Chong-Hao Fu

Chong-Hao Fu is a career educator and former school leader who believes in the power of great teaching to help all young people access opportunity. He has served as the CEO of Leading Educators since 2018, significantly growing the organization's impact and reach. Since joining Leading Educators 15 years ago as Chief Program Officer, Chonghao has led groundbreaking efforts to improve teaching and learning for students at the margins in the fastest-improving school systems in the country. He is a nationally recognized thought leader on teacher leadership and professional learning, excellent instructional practice, teacher diversity, and sustainable systems change. Beyond Leading Educators, Chonghao is actively engaged in efforts to shape the future of teaching and learning as the co-chair of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, an advisory board member for the ASU Next Education Workforce, and a steering committee member for the Coalition to Reimagine the Teaching Role. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Teacher Center and the advisory board for the Broad Center at the Yale School of Management. He is a member of Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) and a Pahara Institute Fellow. Before his time at Leading Educators, Chong-Hao was the founding principal at KIPP Sharpstown in Houston, Texas. As a Teach for America corps member, he began his teaching career as a high school math teacher in Greenville, Mississippi. Chong-Hao was a finalist for the Teach for America Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership and a Fisher Fellow through the KIPP School Leadership Program. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.Ed. from National Louis University.