Ebony Lee is the Chief External Affairs Officer at the Charter School Growth Fund where she leverages her philanthropic and government experience to oversee work in Investor relations, policy, communications and advocacy. She previously served as the U.S. Department of Education’s deputy chief of staff for policy. For nearly a decade, Ebony worked on charter school and teacher effectiveness policy as a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She also served served as chief of staff in the Department’s Office for Innovation and Improvement, and as an associate director in the Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison at the U.S. Department of Justice. Ebony is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied public policy at Brown University.