Paul Keys is the Managing Partner of the Bay Ed Fund that supports community led change efforts in partnership with districts. He previously served as the Executive Vice President at Teach For America national, and the Executive Director for the Bay Area region at Teach For America. Paul grew up in Derry, a city in the northwest corner of Ireland. Derry was the birthplace of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland, and the change Paul witnessed over the past three decades in his hometown fuels his conviction that education is one of the most powerful tools to fight social and economic injustice. Paul holds a Master’s degree in the economics of education from the University of London, and a Bachelor’s in business from the University of Ulster.