Natasha Ushomirsky

Natasha Ushomirsky serves as a senior program officer for Education. In this role, she leads the Education Program’s Build Public Will strategy, which aims to engage parents, students, educators, civic leaders, and residents as informed advocates for high-quality schools.

Prior to joining the Barr Foundation, Natasha spent 14 years working at The Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy organization committed to dismantling racial and economic barriers in the American education system. At Education Trust, she led the organization’s Massachusetts team, which convenes and facilitates the work of the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership, a collective effort of more than 40 social justice, civil rights and education advocates working to advance educational equity in the Commonwealth. Prior to spearheading Ed Trust’s work in Massachusetts, she served as the organization’s national director of P-12 policy, wherein she led the development of the organization’s policy agenda on issues critical to promoting equity and achievement in the P-12 system.