Pamela Burdman

Pamela Burdman, a policy analyst and strategist on equitable college access, readiness, and success, is the founder and executive director of Just Equations, a policy institute focused on reconceptualizing the role of mathematics in education equity. She began her career as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle and first focused on math equity issues as a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, working with the early developers of new college statistics pathways. She is the author of numerous reports and articles on math opportunities that have influenced policy changes in K–12 and postsecondary math education in California and beyond. She earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and East Asian studies from Princeton University and a master’s in business administration and master’s in Asian studies from University of California, Berkeley.