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Russlynn Ali

Managing Director, The Emerson Collective; Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights under President Obama

Russlynn Ali is managing director of the education fund at The Emerson Collective. She was previously the assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education under President Obama and founding executive director of Education Trust – West in Oakland, California.

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