Laura Schifter

Laura Schifter is a senior fellow with the Aspen Institute leading the K-12 Climate Action initiative. She is also a lecturer on education with the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she teaches courses on federal policy and a fellow with the Century Foundation. Previously, she worked as a policy and research consultant and served as a senior education and disability advisor for Rep. George Miller (D-CA) on the Committee on Education and Labor and an education fellow for Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. She began her career as an elementary school teacher. Schifter earned an Ed.D. in education policy, leadership, and instructional practice from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.