Marguerite Roza

Marguerite Roza is a Senior Data and Economic Advisor in the U.S. Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  Previously, she served as a research associate professor at the University of Washington’s College of Education and was a senior scholar at the University’s Center on Reinventing Public Education. Her research work includes education finance and the effects that fiscal policies at the federal, state, and district levels have on resources in classrooms and schools, as well as the direct impact that education policies have on education budgets and spending inside schools and within districts.  Roza holds a B.S. from Duke University and a Ph.D. in education from the University of Washington.