Staff / Executive Team

Saskia Traill, President _ Chief Executive Officer
Saskia Traill, President _ Chief Executive Officer

Saskia Traill, PhD

President & CEO

Saskia started at ExpandED Schools in 2009 as the Director of Policy, and became President & CEO in 2019. Prior to ExpandED Schools, Saskia worked to build state systems for early care and education. She has been named on the Education Power 100 by City & State, and has authored and co-authored articles for peer-reviewed journals, policy briefs, reports on a range of issues, and an essay on voter registration in a book about civic service (which included being recorded on a CD with Al Gore). Saskia earned a BA from Columbia University and a PhD in research psychology from Stanford University.