Rubye K. Sullivan is a senior associate with the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Atlanta Civic Site. She focuses on education achievement and manages a portfolio of education-related investments in the communities that make up the Neighborhood Planning Unit V, the school district and state of Georgia. Previously, she was the executive director of the Data + Information Group at Atlanta Public Schools where she was responsible for research and evaluation, assessment and student information teams. Sullivan led the district in collecting and analyzing data to inform strategic decisions at the classroom, school and district levels, including conducting the district’s first equity audit in 2014. She began her career as a middle grades math teacher in southwest Atlanta.
Sullivan received a doctorate in educational studies from Emory University, a master’s degree in secondary mathematics education from Emory University and a bachelor’s degree in secondary mathematics education from Boston University. She completed a fellowship with the Harvard Strategic Data Project in 2015. Sullivan is the board vice chair of the Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education and an at-large board member for the Directors of Research of the American Educational Research Association.
