Maddy Sims is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), where she leads projects focused on studying and strengthening innovation in education. Her work centers on helping education systems and institutions develop the strategies, structures, and capabilities needed to adapt to a rapidly changing world and create greater opportunities for students.
Previously, Maddy served as a Director at Columbia University's Center for Public Research and Leadership, where she worked with school districts, state education departments, nonprofits, and foundations to develop and implement strategies to transform schools into adaptive, student-centered organizations. Earlier in her career, she practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Her work on education policy has been published in the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems and the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, and has been featured in outlets including The 74.
Maddy has longstanding interests in creating programs that enable students to meaningfully contribute to social impact causes while developing the skills, experiences, and sense of agency needed to become leaders capable of transforming systems and expanding opportunity. She is also deeply interested in how institutions of higher education can evolve to better prepare students for a rapidly changing world. Maddy has a particular passion for Dartmouth, an institution she credits with broadening her worldview, inspiring her to think boldly about the potential for individuals to contribute to society, and showing her the many ways that skills and experiences can be applied to the social sector.
Maddy graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. and received her J.D. from Columbia Law School. She lives in Westchester, New York, with her husband and their two daughters.