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Christian Rhodes

Deputy Executive Director
Harlem Children's Zone

Christian Rhodes has been a trusted advisor to education leaders across the country for the past 15 years. Most recently, Christian served as Senior Advisor to the U.S Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona advising him on all matters of K-12, strategic partnership, and special initiatives. Appointed by President Biden, Rhodes also served as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, leading the department’s efforts to increase the access and availability of summer learning and enrichment programs and establishing a practitioner-focused repository of district and state responses to safely reopening America’s schools. Rhodes is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the American University in Washington D.C.

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