Christian Rhodes has been a trusted advisor to education leaders across the country for the past 15 years. Christian served as Senior Advisor to the U.S Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona. Rhodes also served as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, leading the department’s efforts to increase the access and availability of summer learning and enrichment programs, and establishing a practitioner-focused repository of district and state responses to safely reopening America’s schools. Prior to his appointment, Rhodes served as Chief of Staff for Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland. The district serves 132,000 students across 210 schools. Currently, Rhodes serves as the Deputy Executive Director for the William Julius Wilson Institute at the Harlem Children’s Zone working with communities across America to get 1 million young people on the pathway to social and economic mobility.