Renee Blahuta is a Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, who works in the area of Early Childhood Education & Education Systems. She is responsible for identifying and developing opportunities for affecting positive systemic change and transformation in education systems that serve children birth to age eight and their families. Her work supports efforts nationwide that focus on effective teaching practices and systems-level improvement through attention to equitable allocation of education resources. Renee’s work at the Foundation is informed by her 15 years of experience in Chicago Public Schools (serving as an elementary school principal and assistant principal, a professional development leader, and a middle school Science teacher), as well as her work in business and as a lawyer.