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Craig Wacker

Program Officer

Craig Wacker is a Program Officer in U.S. Programs, who works with the vice president in exploring new topics, areas and issues.

Before joining the Foundation, Craig worked as an analyst in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Washington, DC, focusing on K-12 education policy. He has also served as a Congressional Fellow on Senator Edward Kennedy's staff; as a Research Associate at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; and on secondment to the World Bank Institute of the World Bank Group.

Wacker has a B.A. in History from Grinnell College and a M.A. in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin.

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