Monica Martinez

Dr Monica Martinez is an education strategist and consultant, author, presenter, and appointee to the White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Her career encompasses major programmatic, management and executive leadership roles, including hands-on experience running and supporting major foundation initiatives, and is marked by her expertise in secondary reform and college success. As an education strategist, Dr. Martinez serves in an advisory capacity to leaders’ of multiple organizations, including nonprofits, state systems, and foundations to assist in creating, revising, or implementing their education strategies and initiatives. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Dr. Martinez served as the CEO and President of the New Tech Network and the Vice President for Education Strategy at KnowledgeWorks. In Washington, DC, she was a senior associate at the Institute for Educational Leadership where she founded the Washington, D.C.-based National High School Alliance while developing and managing three other projects. She was a columnist for Phi Delta Kappan and still publishes in the magazine and has been a contributing author to other books and independent reports. She is an international and national speaker on the topics of deeper learning, education innovation and reform, college readiness, and the future of learning.