Ernest Ezeugo

Ernest Ezeugo is a strategy officer for federal policy for Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.

Ernest has built a career that centers on historically underserved student communities through policy analysis and advocacy. He has worked for several of Lumina’s policy partners, including Young Invincibles, New America, SHEEO, the National Campus Leadership Council, and USED. He has worked directly with students in several policy efforts and served as a student representative for a round of federal negotiated rulemaking earlier this year. He has had bylines in Forbes, Slate, the Hechinger Report, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and EdSurge.