Chase Sackett

Chase Sackett is America Forward’s Policy Director. Chase leads America Forward’s economic mobility, postsecondary education, and social innovation policy and advocacy work, and he supports new policy development across the America Forward Coalition’s issue areas.

Chase’s commitment to advancing policies that expand opportunity, in particular through evidence-based programs and practitioner-centered innovation, led him to his role at America Forward. Chase previously worked at Arnold Ventures, where he managed initiatives working to expand the use of evidence and outcomes-based financing across policy domains, along with policy development, advocacy, and research aiming to strengthen quality in post-secondary education and to identify and scale effective student success programs. Chase also served as a policy advisor and analyst in the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the White House Domestic Policy Council. As a federal staffer, he coordinated reforms and partnerships at the intersection of policy, research, and social innovation, including the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act’s groundbreaking evidence provisions.

Chase holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA in Classics and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.