Ellen Ridyard

Director, Collaborations and Partnerships @Philadelphia Education Fund

Philadelphia, PA, US

Facilitation and Stakeholder Management: build, convene and cultivate higher education partnerships and steward college access and success ecosystem member engagement - Support Ecosystem Steering Committee and Workgroup meetings: provide direction and backbone support to partner access and success organizations in aligning their work to the common ecosystem agenda - Communications: communicating project objectives, leading data reporting, executing ecosystem communications strategy and tools, and designing systems for effective, engaging communication platforms- Shared Strategy and Measurement: oversee strategy development and implementation toward continuous on-time graduation outcome improvement for Philadelphia students-Team Leadership: serve on PEF\'s leadership team, support the collaborative work of stakeholders; manage the evaluator in informing program design, strategic approach and methods for data collection and analysis; collaborate with the communications manager to direct and inform the ecosystem communications work- Launched staff committees focused on Technology Resources and Professional Development; member of both staff committees

University of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Teaching Certification

Vassar College

Bachelor of Arts

The University of Edinburgh

Master's of Science