Phyllis Lockett

Phyllis Lockett is the CEO of LEAP-X, an education innovation consultancy that designs and creates solutions for the future of learning. Ms. Lockett is the Founder and Senior Advisor of LEAP Innovations, which has advanced personalized learning and ed tech innovations in classrooms across the country. Lockett spearheaded the first teaching and learning framework for personalized learning, and launched one of the first ed tech “test beds” through the LEAP Pilot Network. Prior to her role with LEAP, she served as the founding CEO of New Schools for Chicago, a venture philanthropy that provided start-up funding and technical assistance for 80 new public schools. Ms. Lockett served as the Executive Director of the Civic Consulting Alliance, and supported a range of projects, including the $1.5B Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation and the $2.8B Chicago Transit Authority capital expansion. She has held sales and marketing roles with IBM, Kraft Foods, and General Mills. Ms. Lockett serves as a director of the CME Group; and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. She is the Chairperson of Noble Schools, the largest charter school operator in Illinois, and SAGA Education. Ms. Lockett is an advisor with GSV Ventures, and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network, Commercial Club of Chicago, and a Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute.