Kyla Haimovitz is the Deputy Chief of Research and Development for AERDF. Prior to this role, she worked with philanthropic foundations and nonprofits to design and run funding strategies around inclusive research and development in K12 education. She worked as the Director of Education Technology at Digital Promise Global, where she helped organizations integrate research on how people learn and develop into educational products and programs in more inclusive and equitable ways through training, consulting, infrastructure-building, and grant-making. She held similar roles as a Senior Learning Engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a Scientist in Residence at Character Lab, and Postdoctoral Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her BA from Reed College and PhD from Stanford University, where she conducted research on how to create motivating, equitable learning environments.