Sarah Zaner is the co-president of Bendable Labs, a technology, consulting and research firm that aims to improve economic stability, mobility and opportunity for people across the United States. She has more than 20 years of experience in the EdTech, learning sciences and human-centered design fields. Before co-founding Bendable Labs, she served as the Drucker Institute’s senior director of social innovation and product owner for Bendable, the lifelong learning and workforce development platform created at the institute. Previously, she was a senior portfolio director at IDEO, the global design firm. As director of digital learning solutions at SRI International and as a product manager for Scholastic, Sarah led research and development teams that invented technology-based learning tools, including the award-winning intervention products Read 180 and Math 180.
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