Christopher Leake, PhD is the National Senior Vice President for Program Impact, Learning and Evaluation at Teach For America.  His division is responsible for organization-wide reporting, analytics, applications administration, strategic consulting and data governance.  His professional experience spans multiple industries. Before joining TFA he most recently served in several policy roles at the City and State level.  Additional posts include respective stints advising Former NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo and Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As an economic researcher at MDRC, where he was the lead analyst and technical appendix author on numerous policy reports.    Noted for his research on the role educational outcomes play in employment markets, has been invited to lecture and present at top universities: Yale, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and Stanford among many others.  Beginning his career in private equity at Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan, he later moved on to stints at Luxor Capital and Perry Capital. In his spare time, he enjoys classical music and is involved in philanthropy at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera and The Park Armory.   Christopher completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia University and The Juilliard School and earned his graduate degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.