Ernest Ezeugo is the strategy officer for federal policy at Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis committed to making learning opportunities beyond high school available to all. In this role, he plays a pivotal role in shaping and enacting Lumina’s federal policy strategy, establishing partnerships between the foundation and organizations seeking to advance higher education completion and credential attainment.
Before joining Lumina, Ezuego was the higher education and workforce policy director at Young Invincibles, where he managed the organization’s strategy for policy advocacy. In this role, he was also chosen to represent students, student-led organizations, and student loan borrowers as a primary negotiator on the U.S. Department of Education’s Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee. He has also held roles at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC), New America, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Ezuego is a board member of the Campaign for Free College Tuition and a contributing writer for the Education section on Forbes.com. His work also has been published in Slate, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Hechinger Report, EdSurge, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
