Brad Bernatek is a Senior Program Officer on the K-12 team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role he works on strategic investments which accelerate the development and adoption of solutions, tools, and practices that foster the development of social and emotional learning competencies for secondary students. Prior to joining the Foundation, Brad served as a Director in FSG's Education and Youth practice, focusing on the development of strategic plans, evaluations, and research engagements for school districts and non-profits across the nation. Brad also worked for Seattle Public Schools as Director of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment on the district's executive management team and started at the district as a Broad Resident. Early in his career he served as a principal consultant with the strategy consulting practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and as a financial analyst with Ford Motor Company.