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Russ Ramsey - Vice President for Education

Russell Ramsey

Vice President, Education

rramsey@gatesfamilyfoundation.org  |  (303) 722-1881

Russell Ramsey is the Vice President for Education. Russ brings significant experience as a classroom teacher, teacher coach, and school leader in many different educational contexts. He has also worked as an education researcher in various labs studying school turnaround, Algebra instruction, and educational neuroscience, and as a consultant to evaluate and improve school discipline policies and practices.

Prior to joining Gates Family Foundation, Russ was the Executive Director of Enrollment and Campus Planning for Denver Public Schools, leading the teams responsible for school choice, planning and analysis, real estate, and facility allocation. Russ also led the education grantmaking program at the Houston Endowment and served as the organization’s Director of Learning and Evaluation, strengthening organizational impact by managing strategy development and evaluating evidence of progress toward goals.

Russ has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Texas A&M University and a master’s in public policy with a concentration in K-12 education policy from Vanderbilt University. On the weekends you can find him in the mountains with his wife Carrie, their 3 young daughters, and a poorly trained poodle.