Brooke Stafford-Brizard is the vice president of innovation and impact at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was formerly the vice president for research to practice at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where she led grant programs to support bringing more holistic approaches grounded in the science of learning and development to schools and classrooms. She has been a middle school teacher, an instructional leader in the New York City Department of Education, a charter school founder, and a senior advisor for national nonprofits.