CEOThe Luminos Fund
Caitlin Baron is the CEO of the Luminos Fund, an international education nonprofit dedicated to giving the world’s most vulnerable, out-of-school children a second chance to learn. Luminos’ award-winning program marries the best of global and local learning science to enable marginalized children to catch up to grade level and go on to lifelong learning. Under Caitlin's leadership, Luminos has successfully scaled its education mission across five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, working in partnership with 25+ community-based organizations to reach over 277,787 out-of-school children. A recent RCT confirms that children make dramatic learning gains during our program. In one year, a child in the Luminos Liberia program learns 90% of what the average Liberian will learn in their lifetime. Over 90% of Luminos students succeed in the program, going on to complete primary school at twice the rate of their peers.