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Before launching Lost Debate, Ravi founded Arena, where he led a team that helped elect over 75 candidates and train over 1500 political operatives. He’s the co-founder and chair of Second Chance Studios, a media company that exclusively employs the formerly incarcerated, and serves as the co-host of Majority 54, a political podcast about talking to friends and family with different political beliefs. Before Arena, he was the founder and CEO of RePublic Schools, a network of charter schools in the South. He also held a number of roles on Obama’s first campaign and first term, including as assistant to David Axelrod and Susan Rice — where he was “a slightly more substantive version of Gary from Veep.” A native of Staten Island, he graduated from Yale Law School, where, unbeknownst to the faculty, he was a pioneer in the concept of remote schooling, and Binghamton University, where he received an excellent and reasonably priced education.
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Before launching Lost Debate, Ravi founded Arena, where he led a team that helped elect over 75 candidates and train over 1500 political operatives. He’s the co-founder and chair of Second Chance Studios, a media company that exclusively employs the formerly incarcerated, and serves as the co-host of Majority 54, a political podcast about talking to friends and family with different political beliefs. Before Arena, he was the founder and CEO of RePublic Schools, a network of charter schools in the South. He also held a number of roles on Obama’s first campaign and first term, including as assistant to David Axelrod and Susan Rice — where he was “a slightly more substantive version of Gary from Veep.” A native of Staten Island, he graduated from Yale Law School, where, unbeknownst to the faculty, he was a pioneer in the concept of remote schooling, and Binghamton University, where he received an excellent and reasonably priced education.
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Before launching Lost Debate, Ravi founded Arena, where he led a team that helped elect over 75 candidates and train over 1500 political operatives. He’s the co-founder and chair of Second Chance Studios, a media company that exclusively employs the formerly incarcerated, and serves as the co-host of Majority 54, a political podcast about talking to friends and family with different political beliefs. Before Arena, he was the founder and CEO of RePublic Schools, a network of charter schools in the South. He also held a number of roles on Obama’s first campaign and first term, including as assistant to David Axelrod and Susan Rice — where he was “a slightly more substantive version of Gary from Veep.” A native of Staten Island, he graduated from Yale Law School, where, unbeknownst to the faculty, he was a pioneer in the concept of remote schooling, and Binghamton University, where he received an excellent and reasonably priced education.
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Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million dollar marijuana operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle if left unchecked, would likely kill him.
Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had —his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 50,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, 3 time TED talk speaker, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes, the YPO shark tank competition.
Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had —his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 50,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, 3 time TED talk speaker, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes, the YPO shark tank competition.
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Stacey Shells Harvey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ReGeneration Schools, a non-profit charter school management organization that’s dedicated to creating and revitalizing schools through a college prep and character mission. Stacey currently manages a network of three campuses and six schools in Chicago, IL. U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 School Ranking listed all ReGeneration elementary schools among Illinois’s top ten charter elementary schools. ReGeneration expanded to Ohio in 2019, opening its Bond Hill campus in Cincinnati. ReGeneration will add two additional Ohio schools in the fall of 2023.
Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick.
Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University.
Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick.
Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University.
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Sujeet Rao has spent his career at the intersection of startups and government innovation. From 2021-2022, he served as a Senior Policy Advisor on the Biden White House COVID-19 Response Team, coordinating various federal emergency response efforts to the pandemic. Before that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Elucd, a govtech startup that built tools for city leaders, and also previously served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Chief of Staff and in various other roles at the U.S. Department of Education.
He is a veteran of multiple political campaigns, including Obama for America in 2008, and has served on the advisory boards of the Arena and the National Student Legal Defense Network. A lawyer by training, Sujeet practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sujeet earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.
He is a veteran of multiple political campaigns, including Obama for America in 2008, and has served on the advisory boards of the Arena and the National Student Legal Defense Network. A lawyer by training, Sujeet practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sujeet earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.
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Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million dollar marijuana operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle if left unchecked, would likely kill him.
Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had —his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 50,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, 3 time TED talk speaker, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes, the YPO shark tank competition.
Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had —his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 50,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, 3 time TED talk speaker, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes, the YPO shark tank competition.
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Sujeet Rao has spent his career at the intersection of startups and government innovation. From 2021-2022, he served as a Senior Policy Advisor on the Biden White House COVID-19 Response Team, coordinating various federal emergency response efforts to the pandemic. Before that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Elucd, a govtech startup that built tools for city leaders, and also previously served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Chief of Staff and in various other roles at the U.S. Department of Education.
He is a veteran of multiple political campaigns, including Obama for America in 2008, and has served on the advisory boards of the Arena and the National Student Legal Defense Network. A lawyer by training, Sujeet practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sujeet earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.
He is a veteran of multiple political campaigns, including Obama for America in 2008, and has served on the advisory boards of the Arena and the National Student Legal Defense Network. A lawyer by training, Sujeet practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sujeet earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.
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Stacey Shells Harvey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ReGeneration Schools, a non-profit charter school management organization that’s dedicated to creating and revitalizing schools through a college prep and character mission. Stacey currently manages a network of three campuses and six schools in Chicago, IL. U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 School Ranking listed all ReGeneration elementary schools among Illinois’s top ten charter elementary schools. ReGeneration expanded to Ohio in 2019, opening its Bond Hill campus in Cincinnati. ReGeneration will add two additional Ohio schools in the fall of 2023.
Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick.
Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University.
Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick.
Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University.
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Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million dollar marijuana operation. He was also grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle if left unchecked, would likely kill him.
Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had —his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 50,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, 3 time TED talk speaker, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes, the YPO shark tank competition.
Faced with this grim prognosis, Coss started to get in shape using the tools he had —his prison cell and his own body weight. Within six months he lost 70 pounds and replicated his successful formula of body weight exercises with 20 other inmates. Then he launched CONBODY, a prison style bootcamp that has gained over 50,000+ clients and hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. Since the launch of his company he’s been featured in over 200 major media outlets such as NBC, CNN, The New York Times, 3 time TED talk speaker, and Men’s Fitness. He’s also won major pitch competitions such as Defy Ventures, Pitch for Good by TOM’s shoes, the YPO shark tank competition.
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Stacey Shells Harvey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of ReGeneration Schools, a non-profit charter school management organization that’s dedicated to creating and revitalizing schools through a college prep and character mission. Stacey currently manages a network of three campuses and six schools in Chicago, IL. U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 School Ranking listed all ReGeneration elementary schools among Illinois’s top ten charter elementary schools. ReGeneration expanded to Ohio in 2019, opening its Bond Hill campus in Cincinnati. ReGeneration will add two additional Ohio schools in the fall of 2023.
Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick.
Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University.
Before founding ReGeneration Schools, Stacey was the managing director for Victory Education Partners in Chicago, where she moved the schools from the bottom 17% of the state to outperforming 64% of the state. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was a principal with Uncommon Schools, where she opened two charter schools in Rochester, NY, where her founding cohort of students at Rochester Prep ranked sixth in the state of NY for English Language Arts in 2008. Stacey’s work in urban education has been featured in the book Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov, and Leverage Leadership, by Paul Bambrick.
Stacey graduated from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. After undergrad, Stacey joined Teach For America in 1999, where she taught in Baltimore, Maryland and earned a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in teaching. She went on to earn a second master’s degree in administration from Pace University.
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Sujeet Rao has spent his career at the intersection of startups and government innovation. From 2021-2022, he served as a Senior Policy Advisor on the Biden White House COVID-19 Response Team, coordinating various federal emergency response efforts to the pandemic. Before that, he was Chief Operating Officer of Elucd, a govtech startup that built tools for city leaders, and also previously served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Chief of Staff and in various other roles at the U.S. Department of Education.
He is a veteran of multiple political campaigns, including Obama for America in 2008, and has served on the advisory boards of the Arena and the National Student Legal Defense Network. A lawyer by training, Sujeet practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sujeet earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.
He is a veteran of multiple political campaigns, including Obama for America in 2008, and has served on the advisory boards of the Arena and the National Student Legal Defense Network. A lawyer by training, Sujeet practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers and served as a law clerk for the Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sujeet earned a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.
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