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Zarek Drozda

Zarek Drozda

Assistant Middle School Debate Coach

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Executive Director, Data Science 4 Everyone

  • Education

    • The University of Chicago

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      Bachelor of Arts - BA Economics

      Activities and Societies: Dean's Scholar, Dean's List, Inter-House Council, House Council (treasurer), Institute of Politics Fellows Ambassador, Transportation & Safety Advisory Board, Campus Catalyst Board, The Paul Douglas Institute, Global Student Policy Alliance *Graduated within 3 years

    • The Harker School

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      High School Diploma

      Activities and Societies: John Near Endowment Scholar, Debate Captain, Stage Manager, Theater Technician, Middlebury Institute CIF Researcher

    • University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive Education

      2024 - 2025
      Executive Education (EPEL Program)

  • Experience

    • The Harker School

      Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
      Assistant Middle School Debate Coach

    • The Harker School

      Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
      Assistant Debate Coach

    • Harvard-Westlake School

      Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
      Lab Leader - Debate LA

    • City and County of San Francisco

      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      Mayor's Office of Legislative and Government Affairs

    • University of Chicago

      Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
      Research Assistant, Political Science/Economy

    • U.S. Department of State

      Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
      Economic and Business Affairs

    • Center for RISC at UChicago

      Jun 2020 - May 2021

      • Helped build new center at UChicago with economist Steven Levitt (Freakonomics co-author)—developed organization's pitch materials and strategy, drafted and managed grant proposals, and created framework to quantify impact and outcomes.• Managed multiple staff teams on projects in climate change, education, animal welfare, and healthcare. Provided project support, background research, and framework creation for Twitter (X), advising development of the community-driven content verification platform Birdwatch (Community Notes)

      • Project Lead, Data Literacy Education

        Oct 2020 - May 2021

      • Analyst, Multiple Projects

        Aug 2019 - May 2021

      • Consulting Analyst, Twitter Birdwatch

        Jun 2020 - Apr 2021

    • Institute of Education Sciences

      May 2021 - May 2022

      On detail to the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Education (OS) to support inter-agency COVID-19 response. Lead development of www.ed.gov/coronavirus/data in collaboration with the White House, HHS and CDC. On assignment from the University of Chicago to support IES (Institute of Education Sciences) as an SME in education policy. Working to facilitate research, increase awareness, and inform policy for data literacy and data science education in K-12.

      • COVID-19 Response Data Lead, OS

        Aug 2021 - May 2022

      • Data Science Fellow, IES

        May 2021 - May 2022

    • Data Science 4 Everyone

      Jul 2022 - now
      Executive Director

      Helping lead a national nonprofit initiative (based at The University of Chicago) for incorporating data science, data literacy, and AI literacy education as a fundamental component in K-12.Our team has catalyzed state-wide programs in 25+ states in under 4 years, was featured nationally in WSJ, LATimes, Washington Post, and EdWeek, and organized a national coalition of 3000+ education leaders across K-12 education to date, and have raised $10M+ for field-building activities.

    • Federation of American Scientists

      Apr 2024 - now
      Day One Fellow | AI Education Policy

    • ELab

      Sept 2024 - now
      Fellow

      Nominated for a executive cohort of international education entrepreneurs

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Adult & Pediatric CPR

      American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois

  • Volunteer Experience

    • CGIU Conference Volunteer

      Issued by Clinton Global Initiative on Oct 2018
      Clinton Global InitiativeAssociated with Zarek Drozda

    • Co-Founder and Director

      Issued by The Paul Douglas Institute on Jan 2018
      The Paul Douglas InstituteAssociated with Zarek Drozda

    • Co-Founder and Advisor

      Issued by The Global Student Policy Alliance on Nov 2018
      The Global Student Policy AllianceAssociated with Zarek Drozda

    • Board Member

      Issued by campusCATALYST on Jan 2018
      campusCATALYSTAssociated with Zarek Drozda

    • Project Manager, Admissions

      Issued by Athena Academy on Jun 2014
      Athena AcademyAssociated with Zarek Drozda

    • Political Organizer / Canvasser

      Issued by Ro Khanna for Congress on Aug 2016
      Ro Khanna for CongressAssociated with Zarek Drozda