Annika Many, Principal, edBridge Partners, LLC
Annika Many is a senior education leader with a proven ability to rapidly framework and dissect issues and challenges, build relationships with diverse teams, and employ best practice project management methodology in service of organization’s strategy, mission, and goals. She has a career-long commitment to the education field, working in both higher education and K-12, focusing on diverse policy challenges such as school reform, college access and affordability, teacher and school leader quality, professional development, assessment, community colleges, student aid reform, new mathematics pathways, academic innovation, college completion, and the alignment between K-12 and higher education. At edBridge Partners LLC, she is a principal of the firm, and she regularly serves as a critical partner and collaborator with our clients, evaluating clients’ business models, programs, and services, recommending strategies, and building action plans to enhance and grow the organizations’ capacity and impact.
Prior to joining edBridge, Annika spent over nine years at the College Board, where she held positions in strategy, program and project management, supporting several divisions across the organization. In her most recent role as the Senior Director for the Advocacy & Policy Center, Annika spearheaded the development and implementation of the Affinity Network, a unique initiative improving students’ transition from high school to college; led the portfolio of advocacy and policy initiatives related to college affordability and financial aid; and, organized and directed the operations of the Center. In her other varied roles at the College Board, she helped organize an initiative to start new, small schools in partnership with four major school districts across New York State and helped to build the organization-wide Project Management Office (PMO).
During her time at Teachers College, she studied education politics and policy with some of the premiere faculty in the field, including Luis Huerta, Amy Stuart Wells, and Jeffrey Henig, as well as had great practical experiences from participation in the Federal Policy Institute and an internship in government relations at the American Educational Research Association. Annika also worked full time as a project assistant at the Community College Research Center, where she supported research projects on topics such as the role of community colleges in state adult education systems, and institutional success factors for students in community colleges.
Annika also holds a M.P.A. degree in non-profit management from Pace University, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in psychology from Carnegie Mellon University.
