Digital Promise CEO and leadership

D Andre Weaver is a Chief Digital Equity Officer at Digital Promise, Racial Equity Leadership Network Fellow at Southern Education Foundation, and Pahara Fellow at Pahara Institute and is based in Houston, Texas. He has worked as Assistant Principal: Walter Payton College Preparatory Academy at Chicago Public Schools, Principal at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, and Principal: Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy at Chicago Public Schools. D attended University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 2010 and 2018, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 2002 and 2006, and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 2008 and 2010.

Seasoned leader in education technology, product and philanthropy. Expert in learning science, innovation, product strategy and scaling what works. Launched game-changing initiatives that have increased access to education and improved learning for 10s of millions of learners in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.Vic is the Chief Innovation Officer at Digital Promise Global(DPG) and Executive Director of the Learner Variability Project(LVP). Vic has raised over $20 million to conceptualize and launch the Learner Variability Project and he helped grow DPG from 25 to over 130 employees in just 4 years. Prior DPG Vic developed strategies and managed over $100 million in technology focused grants at the Hewlett Foundation to fund and grow the Open Education/Open Courseware movement and create and advance the Deeper Learning strategy. The Open Education movement uses technology to create free, high quality educational material to close the gap for access to education around the world. The Deeper Learning strategy focuses on improving the assessment of higher order skills in order to increase the quality of K12 education.Completed Masters degree in Education and Technology at Stanford University and Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Previous experience includes 8 years in high tech in Silicon Valley across startups and big businesses including Internet and Mobile Consulting with expertise in human centric system design and innovation methodologies. Extensive experience designing and developing large scale systems across a wide range of industries.Specialties: Education and TechnologyLearning ScienceProduct StrategyPhilanthropyStrategic GrantmakingInnovation Methodologies/Design thinkingEnd-User centric system/technology designSystems and process modeling

Christina Luke Luna, Ph.D., comes from a family of educators and strives to center learner and educator perspectives in her work.

As the lead for Digital Promise’s Learning Experience Design team, Josh supports the development of innovative student and professional learning experiences that center learner variability, real world relevance, and cultural context to empower the next generation of creators and change makers.

Kacey comes to Digital Promise with a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Catholic University of America.

D Andre Weaver is a Chief Digital Equity Officer at Digital Promise, Racial Equity Leadership Network Fellow at Southern Education Foundation, and Pahara Fellow at Pahara Institute and is based in Houston, Texas. He has worked as Assistant Principal: Walter Payton College Preparatory Academy at Chicago Public Schools, Principal at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, and Principal: Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy at Chicago Public Schools. D attended University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 2010 and 2018, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 2002 and 2006, and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign between 2008 and 2010.

Seasoned leader in education technology, product and philanthropy. Expert in learning science, innovation, product strategy and scaling what works. Launched game-changing initiatives that have increased access to education and improved learning for 10s of millions of learners in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.Vic is the Chief Innovation Officer at Digital Promise Global(DPG) and Executive Director of the Learner Variability Project(LVP). Vic has raised over $20 million to conceptualize and launch the Learner Variability Project and he helped grow DPG from 25 to over 130 employees in just 4 years. Prior DPG Vic developed strategies and managed over $100 million in technology focused grants at the Hewlett Foundation to fund and grow the Open Education/Open Courseware movement and create and advance the Deeper Learning strategy. The Open Education movement uses technology to create free, high quality educational material to close the gap for access to education around the world. The Deeper Learning strategy focuses on improving the assessment of higher order skills in order to increase the quality of K12 education.Completed Masters degree in Education and Technology at Stanford University and Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Previous experience includes 8 years in high tech in Silicon Valley across startups and big businesses including Internet and Mobile Consulting with expertise in human centric system design and innovation methodologies. Extensive experience designing and developing large scale systems across a wide range of industries.Specialties: Education and TechnologyLearning ScienceProduct StrategyPhilanthropyStrategic GrantmakingInnovation Methodologies/Design thinkingEnd-User centric system/technology designSystems and process modeling

Christina Luke Luna, Ph.D., comes from a family of educators and strives to center learner and educator perspectives in her work.

As the lead for Digital Promise’s Learning Experience Design team, Josh supports the development of innovative student and professional learning experiences that center learner variability, real world relevance, and cultural context to empower the next generation of creators and change makers.

Kacey comes to Digital Promise with a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Catholic University of America.