Kati Haycock is president of The Education Trust, a US non-profit advocacy organization that promotes high academic achievement for all students at all levels, particularly for students of color and low-income students. She is the former executive vice president of the Children’s Defense Fund, the nation’s largest child advocacy organization and former director of outreach and student affirmative action programs for the University of California system. She serves as a director on several education-related boards, including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, The New Teacher Project and the Hunt Institute.