Dr. Daniel Velasco is CEO at Ensemble Learning, where he brings deep experience in education, entrepreneurship, fundraising, and strategy. He was previously President, Chief Operating Officer and originally joined as VP of Strategy and Programs at Latinos for Education. He spent five years at Johns Hopkins as Boston Executive Director and later Regional Director overseeing 14 schools across the northeast in the largest randomized control trial of school reform in American history (Diplomas Now i3 Study). Dr. Velasco was program faculty at Harvard’s School Turnaround Leadership program for 6 years. He started as a teacher with Teach For America and consults on issues including evaluation, teacher retention, and adult learning and development. He serves on the boards of the National Center for Teacher Residencies, Rocketship Public Schools, City Year Jacksonville, and the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network. Dr. Velasco was honored by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in recognition for national service. Originally from Peru, he was raised in Venezuela and came to the U.S. as a teenager. He earned a BA with Honors in Political Science from the University of Central Florida and is a graduate of the ICN Business School in France. He earned a master’s degree in Social Change from Clark University before going on to Harvard, where he received a master’s degree in Education Policy and Management. He holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Entrepreneurship from Johns Hopkins University with an emphasis on Human Capital Development and lives in Jacksonville, FL since 2018.