Josh Wallack

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Josh Wallack was deputy chancellor for early childhood in the New York City Public Schools under Mayor Bill de Blasio and is currently a program officer at the Ford Foundation. As deputy chancellor, he oversaw implementation of New York City’s early childhood programs, including Pre-K and 3-K for All.

Through these initiatives, New York City now serves over 100,000 children from birth to age five in free, full-day, high-quality early care and education. Josh also supported the Office of School Enrollment, where he led the first significant school integration efforts in decades.

Josh was previously the chief operating officer for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), where he helped lead projects critical to the city’s economic development agenda. Successes included Applied Sciences NYC, the initiative through which Cornell University and the Technion agreed to build a graduate engineering center on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and the Hunter’s Point South project, which will create 5,000 new units of housing on the Queens waterfront.