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Megan Benay
Megan Benay is a current doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University. She is also a Senior Fellow at InnovateEDU where she provides operational and thought leadership for projects, supporting organizational leaders with strategic innovations. Previously, Megan served as the Senior National Director of Data & Research at the Great Oaks Foundation. In this role, Megan led the work to build data and research systems to drive continuous improvement efforts across the organization. She also led initiatives to support schools across the GO network to improve social, emotional, and academic outcomes for students with diverse learning needs as the Director of Inclusive Education. Megan has served in many positions in education throughout her career, including as a Program Analyst at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, as a special education teacher in New York City public schools, and as an English teacher in Chile as part of the United Nations Development Programme.