Catalyst:Ed
Leona Christy is the Founder and CEO of Catalyst:Ed, a position held since 2015, where responsibilities include defining the organization's vision and strategy, leading to a 94% success rate in matched projects that prioritize resources and reduce costs for organizations. Prior experience includes serving as Senior Program Director at Safal Partners from 2011 to 2015, managing strategic planning and evaluation projects for diverse clients, and as Program Director at Pratham USA from 2007 to 2010, where Leona successfully raised over $10 million annually for education initiatives in India. Additional roles include work as a Consultant for The World Bank in 2006-2007 and as a Manager at Unilever from 2000 to 2005, where innovative distribution systems were developed. Leona holds a Masters in Public Policy from Duke University, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and a BA (Hons) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
Catalyst:Ed
What if every education leader and team that identified a challenge could access the expertise and hands-on support they needed to address it? What if, as a sector, we were continuously learning from these efforts and leveraging insights to better students, families, and communities? Catalyst:Ed is a national nonprofit working to transform the capacity of the nation’s education ecosystem and improve outcomes for the millions of students it serves. Our pioneering model rapidly and effectively matches education organizations to tailored technical assistance and capacity building supports so they can address long-standing challenges and expand the limits of what they can accomplish. We also invest in strengthening the capacity of grassroots organizations that work in close proximity to historically marginalized communities. At a systemic level, we are building the ecosystem and infrastructure – the network, the technology, and the know-how – needed to support capacity building at scale, strengthen the field of providers, and facilitate sector-wide learning. Our guiding principles: - Capacity building fuels world-changing work. - Individualized support is necessary, yet collective learning is possible. - A focus equity and justice must be integrated into capacity building. - There is no progress without trust. Learn more and join our network at www.catalyst-ed.org/about/