Chike Aguh

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Senior Advisor, Project on Workforce at Harvard University | Former Chief Innovation Officer at U.S. Department of Labor, Biden-Harris Administration @ The Project on Workforce at Harvard
Chike Aguh's Location
Bowie, Maryland, United States, United States
About Chike Aguh

Chike Aguh (Chee-Kay Ah-Goo) is the first person in his entire family born in America, a Fulbright Scholar, educator, business leader, award winning non-profit CEO, and presidential appointee. A recognized authority on the future of work, economic opportunity, and innovation, Chike is committed to an economy that creates opportunity for all just like America did for him. Chike currently serves as Senior Advisor at Harvard University’s Project On Workforce, Senior Fellow on Workforce at Northeastern University’s Burnes Center for Social Change, and Senior Advisor at the McChrystal Group.Previously, Chike was appointed by the President in 2021 on day one of his administration to serve as Chief Innovation Officer at the US Department of Labor, the first black person to do so. Reporting to Deputy Secretary and later Acting Secretary Julie Su, he led efforts to use data, emerging technologies (AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, etc.), and innovative practice to advance/protect American workers. These efforts included creating the department’s first enterprise data strategy, serving a pivotal role in the $2B modernization of the nation’s unemployment insurance system, piloting the nation’s first workforce scorecard, and serving as the DOL’s designee to the National Space Council. Chike has also worked as an education policy official and teacher in America’s largest school system; Fulbright Scholar in Asia; director of corporate strategy and performance technologies at technology company EAB; CEO of a national nonprofit which helped connect 500,000 low-income Americans to affordable internet and digital skills, founding leader of the Community College Growth Engine Fund; and Director of Strategy and Future of Work Lead at the McChrystal Group, a business advisory firm founded by Gen. (ret.) Stanley McChrystal. Chike holds degrees from Tufts University (B.A.), Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.M), Harvard Kennedy School (MPA), and University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (MBA). He is a lifetime member at the Council on Foreign Relations, Presidential Leadership Scholar; and 40 under 40 honoree from Wharton and Washington Business Journal. Chike, his wife and their two kids are proud Marylanders and Prince Georgians. Appointed by MD Gov. Wes Moore, Chike is Vice-Chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission. He is founder of the Aguh Workforce Scholarship at Prince George’s Community College and advisor to Prince George’s County focused philanthropy Pull-Up Fund. Chike and his family are members of Zion Church in Greenbelt, MD.

Chike Aguh's Current Company Details
The Project on Workforce at Harvard

The Project On Workforce At Harvard

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Senior Advisor, Project on Workforce at Harvard University | Former Chief Innovation Officer at U.S. Department of Labor, Biden-Harris Administration
Chike Aguh Work Experience Details
  • The Project On Workforce At Harvard
    Senior Advisor
    The Project On Workforce At Harvard 2023 - Present
    Cambridge, Us
    The Project on Workforce is an interdisciplinary, collaborative project between the Harvard Kennedy School's Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, the Harvard Business School Managing the Future of Work Project, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.​The Project produces and catalyzes basic and applied research at the intersection of education and labor markets for leaders in business, education, and policy. The Project’s research aims to help shape a postsecondary system of the future that creates more and better pathways to economic mobility and forges smoother transitions between education and careers.https://www.pw.hks.harvard.edu/
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  • The Burnes Center For Social Change
    Senior Fellow
    The Burnes Center For Social Change Jun 2023 - Present
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    The Burnes Center designs and implements practical solutions to society’s hardest problems. We develop innovative, participatory, and equitable approaches to solving public problems using new technology.Chike is a Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change where he is working on efforts to connect workers from underserved communities to jobs in economically important sectors, map the skills needed for workers to work alongside AI and other other emerging technologies, and supporting the work of InnovateUS to help modernize the public sector.
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  • Maryland Higher Education Commission
    Vice Chair And Commissioner
    Maryland Higher Education Commission Oct 2023 - Present
    Baltimore, Maryland, Us
    The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) is the State’s higher education regulatory and coordinating board, responsible for establishi​​ng statewide policies for Maryland public & private colleges and universities, as well as for the for-profit career sc​hools. MHEC also administe​rs more than $100 million each year through financial aid programs that positively impact students as they work to achieve their higher education goals.
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  • Maryland Higher Education Commission
    Commissioner
    Maryland Higher Education Commission Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
    Baltimore, Maryland, Us
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  • Mcchrystal Group
    Senior Advisor
    Mcchrystal Group May 2023 - Present
    Alexandria, Va, Us
    McChrystal Group helps you drive the results that matter by unleashing the power of your teams. That's why we’ve been helping organizations get their teams working better, smarter, and faster for over a decade. Forged in combat and proven across industries, we use our Team of Teams® framework to help you get the most out of your teams, turning them into powerful engines of meaningful change.Chike focuses his work on social impact, innovation and strategy
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  • Council On Foreign Relations
    Life Member
    Council On Foreign Relations Jun 2023 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
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  • Leading Authorities, Inc.
    Public Speaker
    Leading Authorities, Inc. 2023 - Present
    Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
    Chike served as one of LAI's featured speakers on the future of work, particularly in regard to its impact on national competitiveness, organizational performance and racial equity. He also speaks on strategy for organizations of all types and cross-sector lessons to achieve real social impact.https://www.leadingauthorities.com/preview-link/node/19490/c91d54cc-c294-4dfe-a40d-369a1ecd7e8a
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  • New Markets Venture Partners
    Member Of The Board Of Advisors
    New Markets Venture Partners 2023 - Present
    Fulton, Md, Us
    New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformative education and workforce technology companies that drive superior financial returns. New Markets is led by a veteran investment team with a 25-year track record of outperformance. As one of the leading education and workforce technology venture firms in the U.S., we maintain deep relationships with states, districts, universities, and other centers of workforce innovation that allow us to provide exceptional value to our portfolio companies. New Markets adds value to our portfolio companies before, during and after the investment process.We believe that:• Innovation, nurtured by expert managers, is at the heart of profitability.• Disruptive technologies with data-supported results lead to high margins and short sales cycles.• Deep relationships with centers of innovation yield high quality, capital efficient, investments.• Capital efficient growth dramatically improves liquidity options.Chike serves as a Venture Partner, particularly focused on the future of work. His work centers on finding transformative technology companies in that space that are producing outsize financial and social returns. Additionally, he creates partnerships with stakeholders across sectors to further the work.
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  • The Burning Glass Institute
    Senior Fellow
    The Burning Glass Institute 2023 - 2024
    Situated at the intersection of learning and work, the Burning Glass Institute advances data-driven research and practice on the future of work and of workers. We work with educators, employers, and policymakers to develop solutions that build mobility, opportunity, and equity through skills.
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  • U.S. Department Of Labor
    Chief Innovation Officer, Biden Administration Presidential Appointee
    U.S. Department Of Labor Jan 2021 - Apr 2023
    Washington, Dc, Us
    Appointed by Pres. Joe Biden, reporting to the Deputy Secretary of Labor, serving as the Department's inaugural Senior Advisor for Delivery, and also the first black Chief Innovation Officer (CInO), Chike leads efforts to use innovative technologies, partnerships and practices to accelerate the Department’s mission of ensuring that every American is included and respected in the future of work.In his role, Chike serves as the principal advisor and subject matter expert on new and emerging technologies' impact on workers and DOL's efforts to advance them. Those technologies include but are not limited to artificial intelligence, machine learning, XR, Web3, metaverse, quantum computing, cybersecurity and blockchain along with many others. Additionally, he oversees the research, development and deployment for all mission-driven open government, data and emerging technology initiatives.Appointed by Pres. Biden as a non-career member of the Select Executive Service (NC-SES)
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  • American Swiss Foundation
    Young Leader
    American Swiss Foundation Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
    New York, Ny, Us
    For over 75 years, the American Swiss Foundation has cultivated the traditional friendship between the two countries through citizen-to-citizen diplomacy. This historic friendship reaches back over two centuries to the time when Switzerland and the United States were called the "Sister Republics," with shared democratic values, including liberty, the rule of law, and free enterprise. The Foundation's programs focus on the promising young people of both nations who will shape public opinion and policy in the years to come. Our goal is to inspire them to preserve the centuries-long friendship through active engagement with one another and with the senior leaders in our extensive network. The main program of the American Swiss Foundation is the Young Leaders Conference, held annually in Switzerland since 1990. The conference provides a unique platform for shared experiences and respectful dialogue among leaders of diverse cultural, political, and professional backgrounds. Alumni of the past 32 conferences now number more than 1,400 leaders who shape the future of the two countries by sharing insights, fostering constructive dialogue, and building bridges. Our network includes influential government officials, entrepreneurs and business executives, media professionals, academics, and public policy experts, all dedicated to promoting the shared values of the "Sister Republics."
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  • Harvard Carr Center For Human Rights Policy
    Technology And Human Rights Fellow
    Harvard Carr Center For Human Rights Policy May 2020 - May 2021
    Cambridge, Ma, Us
    The 2020-2021 Technology and Human Rights Fellows strengthen the Carr Center's mission to educate the next generation of leaders in human rights policy and practice; and to provide knowledge to organizations, states, policymakers, and corporations.Under the guidance of the Faculty Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School, the fellows will spend the next academic year building projects related to the impact of the future of work on racial minorities, business and human rights, international law and cyberspace, and the UN guiding principles, among other projects. During his fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center, Chike will be writing a book on the future of work and racial equity.
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  • Columbia University In The City Of New York
    Lecturer
    Columbia University In The City Of New York 2020 - 2021
    New York, Ny, Us
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  • Education Design Lab
    Head Of Economic Mobility Pathways
    Education Design Lab 2020 - 2021
    Washington, D.C., Us
    The Education Design Lab is a 501c3 non-profit that designs, tests, and implements unique higher education models that address the rapidly changing economy and emerging technology opportunities. The Lab demonstrates where technology, rigor, and design can improve equity, opportunity, and economic dynamism for historically non-traditional learners and workers and the country as a whole. The Lab has partnered with organizations like the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, the United Negro College Fund, and Georgetown University. Chike is the inaugural Head of Economic Mobility Pathways for Education Design Lab where he leads the Community College Growth Engine Fund, a tri-sector multimillion dollar effort to ensure community colleges are bridges to employment for all. Working with six community colleges from across the country along with stakeholders from each geography like employers, chambers of commerce, K-12 school districts, and labor unions, the Lab will help design credential pathways that will help get almost 4,000 learners into work by the end of 2022. Even more importantly, this work will provide a model for the country to help employ millions more.
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  • Graduation Alliance
    Board Member
    Graduation Alliance 2020 - 2021
    Us
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  • Consortium For Advancing Adult Learning And Development
    Member
    Consortium For Advancing Adult Learning And Development 2019 - 2021
    The Consortium for Advancing Adult Learning & Development (CAALD) is a new interdisciplinary network of leading thinkers and doers drawn together by the possibility of re-imagining how businesses and society approach adult learning and growth—from workplace training to workforce re-skilling, higher ed to ed tech. Its 30-plus participants include corporate and nonprofit leaders, academic researchers in the fields of psychology and neuroscience, technology innovators, and other experts, convened by McKinsey & Company.
  • Prince George'S County
    Commissioner And Chair Of Strategic Planning, Commission On Fathers, Men And Boys
    Prince George'S County 2019 - 2021
  • Digitalus
    Senior Advisor And Chief Evangelist
    Digitalus 2019 - 2021
    Digital US is working to ensure that all of US have technology skills and digital resilience to thrive in work and life.Digital US partners are collaborating and innovating to remove barriers to accessing technology and digital skills training. We are creating critical onramps to digital resilience and scaling what works.Currently less than 10% of adults in need of foundational digital skills development receive training, and they are being left behind in our digital economy.
  • Biden For President
    Innovation Workforce Policy Subcommittee Co-Chair, Innovation Policy Committee
    Biden For President May 2020 - Nov 2020
    Wilmington, De, Us
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  • Iste
    Future Of Work Fellow
    Iste 2019 - 2020
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Chike Aguh serves as the inaugural Future of Work Fellow at the International Society for Technology in Education, works closely with the learning team and focuses on the future of work and its implications for K-12, higher education and tech developers. ISTE’s vision is that all educators are empowered to harness technology to accelerate innovation in teaching and learning, and inspire learners to reach their greatest potential. ISTE inspires educators worldwide, currently serving over 100,000 worldwide, to use technology to innovate teaching and learning, accelerate good practice and solve tough problems in education by providing community, knowledge and the ISTE Standards, a framework for rethinking education and empowering learners.
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  • Inncuvate
    Partner
    Inncuvate 2018 - 2020
    Largo, Maryland, Us
    Inncuvate is an innovation consultancy and venture studio dedicated to generating and growing the next wave of innovation businesses in communities that need them most. Chike focuses on thought leadership around the future of work, technological innovation and public-private partnerships.
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  • Mcchrystal Group
    Senior Principal, Director Of Strategy, Future Of Work Lead
    Mcchrystal Group 2018 - 2020
    Alexandria, Va, Us
    Chike Aguh (Chee-kay Ah-Goo) is a Senior Principal and Future of Work Lead at McChrystal Group, a firm founded by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which focuses on transforming clients into adaptable 21st Century organizations. In this role, Chike creates and delivers new offerings to help organizations better implement their strategies. Additionally, Chike serves as the firm's subject matter expert and lead on the future of work. He has served clients such as MedStar Health, Teach For America, United States Agency for International Development, and the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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  • Council On Foreign Relations
    Member, Cfr Taskforce On Future Of The Us Workforce
    Council On Foreign Relations Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
    New York, Ny, Us
    Served on this taskforce as member as well as in his capacity as a term member at CFR.The world is in the midst of a transformation in the nature of work, as smart machines, artificial intelligence, new technologies, and global competition remake how people do their jobs and pursue their careers. The Work Ahead: Machines, Skills, and U.S. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century focuses on how to rebuild the links among work, opportunity, and economic security for all Americans in the face of accelerating change. The United States needs to create new work opportunities, better career paths, and higher incomes for its people, while developing a highly skilled and adaptable workforce. To prosper and to lead, the United States needs to find new ways to meet the workforce challenges of the twenty-first century. Visit https://www.cfr.org/report/the-work-ahead/ to view the report and additional materials
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  • Retail Opportunity Network
    Member, Technology Advisory Group-Retail Opportunity Network
    Retail Opportunity Network 2018 - 2018
    The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is home to a passionate community of global educators who believe in the power of technology to transform teaching and learning, accelerate innovation and solve tough problems in education. ISTE manages the Technology Advisory Group (TAG) of Hope Street's Retail Opportunity Network. The Retail Opportunity Network is a collection of over 30 organizations working collaboratively to drive system change for the U.S. retail workforce by developing ways to make it easier for frontline retail workers to advance in their careers. The TAG is charged with creating best practices around incorporating cutting edge technology into advancing the prospects of frontline retail workers who are at the leading edge of the future of work.
  • Everyoneon
    Chief Executive Officer
    Everyoneon 2015 - 2018
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    EveryoneOn is a national social enterprise that has helped deliver high-speed Internet access, computers, and digital skills to over 500,000 low-income Americans in 48 states through cross-sector partnerships and collaborations across the United States.
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  • Presidential Leadership Scholars
    2017 Presidential Leadership Scholar
    Presidential Leadership Scholars 2017 - 2017
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  • Eab
    Associate Principal, Corporate Strategy; Director, Performance Technologies
    Eab 2013 - 2015
    Washington, Dc, Us
    -Concentrate on strategy and product development/launches in the higher education space with a specific focus on student success in community and technical colleges
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  • Acumen Fund
    Summer Associate
    Acumen Fund 2012 - 2012
    New York, New York, Us
    -Researching the education technology market -Mapped out a strategy for prospective domestic fund on how to invest technology start-ups that can dramatically improve the quality of education from cradle to college to career-Identified pipeline for potential education technology start-ups
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  • Performance Improvement Council
    Harvard Presidential Public Service Fellow
    Performance Improvement Council 2012 - 2012
    -Selected as one of 10 fellows from across Harvard University to have a summer internship in public service sponsored by Office of Harvard President Drew Faust-The Performance Improvement Council is tasked by the President of the United States to bring the science of performance management to everything the federal government does-Supported federal agencies in monitoring efforts to increase efficacy of job training efforts
  • Mckinsey & Company
    Summer Associate
    Mckinsey & Company 2011 - 2011
    Us
    -Worked in the Social Sector Office's Education Practice-Identified substantial savings for a major university client
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  • United States Department Of Education
    Education Pioneer Fellow
    United States Department Of Education 2010 - 2010
    -Focused on efforts to increase funding and investment in education technology and innovative practices-Researched efforts to increase quality of Native American education
  • Massachusetts Executive Office Of Education- Gov. Deval Patrick Administration
    Policy Intern
    Massachusetts Executive Office Of Education- Gov. Deval Patrick Administration 2009 - 2010
    -Assisted in passing pieces of Governor’s education legislative agenda-Conducted policy research on best practices in dropout prevention
  • Dr. Tony Wagner-Change Leadership Group At Harvard University
    Research Assistant
    Dr. Tony Wagner-Change Leadership Group At Harvard University 2009 - 2010
    -Served as research assistant on Dr. Wagner's book "Creating Innovators"-Researched the links between macroeconomic growth and technological innovation and education
  • Harvard Graduate School Of Education
    Ed.M Candidate
    Harvard Graduate School Of Education 2009 - 2010
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us
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  • The Fulbright Program
    Fulbright Scholar (Thailand United States Education Foundation)
    The Fulbright Program 2008 - 2009
    Washington, Dc, Us
    -Did independent research on the effect of Thai education policy -Partnered with the Thai Ministry of Health and local hospital to increase the English proficiency of its health professionals-Taught high and middle school ESL
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  • Excellence Boys Charter School Of Bedford Stuyvesant
    2Nd Grade Teacher
    Excellence Boys Charter School Of Bedford Stuyvesant 2006 - 2008
    Excellence Charter School is an all boys, elementary charter school and regularly has more than 85% of its students at or above grade level
  • Teach For America
    Corps Member
    Teach For America 2006 - 2008
    New York, Ny, Us
    -Excellence Charter School is an all boys, elementary charter school and regularly has more than 85% of its students at or above grade level
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  • Office Of Youth Development-New York City Department Of Education
    New York City Urban Fellow- Special Assistant
    Office Of Youth Development-New York City Department Of Education 2005 - 2006
    New York, Ny, Us
    -Tracked the delivery of special education services to students-Worked on team that reduced special education related service backlog -Assisted in crafting a strategy and professional development regime around post-secondary planning for New York City high schools-Assisted in evaluating alternative high school models for overaged and under-credited students
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Chike Aguh Education Details

  • The Wharton School
    The Wharton School
    Innovation Strategy
  • Harvard Kennedy School
    Harvard Kennedy School
    Political Economy Of Globalization And Innovation
  • Harvard Graduate School Of Education
    Harvard Graduate School Of Education
    Education Policy And Management
  • Tufts University
    Tufts University
    Political Science

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Chike Aguh works for The Project On Workforce At Harvard

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Chike Aguh's current role is Senior Advisor, Project on Workforce at Harvard University | Former Chief Innovation Officer at U.S. Department of Labor, Biden-Harris Administration.

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Chike Aguh attended The Wharton School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Graduate School Of Education, Tufts University.

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