Jennifer L. Husbands, PhD (she/her)

Project Manager

Jennifer L. Husbands, PhD, is a former Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she led the Community of Practice for the Networks for School Improvement from 2018-2024.

Jennifer’s career in education leadership has been focused on the adult learning that needs to happen to catalyze change at the classroom level to improve outcomes for students.

She has convened networks of schools, consulted leaders at low-performing schools on improvement strategies, and trained staff starting new schools. She led the nation’s first charter school-based, state-approved teacher certification program and launched an innovative graduate school of education within a K-12 charter network.

Jennifer earned her PhD in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University's Graduate School of Education and her BA with Highest Honors from the University of Virginia. She is committed to lifelong learning, whether from her colleagues, her child, or through reading and listening to music and podcasts.