Pamela Burdman

Pamela Burdman
Senior Project Director,
Opportunity Institute
Pamela Burdman, Senior Project Director at the Opportunity Institute and founder of the Just Equations project, is an expert on college access, readiness, and success. Working at the intersection of education research, policy, and practice, she synthesizes knowledge from the field to define problems and advance strategies that support student success. Burdman has more than 20 years of experience working on issues of postsecondary readiness and success, first as a reporter covering education for the San Francisco Chronicle and later as a program officer for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She holds masters degrees in philosophy and East Asian studies from the University of California, Berkeley.