Phyllis Lockett

Phyllis Lockett is the CEO of LEAP-X, an education innovation lab that designs and creates solutions for the future of learning. Lockett is the Founder and Senior Advisor of LEAP Innovations, which connects schools and tech companies from across the nation to scale learning innovations in classrooms. Prior to her role with LEAP, she served as the founding CEO of New Schools for Chicago, a venture philanthropy that invested in the start-up of 80 new public schools. Lockett previously served as the executive director of Civic Consulting Alliance (CCA), a pro-bono consulting firm for government agencies, and led key projects that shaped the Chicago Transit Authority’s $2.8B capital improvement program, and the Chicago Housing Authority’s $1.5B Plan for Transformation. Lockett has held sales and marketing roles with IBM, Kraft Foods, and General Mills. Lockett serves as a director of the CME Group (Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance committee); and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (Chairperson of the Operations and Technology committee). Lockett is an advisor with GSV Ventures and board member of SAGA Education. She is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network, Commercial Club of Chicago, and a Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute.