Dr. Samuel has been a Director of the Company since May 2023. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CASEL, a nonprofit educational organization, a position she has held since January 2022. Prior to joining CASEL, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, of Local, State and National Engagement at the U.S. Department of Education, a position she held from February 2021 to December 2021. Prior to her role in the Department of Education, she was with NWEA, a research based not-for-profit that creates academic assessments, including service as Executive Vice President of Government Affairs & Partnerships and Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, from January 2019 to February 2021. She served as Director of Education at the National Governors Association from November 2015 to December 2018. Dr. Samuel currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the “Center on the Developing Child” at Harvard University, an early childhood research center.