Bronwyn Nichols Lodato

Bronwyn Nichols Lodato is an accomplished academic and leader in the field of education, currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis since August 2023. Lodato holds the position of Chair of The Board of Directors at Friends of the Parks since September 2022. With a strong research background, Lodato was a Fellow at the Committee on Education, University of Chicago from June 2018 to August 2021, focusing on postsecondary access and persistence, research methods, and policy analysis. Previous roles include President of Education Research at Alma Advisory Group and Senior Vice President and Director at NORC at the University of Chicago. Lodato's educational qualifications include a PhD and two Master of Arts degrees from the University of Chicago, alongside a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Northwestern University and a year of study abroad at Universidad de Sevilla.