Nadya Chinoy Dabby is chief strategy officer at PowerMyLearning, leading efforts to improve early math outcomes. Previously, Nadya was on the executive team at UnboundEd, a national professional learning organization for educators serving historically marginalized students. Nadya was also a member of the Obama Administration’s senior education team, leading the U.S. Department of Education’s innovation division. From 2011–2017, she oversaw $1 billion in annual grantmaking across 1,000+ education nonprofits, school districts, charter schools and institutions of higher education, serving as a leading voice for the Obama Administration on better connecting research to policy and to school decisions. Earlier in her career, Nadya served as Director of The Broad Foundation and as a management consultant for nonprofit and government organizations. Nadya is currently on the board of multiple education-related nonprofits including Above & Beyond Teaching, Beyond 100K, Research Partnership for Professional Learning, and Rise; she is also a senior fellow with FutureEd at Georgetown University.

Nadya holds a bachelor’s degree in international development and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a master of business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. A proud graduate of California’s public schools, Nadya lives in California’s Bay Area with her family.