Rob believes that the key to dismantling educational inequity is to develop a system of empowered leaders—including teachers, instructional specialists, and administrators at every level—committed to providing all students with rigorous instruction. He executes on this vision by overseeing the design, delivery, and quality of LDC’s resources, tools, and professional supports.

Following several years working on political campaigns, Rob joined Teach for America and taught social studies in Brooklyn, and then provided instructional coaching and curricular design tools aligned to the Common Core State Standards to schools across New York City while working for New Visions for Public Schools. Scaling that work nationally, he became a founding staff member at LDC in 2013 where he spent five years developing tools and delivering professional learning centered on assignment equity to teachers and instructional leaders. He then served in roles at The Broad Center (TBC) and at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) providing leadership development to senior leaders of school systems and equity-minded organizations before returning to LDC in 2020.

Rob holds a master’s from George Washington University and a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan. Rob is a Metro Detroit native who enjoys traveling, reading, writing, running, rooting for most of Detroit’s sports teams, and spending as much time as possible with his family.