With more than 30 years in the nonprofit arena, Yee-Ann Cho has a longstanding commitment to inclusivity and diverse populations and extensive experience in the education, public and philanthropic sectors at local, state and national levels. 

Most recently, Yee-Ann was a partner at LearnerStudio, whose mission is to accelerate progress toward a flexible, rigorous, equitable, learner-centered education system that inspires and prepares young people to thrive in life, career, and citizenship. Prior to that, she served as director of strategy, planning, and learning at Pivotal Ventures, Melinda French Gates’ venture philanthropy. She also served as associate dean and chief operating officer at the University of Denver Daniels College of Business. In addition to senior roles at school- and state-level organizations, including as chief of staff to the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Yee-Ann has worked as an independent consultant providing strategy, program design and implementation, and project management support to educational, philanthropic, and nonprofit ventures. 

Yee-Ann earned her BA from Colgate University, her EdM from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education (GSE), and her MBA from the Yale School of Management (SOM). A proud mother of three young adult daughters, she lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and two dogs. Outside of work, she sits on the boards of Early Milestones Colorado, the HadaNou Collective, and Food Bank of the Rockies, and is an alumni advisor and mentor at both GSE and SOM. And to relax, Yee-Ann enjoys long walks with her dogs, training for half marathons, reading, cooking, and traveling.