The Forum for Youth Investment
Dr. Kimberly Howard Robinson
Dr. Kimberly Howard Robinson has been announced as the next executive vice president of the Forum for Youth Investment (FYI) and the new managing director of its David. P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. Robinson arrives at FYI from one of the largest private philanthropic institutions in the country, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). There she worked for more than three years as a planning, evaluation and research officer responsible for the development and implementation of programmatic strategy reform processes. Before her time at WKKF, Robinson’s career was firmly in the education sector. After earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology/sociology at Bethel College, she moved on to the University of Notre Dame’s Developmental Psychology graduate program where she would earn both a master’s degree and Ph.D. Robinson’s first job after completing her education would be as a research scientist at the Teacher’s College at Columbia University. She worked there for three years before becoming an assistant professor of psychology at Marymount Manhattan College.
It was less than a year later, however, that she would accept the position of director of data and analytics, research and policy support group at the New York City Department of Education. Always moving on in her career she then worked for Baltimore City Public Schools; first as director of research and then as interim chief achievement and accountability officer. It was after a little over two years of this that she moved into the philanthropy and services sectors by going to WKKF. Now she arrives at the Forum for Youth Investment bringing years of experience and a career-long commitment to our nation’s youth. “I am delighted to join the Forum,” said Robinson for a press release. “My passion and expertise pair well with the Forum’s commitment to leveraging research evidence in support of children and young people toward achieving their potential in the most effective ways possible. I look forward to the opportunities ahead of us to strengthen leaders and organizations that serve young people.”
