Sameer Gadkaree

Sameer Gadkaree is a Senior Program Officer at the Joyce Foundation working with the Employment Program and the Joint Fund for Education and Employment, which looks for areas of joint interest between K-12, adult education and workforce development programs. He will also put his analytic and consulting skills to work assisting senior Joyce leadership with strategic planning.

Sameer had been working as a consultant to both Joyce and the Civic Consulting Alliance, specializing in workforce development, education issues and philanthropic strategy. Before going into consulting, he served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Adult Education with the City Colleges of Chicago. He also worked previously as a business analyst for Discovery Communications and McKinsey and Company.

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