Diego Arambula currently serves as the Vice President of Educational Transformation at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In this role he is working to transform K-12 education and support postsecondary innovation alongside partners in schools, systems and organizations across the country. Prior to joining Carnegie, Diego worked for more than five years as a Managing Partner with Transcend. While at Transcend he worked with teachers, principals and Superintendents across the country to explore how to best reimagine learning environments to prepare all children to thrive.

Diego began his work in public education in 2005 at Summit Public Schools, a leading network of charter public schools headquartered in Redwood City. While at Summit he was a classroom teacher, a founding principal and the Chief Growth & Innovation Officer. Throughout his ten years Diego supported Summit’s move toward personalization and a refined and scalable school model. Diego has also served as the founder and Executive Director of GO Public Schools Fresno, an education advocacy non-profit focused on unlocking demand for radically re-envisioned school models in his hometown of Fresno, CA.

He continues his passion for transformational change in education and in Fresno through sitting on multiple volunteer boards. He currently serves as a Trustee for the California State University system, the largest public university in the country, where he serves as the Chair of the Education Policy Committee. He also chairs the board of Summit Public Schools and the Central Valley Community Foundation. Before his career in education, Diego worked in politics, serving as the Communications Director for U.S. Representative Cal Dooley. He received his A.B. in government from Harvard University and a Master’s in Education from Stanford University. He lives in Fresno with his wife, Chandelle, and their two school-aged daughters, Camila and Lola.