Phyllis M. Lockett

by Justin Cates
Phyllis M. Lockett
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
LEAP Innovations
Serves on Board of Directors for: CME Group Inc.

Phyllis M. Lockett is the founding CEO of LEAP Innovations, a national non-profit organization that works with educators and technology companies from across the nation to research, pilot and scale new instructional designs and technology solutions that advance student learning.

Prior to LEAP, Lockett served as President and CEO of New Schools for Chicago, a venture philanthropy organization that invests in the start-up of new public schools.

Lockett served from 1999 to 2005 as Executive Director of the Civic Consulting Alliance, a pro-bono consulting firm sponsored by the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago that leads strategic planning initiatives, process improvement, and program development projects for government agencies.

Lockett is a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. She is also a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute.

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