Carrie Conaway

Carrie Conaway is a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with nearly 20 years of experience in integrating research and practice to improve public policy. Until June 2019, she was the chief strategy and research officer for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and led the agency’s Office of Planning and Research, which uses planning, research, data, and evidence to improve outcomes for Massachusetts students. She is also a past president of the Association for Education Finance and Policy.

Previously she was the deputy director of the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and an associate editor of the Bank’s flagship publication, Regional Review. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Oberlin College; a master’s degree in policy analysis and labor policy from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; and a master’s degree in sociology and social policy from Harvard University.