JONATHAN BRIGGS
School Board, Prince George County’s 2nd District
Service: Teach for America
Jonathan Briggs is the Policy Manager at America Forward a nonpartisan policy initiative of New Profit, a national venture philanthropy fund that seeks to break down the barriers between all people and opportunity in America.
Prior to joining America Forward, Jonathan served as a Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) Fellow and Education Program Specialist at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) where he co-managed a portfolio of discretionary grant awardees in the Office of Program and Grantee Support Services. He started his career as a teacher where he taught 5th grade (all subjects) and Guided Reading as a 2013 Teach for America - Kansas City Corps member.
Jon also served as a Legislative Fellow and Acting Legislative Assistant in the Office of Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, where he focused on education health employment higher education labor and civil rights policy.
Jonathan holds a BA from National Louis University, a Master of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University and a graduate certificate in Urban Education and Leadership from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.