Auditi Chakravarty

CEO at AERDF

Auditi is CEO of AERDF (the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund). AERDF applies Advanced Inclusive R&D to find potentially transformative teaching and learning solutions that can scale, centering on the assets, strengths, and needs of Black and Latino learners and all learners experiencing poverty. Auditi previously spent 12 years at College Board, where she led research for all their programs and assessment development for the SAT suite of assessments, launched the Pre-AP program, was GM of the SpringBoard program, designed AP Computer Science Principles and AP Capstone, and led the redesign of AP science, history, and world language courses.Prior to that she held multiple product development and instructional design roles at Kaplan Test Prep and Kaplan K12 after working in educational publishing, including at Scholastic. A former high school English teacher, Auditi holds a BA in English and M.Ed in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She is currently a Venture Partner with LearnLaunch Accelerator and is Chair of the National Board of Directors for Bottom Line, a college access and success nonprofit. She lives in New York City and Colchester, Vermont.

2024 Back to School

Auditi Chakravarty

CEO at AERDF

Auditi is CEO of AERDF (the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund). AERDF applies Advanced Inclusive R&D to find potentially transformative teaching and learning solutions that can scale, centering on the assets, strengths, and needs of Black and Latino learners and all learners experiencing poverty. Auditi previously spent 12 years at College Board, where she led research for all their programs and assessment development for the SAT suite of assessments, launched the Pre-AP program, was GM of the SpringBoard program, designed AP Computer Science Principles and AP Capstone, and led the redesign of AP science, history, and world language courses.Prior to that she held multiple product development and instructional design roles at Kaplan Test Prep and Kaplan K12 after working in educational publishing, including at Scholastic. A former high school English teacher, Auditi holds a BA in English and M.Ed in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She is currently a Venture Partner with LearnLaunch Accelerator and is Chair of the National Board of Directors for Bottom Line, a college access and success nonprofit. She lives in New York City and Colchester, Vermont.

2024 Back to School
2024 New York, 'Back to School' Summit Day 2
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
10:00 am

Driving Sustainable Change: Investing in Innovative R&D for Education

Investing in R&D for education can drive lasting change, similar to advances in other industries. Our panel discussion delves into unique, innovative and inclusive solution-building initiatives within education. Discover how investors, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists can contribute to, and benefit from, these efforts in building a more equitable, sustainable, and scalable learning landscape for the global marketplace.