Lydia M. Logan

Lydia Logan is the Executive Director of the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative at Digital Promise. She is founder and principal of Educology Advisors, education and philanthropy consultants. Previously, she served as managing director of Chiefs for Change at the Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Before joining Chiefs for Change, Lydia served as the senior director of policy at the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, where she focused on national policy, K-12 school improvement in Michigan, and investments improving management, human capital, quality, and transparency across district and charter public schools in Washington, D.C.

Prior to The Broad Foundation, she held the position of vice president and executive director of the Institute for a Competitive Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where she worked with the business community on national and state policies and programs to improve early childhood, pre-K through post-secondary public education, and workforce training.

Lydia also served as the vice president of programs for the Kimsey Foundation, where her grant portfolio focused on strategic support for district leadership, charter school expansion, closing the digital divide for low-income families, and wrap-around services for students in D.C. Public Schools. Lydia holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the boards of the American Youth Policy Forum and the Edvance Foundation.

You can reach Lydia at lydia@digitalpromise.org.