Stacey M. Childress currently serves as Deputy Director of Education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She leads the Next Generation Models team, which supports the creation and proliferation of technology-enabled content, tools, and learning models that support personalized paths to success for middle and high school students in the United States. Prior to joining the Gates foundation, Ms. Childress was on the faculty of the Harvard Business School where she wrote and taught on entrepreneurial activity in public education in the United States.