Kumar is a passionate champion of education reform and started his career working on behalf of parents and children as an education lawyer and advocate. Kumar led the Obama Administration’s efforts to bolster federal STEM education initiatives, and led Schmidt Futures, working with Eric Schmidt to design and launch moonshot initiatives in education, provided early support to game-changing ideas and pioneers, while building ongoing multi-donor and multi-sector collaboratives. Kumar is currently president of Renaissance Philanthropy, an advising firm that surfaces breakthrough ideas and incubates ambitious initiatives. He received a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Yale Law School.
Kumar Garg is an expert in education and technology and brings a wealth of experience in research, development, and government partnerships. His guidance will strengthen our ability to innovate and collaborate across sectors.