Dr. Sarah Johnson

CEO, Teaching Lab

Sarah joined Teaching Lab from the Overdeck Family Foundation, where she created and managed the Exceptional Educators Portfolio. Sarah held leadership roles at the New York City Department of Education where she managed teacher development and evaluation systems for over 70,000 teachers. She was a high school science teacher and founded a social justice student leadership program in Washington, DC and Oakland, Calif. She has a doctorate in Education Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Master of Arts in Teaching from American University. Sarah graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Emory University.

HaMy Vu

Organizational Learning and Operations, Teaching Lab

HaMy has 15 years experience as a teacher, data analyst, education researcher, and research project manager in education. She began her career as a middle school math teacher in Philadelphia and New York City. HaMy also served as Senior Director, Research and Design at UnboundEd. Prior to that, HaMy oversaw data analysis and reporting, and policy recommendations at the Regents Research Fund and the NYC Department of Education. She holds a Bachelor’s in Science in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University, and a master’s degree in Urban Education Policy from Brown University.