Drew has over 15 years of experience using data and analysis to support strategic decision-making in higher education. He is the Associate Provost for Institutional Research & Analytics at Harvard University and a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he teaches courses on the use of data in areas like strategic enrollment management. Before joining Harvard, Drew served as associate vice president of institutional data analytics at Georgetown University, where he led the Office of Assessment and Decision Support. He also taught and conducted research in higher education policy at NYU Steinhardt in his seven years as a fellow. 

Prior to his work at Georgetown and NYU, Drew served as the executive director of the Initiative for Data-Driven Social Science at Princeton University, where he helped launch IDEAS for Higher Ed, a consulting group for internal analytics. In a previous role at the City University of New York (CUNY), he established an office devoted to integrated research, access to

Drew’s research on higher education policy has appeared in several publications, including Research in Higher Education and New Directions for Higher Education. He earned his Ph.D. in higher and postsecondary education at New York University and an M.A. in quantitative methods in the social sciences from Columbia University.

Ryan P. Brown, Ph.D., is the Managing Director for Measurement and Associate Director at the Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University. He regularly consults with organizations on ways to measure their impact on people and achieve transformational goals across industries that include publishing, banking, government, the non-profit sector, and education. Prior to the Doerr Institute, Ryan was an award-winning professor of psychology at The University of Oklahoma, where he taught and helped establish the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing. He has published more than 70 scientific articles on human thought and behavior and three books, the most recent of which is Measuring the Mist: A Practical Guide for Discovering What Really Works in Leader Development.

Angela Jackson is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where her research focuses on the intersection of workforce development, education, and labor markets. She explores how innovative business practices, skills-based hiring, and strategic investments can drive economic and social mobility.

As the principal investigator of the Future Forward Institute, Angela leads groundbreaking research on the evolving nature of work, the role of employers in shaping equitable economic opportunities, and the policies and practices that foster inclusive business growth. Her work examines how companies can design talent strategies that not only enhance productivity and profitability but also create sustainable career pathways for workers.

Angela is a sought-after thought leader, author, and adviser, helping organizations navigate the future of work through human-centered business practices. She is the author of The Win-Win Workplace: How Thriving Employees Drive Bottom-Line Success (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2025), which highlights how thriving employees drive bottom-line success. She also advises policymakers, corporate leaders, and investors on leveraging entrepreneurship and strategic capital deployment to accelerate systems change and unlock new opportunities for historically marginalized communities.

Her research has been featured in leading journals and publications, including Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Leader to Leader, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and The Economist. She is a frequent speaker at global convenings on the future of work, economic mobility, and workforce innovation.