Sekou Biddle

Sekou Biddle leads UNCF’s K-12 Initiatives to ensure more African American students will be college-ready and better prepared to enroll in and complete college by driving sustainable education reforms that benefit students and empower parents and communities to demand improvement. He has more than 30 years of experience in urban public education and is a former at-large member of the District of Columbia City Council. He represented Wards 3 and 4 on the District of Columbia Public Schools Board of Education and District of Columbia State Board of Education. As executive director of the southern region of Jumpstart for Young Children, he partnered trained adults in year-long relationships with pre-school-aged children to prepare them for success in school. Sekou previously was director of community outreach for KIPP DC. Prior to this, he trained and supported first- and second-year teachers as a program director with Teach For America. He has hands-on experience in the classroom working as a teacher in New York City, Atlanta and Washington, DC. Sekou has a bachelor’s degree in business from Morehouse College and a master of education degree in early childhood education from Georgia State University with a focus on urban education.