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Kumar Garg

President
Renaissance Philanthropy

Kumar Garg is the President of Renaissance Philanthropy. Previously, Kumar worked with Eric Schmidt to design and launch moonshot initiatives in education, provide early support to game-changing ideas, and build ongoing multi-donor and multi-sector collaboratives. He has also served in various roles in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama Administration and led the administration’s efforts to bolster STEM education, including policy development, implementation, and communication for various science and technology issues. Before these roles, he worked on behalf of parents and children seeking educational reform as an education lawyer and advocate. He has a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Yale Law School.

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