Most recently, Dr. Stephanie Wood-Garnett was president of the Institute for Student Achievement (ISA), managing director of the Institute for Student Achievement Foundation, and associate vice president of ETS. Prior to joining ISA, she served as the vice president of policy to practice for the Alliance for Excellent Education where she advocated for high school transformation on behalf of underserved students. She also served as the assistant commissioner of higher education for New York State where she played a pivotal role in leading Race to the Top initiatives focused on the teacher and leader professional learning and educator licensure. Over the course of nearly 30 years in education, Dr. Wood-Garnett served in a variety of roles at the local, state, and national levels, including as executive director of the District of Columbia’s State Personnel Development Grant and as executive director of exemplary programs, including Title I, II, and III for a school district in Washington State. As a leader of federal grants and programs, she successfully directed two national technical assistance centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement at Learning Point and the IDEA Local Implementation by Local Administrators Project at the Council for Exceptional Children. She also served as an education strategist for the California Department of Education (CDE) and co-authored CDE’s disproportionality plan.
She currently serves on several national boards including the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation; Girls Leadership; Asian Pacific Islander Research Cabinet; Global Science of Learning Education Network; and the Learning Policy Institute’s Science of Learning & Development Design Principles Advisory Board. Dr. Wood-Garnett holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Dartmouth College, a Master of Science in higher education administration from the George Washington University, and a Doctor of Education in education policy and administration from the University of Pennsylvania.