Steve Cartwright is the founder of Exponent Education, a team of consulting data engineers, analysts, and coaches supporting the boldest leaders in public education with the data expertise they need to drive improvement and expand opportunities for low-income students and students of color.

Before founding Exponent, Steve served as Vice President for Strategy and Integration at Teach For America and Chief of Staff to the Chief Strategy and Program Officer. Before that, Steve was Chief Implementation Officer at Tembo, an education data science company. Steve also led analytics work at StudentsFirst and DC Public Schools, where he was a Fellow with the Strategic Data Project at the Harvard Center for Education Policy Research. He began his data career in the Urban Institute's Education Policy Center after graduating from Notre Dame with a degree in economics and Africana studies. He has been a proud resident of Washington, DC since 2007.