove barriers to accessing technology and digital skills training. We are creating critical onramps to digital resilience and scaling what works. Currently less than 10% of adults in need of foundational digital skills development receive training, and they are being left behind in our digital economy. … see more No alt text provided for this image No alt text provided for this image No alt text provided for this image No alt text provided for this image Columbia University in the City of New York Faculty Member Company NameColumbia University in the City of New York Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Durationless than a year LocationNew York, New York, United States Chike Aguh Chike Aguh Leading Authorities, Inc. Public Speaker Company NameLeading Authorities, Inc. Dates EmployedJan 2020 – Present Employment Duration11 mos LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area Chike serves as one of LAI's featured speakers on the future of work, particularly in regard to its impact on national competitiveness, organizational performance and racial equity. He also speaks on strategy for organizations of all types and cross-sector lessons to achieve real social impact. Please visit Leading Authorities' website, if you have interest in booking Chike as a speaker. … see more No alt text provided for this image The Future of Work The Future of Work No alt text provided for this image Chike Aguh, speaker profile at Leading Authorities Inc. Chike Aguh, speaker profile at Leading Authorities Inc. Prince George's County Commissioner and Chair of Strategic Planning, Commission on Fathers, Men and Boys Company NamePrince George's County Dates Employed2019 – Present Employment Duration1 yr LocationPrince George's County, Maryland, United States No alt text provided for this image Men Up! — Prince George's Suite Men Up! — Prince George's Suite QuiVive Global Advisory LLC Member, Board Of Advisors Company NameQuiVive Global Advisory LLC Dates Employed2020 – Present Employment Durationless than a year LocationNew York City Metropolitan Area QuiVive Global Advisory LLC is an independent consulting firm established to advise a select group of market rate sustainability and impact oriented funds and businesses on product development, business strategy and capital raising. At its root, the phrase “Qui Vive?” has always been a sentry’s challenge -- basically asking the question, “Whose side are you on?” to those approaching the palace gates. In recent times its definition has evolved to mean “alert” or “on the lookout,” “vigilant” and “watchful.” In today’s post-modern vernacular, one might say “woke.” QuiVive has taken a decided stand on the side of impact and sustainability. Our goal is to expand this ecosystem by connecting market rate funds and firms with established conscious capital while helping to educate and introduce new entrants across the spectrum of investor types. Performance drives our partnerships. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals frame our mission. We are “on the QuiVive” for partnerships with funds and firms that make investment performance their first priority with focused strategies that have intentionality around being part of the solution for one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We are “on the QuiVive” for capital to propel those funds and firms. Chike serves on the board of advisors and provides strategic counsel on impact investing, trends in education and skills, collective impact and the future of work. … see more No alt text provided for this image Chike Aguh — QuiVive Global Chike Aguh — QuiVive Global The AI Education Project Expert Advisor Company NameThe AI Education Project Dates EmployedAug 2019 – Present Employment Duration1 yr 4 mos LocationSan Francisco Bay Area The AI Forum is a nonprofit social enterprise working to prepare people for the age of artificial intelligence through the development of curriculum, training materials, and community engagement programs that demystify the technologies of the future. We believe everyone, especially those who live and work outside the tech sector, should have access to non-technical education about AI, emerging technologies, and the future of work. Our work is driven by a diverse team of technology and education experts and enabled by a broad cohort of industry leaders, educators, academics, and civil society partners who support our mission and help us reach key communities. … see more No alt text provided for this image The American AI Forum The American AI Forum Consortium for Advancing Adult Learning and Development Member Company NameConsortium for Advancing Adult Learning and Development Dates Employed2019 – Present Employment Duration1 yr LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area The Consortium for Advancing Adult Learning & Development (CAALD) is a new interdisciplinary network of leading thinkers and doers drawn together by the possibility of re-imagining how businesses and society approach adult learning and growth—from workplace training to workforce re-skilling, higher ed to ed tech. Its 30-plus participants include corporate and nonprofit leaders, academic researchers in the fields of psychology and neuroscience, technology innovators, and other experts, convened by McKinsey & Company. … see more No alt text provided for this image Boosting the accessibility of workplace reskilling Boosting the accessibility of workplace reskilling CAALD CAALD Show 5 more experiences Show fewer experiences Education The Wharton School The Wharton School Degree NameMBAField Of StudyInnovation StrategyActivities and Societies: Howard E. Mitchell Fellow, Wharton Social Venture Fund (Education Deal Lead), Cohort H Community Service Representative, Wharton Social Impact (Member), Wharton Consulting Club (Member), Wharton Energy Club ( Member), Wharton African American MBA Association (member), Wharton African Students Association (member) Harvard Kennedy School Harvard Kennedy School Degree NameMPAField Of StudyPolitical Economy of Globalization and InnovationActivities and Societies: Harvard Presidential Public Service Fellow, Student Advisory Board of the Center for Public Leadership (Co-Chair), Education Professional Interest Council-EdPIC (Co-Chair), Business and Gov't PIC (Member), Black Policy Conference (Entrepreneurship Panel Manager), Social Enterprise Conference (Panel Manager for Education Technology and Impact Investing), Africa Caucus (Member), Harvard Institute of Politics (member), Diplomacy PIC (member) Harvard University Graduate School of Education Harvard University Graduate School of Education Degree NameEd.MField Of StudyEducation Policy and ManagementActivities and Societies: Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award, HGSE G.I.V.E.S. (Graduates Involved in Various Efforts at Service, Coordinator), HGSE Black Student Union (Co-President), Education Policy and Management Student Association (Member), Harvard Social Enterprise Collaborative (Member) Tufts University Tufts University Degree NameB.A.Field Of StudyPolitical ScienceActivities and Societies: Student Body President, Emerging Black Leaders Symposium (Co-Founder) Show fewer education Volunteer Experience Prince George's County Social Innovation Fund Advisory Board Chair Company NamePrince George's County Social Innovation Fund Dates volunteered2015 – Present Volunteer duration5 yrs Our work is based on a fundamental belief that through innovative solutions, alignment across and within sectors, and a keen focus on results, Prince George’s County can quickly shift course on a broad number of issues facing its most vulnerable populations. PGCSIF’s vision is to identify appropriate models that support the County’s infrastructure across public, private, religious, and non-profit sectors for improved quality of life. We recognize the pockets of opportunity in the County, as well as the disconnection between the multiple stakeholders who are attempting to address many of the same issues, largely in an unorganized or uncoordinated way. Our expectation is that by identifying best and innovative practice, supporting the local infrastructure, and aligning outcomes, we can bridge these gaps and quickly increase impact. Teach For America Regional Advisory Board Member, Teach For America DC Region Company NameTeach For America Dates volunteered2018 – Present Volunteer duration2 yrs CauseEducation Here, those disparities persist along lines of race and geography. Although they live just a few miles apart, only 14 percent of children in D.C.’s Ward 8, east of the Anacostia River, are proficient in reading compared to 70 percent of their Ward 3 peers. In Prince George’s County, only 44 percent of Latinx/Hispanic adults hold a high school degree. All children deserve an excellent education. To realize that vision, Teach For America D.C. Region recruits, matches, onboards, and supports a diverse network of teachers and leaders who bring tremendous promise and commitment to advance the academic and personal growth of their students. The path to an excellent education for every child starts with more great teachers in the classroom, but it does not end there. Today, more than 3,000 Teach for America leaders in our region are transforming our education system in classrooms, schools, and throughout our communities. Join them—and us—as we reimagine what’s possible for our children. Code in the Schools Member and Prior President, Board of Directors Company NameCode in the Schools Dates volunteered2013 – Present Volunteer duration7 yrs CauseEducation We partner with local schools, rec centers and other providers to provide computer programming classes for students in an after school settings in Baltimore City and beyond. We are currently serving hundreds of students. Chike has been a board member since 2013 and was named President of the Board in 2015. The Lever Fund Vice Chair, Board Of Directors Company NameThe Lever Fund Dates volunteered2018 – Present Volunteer duration2 yrs CausePoverty Alleviation The Lever Fund finds, funds, and partners with high-performing nonprofits that prepare low-income students and workers for 21st-century employment. All with the goal of ending poverty in Maryland, the District and Northern Viriginia. Since 2016, the Lever Fund has made four investments in high-performance, high-impact DMV nonprofits—in Northern Virginia, the District, and Maryland—for a total of $145,000 Tufts University Member, Alumni Council Company NameTufts University Dates volunteered2018 – Present Volunteer duration2 yrs CauseEducation All Tufts graduates are members of the Tufts University Alumni Association, which is led by the Alumni Council. They organize a number of programs to benefit the more than 100,000 Tufts alumni, including career services, reunions, lifelong learning, regional activities, alumni awards, and the nomination of candidates for the university’s Board of Trustees and the Alumni Council itself. Lead For America Board Member, Secretary Company NameLead For America Dates volunteered2019 – Present Volunteer duration1 yr Lead for America works to ensure that our country’s most dynamic and diverse young leaders are working on our toughest challenges. We believe that with the right leadership in the right places, we can reimagine the American Dream in a way that is: 1) Shared. Where we all have strong communal ties and a common aspiration of equity and justice for all. 2) Accessible. Where everyone has a chance at economic and civic mobility, no matter their zip code; and 3) Sustainable. Where our education system and public institutions are well positioned to grow and sustain the next generation of leadership that will be responsible for solving problems that we cannot yet see. Through our programs, LFA community members will gain a new perspective and appreciation for local government, understand the most pressing issues facing our communities, be equipped with tools to enact communal and systemic change, establish relationships with partner universities and organizations, and gain opportunities to engage with a growing alumni network of passionate leaders, who together will continue to serve as transformational public service leaders in communities across the nation. Through its flagship fellowship program, by 2040 Lead for America aims to recruit, train, and place 50,000 of our nation’s most dynamic, diverse, and high-integrity selfless leaders in high-impact local government, local non-profit, and civic-oriented local business roles to reinvigorate our civic institutions and serve as democracy entrepreneurs in the communities they call home. We identify dynamic and diverse leaders ages 21-30 who already have shown a commitment to a life of service for a specific community or cause, and then give them the training, mentorship, and support they need before, during, and after a two-year paid Fellowship. Council on Foreign Relations Term Member Company NameCouncil on Foreign Relations Dates volunteered2015 – 2020 Volunteer duration5 yrs The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Each of these functions make CFR an indispensable resource in a complex world. The Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program encourages promising young leaders ages 30-36 from across industries and sectors to engage in a sustained conversation on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. These members interact with seasoned foreign-policy experts and participate in a wide variety of tailored events designed. Harvard Kennedy School Member of Alumni Board of Directors Company NameHarvard Kennedy School Dates volunteered2014 – 2018 Volunteer duration4 yrs CauseEducation HKS alumni, which comprise degree-program and executive education participants, hail from 203 countries and territories. This global community is represented by an elected Board of Directors (the HKS Alumni Board), which comprises 23 volunteer members. These volunteers advise the Alumni Relations office on programs and planning to improve connectivity within the alumni networks, enrich the alumni experience, and support the School and its students. Show 4 more experiences