Jesse Hahnel is the Executive Director of the National Center for Youth Law and the former Director of NCYL’s Foster Youth Education Initiative (FosterEd). A graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Law School, Jesse has been an attorney at NCYL for nearly seven years. Five years ago he founded FosterEd, an innovative, award winning, system-reform initiative of NCYL that improves educational outcomes of foster children. Before becoming an education attorney, Jesse was a public school teacher in Washington DC and New York City and served as Senior Foundation Analyst at the KIPP Foundation. Hahnel is a recipient of Skadden and Mind Trust fellowships.

Room note: this event will be held in Room 320F, within the ‘centers and programs’ suite on the third floor of the admin/library building.