Where education nonprofits come to thrive
Get world-class advisors and tools to help your organization grow.
Access the experience of top industry leaders
Access the experience of top industry leaders
Access the experience of top industry leaders
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Place to design and collaborate in 3D
Industry
Industry
Education
Education
Education
Headquarters
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA
Founded
Founded
2024
2022
2022
2022
Who We Are
EdAccess Lab is a 501c3 tax-exempt organization that provides affordable advising services and tools to education nonprofits that are dedicated to creating pathways to postsecondary education for first-generation, low-income students.
Challenge
Since the COVID pandemic, more than 1.3 million students have dropped out of the college pipeline. Low-income and students of color have dropped out at higher rates, deepening existing inequities and limiting opportunities to break the cycle of poverty. While education nonprofits have had great success in placing a majority of their students in four-year colleges, there are far too few seats available to meet the demand from underserved students. EdAccess aims to address this gap by helping these education organizations grow. We partner with them to expand their reach so they can provide critical support to more students.
1.3M
Students who need support
Students who need support
< 10
avg # of staff per nonprofit
avg # of staff per nonprofit
150K+
# of education nonprofits
# of education nonprofits
Where we can help
Where we can help
We support your organization with a blend of innovative thinking, flexibility, and actionable solutions.
Access world-class advisors
Our network includes highly experienced advisors who have worked in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. While they each have unique skills, they all share a passion for equity in education.
Senior leaders from top organizations in the U.S.
Deep industry experience
Passionate about education
Access world-class advisors
Our network includes highly experienced advisors who have worked in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. While they each have unique skills, they all share a passion for equity in education.
Senior leaders from top organizations in the U.S.
Deep industry experience
Passionate about education
Access world-class advisors
Our network includes highly experienced advisors who have worked in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. While they each have unique skills, they all share a passion for equity in education.
Senior leaders from top organizations in the U.S.
Deep industry experience
Passionate about education
Access world-class advisors
Our network includes highly experienced advisors who have worked in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. While they each have unique skills, they all share a passion for equity in education.
Senior leaders from top organizations in the U.S.
Deep industry experience
Passionate about education
Leverage the power of AI
EdAccess advisors work with clients to identify AI tools to increase operational efficiency. Clients have had success in using these tools to create content for websites, social media posts, and newsletters. Additionally, customized AI tools can be developed to meet specific organizational needs.
AI Integration
Automation for operational efficiency
General technology solutions
Leverage the power of AI
EdAccess advisors work with clients to identify AI tools to increase operational efficiency. Clients have had success in using these tools to create content for websites, social media posts, and newsletters. Additionally, customized AI tools can be developed to meet specific organizational needs.
AI Integration
Automation for operational efficiency
General technology solutions
Leverage the power of AI
EdAccess advisors work with clients to identify AI tools to increase operational efficiency. Clients have had success in using these tools to create content for websites, social media posts, and newsletters. Additionally, customized AI tools can be developed to meet specific organizational needs.
AI Integration
Automation for operational efficiency
General technology solutions
Leverage the power of AI
EdAccess advisors work with clients to identify AI tools to increase operational efficiency. Clients have had success in using these tools to create content for websites, social media posts, and newsletters. Additionally, customized AI tools can be developed to meet specific organizational needs.
AI Integration
Automation for operational efficiency
General technology solutions
Our chosen sectors that focus on education:
Nonprofits
Nonprofits
Higher Education
Higher Education
Philanthropy
Philanthropy
Community Organizations
Community Organizations
Mission
Our mission is to empower education nonprofits to overcome barriers to sustainability and growth, enabling them to support exponentially more underserved students to access postsecondary education.
Vision
Every motivated, under-resourced US student will have access to a supportive pathway to higher education.
Our core values
While we recognize each client is different, our values stay consistent.
Innovation: Challenge assumptions, be curious, and take risks.
Wisdom: Bring discernment, insight, and understanding.
Collaboration: Actively share, regularly audit, distill, and improve.
Equity: Be fair, impartial, and just.
Humility: Listen, support, and serve the common good.
Why EdAccess Lab
We know your context
We have worked in education and understand what it’s like on the ground.
We are affordable
We provide world-class service while working within your budget.
We focus on sustainability
We build practices and structures that are long-lasting in your organization.
We bring new perspectives
We provide fresh ideas for strategy, communications, and technology that are informed by our deep experience.
We are trusted by our clients
87 %
reduction in hiring costs
Nolan Vaccaro
Director, Continental
The EdAccess process engaged all of us - all our different voices and perspectives - and that was an amazing team-building exercise.
EdAccess Lab was able to take our many goals for the future of our organization and distill it down into one concrete plan.
7x
Faster than traditional hiring
Ashlynn Gouse
Head of Product, Logitech
Meet our leadership team
Meet our leadership team
Pam Haering
Executive Director
Pam is an experienced brand strategist and social entrepreneur who is passionate about education equity. Pam’s 30 years of non-profit board work and consulting have been focused on creating educational access for students worldwide and improving youth mental health outcomes. Before working in the non-profit space, Pam was building brands as a VP, Account Supervisor at J. Walter Thompson and BBDO advertising, the Vice President of International Ad Sales Marketing at Time Warner Turner, and a division creator and Senior Vice President at Viacom. Pam earned her BA from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) and the Harvard EdRedesign Lab.
Yefei Jin
Sr. Project Architect
Dr. Yefei Jin, Senior Project Architect. Yefei Jin has spent his career supporting mission-driven, nonprofit organizations, from start-ups to institutions of higher learning. Yefei and Pam met and recognized their shared passion for education equity while both attending graduate programs at Harvard. After completing his doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Yefei combined his technical experience and Change Management skills to lead teams across innovative, change-driven environments. He is now building transformative technology in the Education Sector.
Karin Beecher
Deputy Director
Karin comes to EdAccess after a career as an operational and strategy consultant in higher education. At PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, she led initiatives with education and nonprofit organizations to address challenges ranging from business process inefficiency to strategic operational decisions. Through the course of her work, Karin developed a keen interest in the issues around college access and persistence for low-income, underrepresented students. She holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a Fellow at the MA Alliance for Early College.
Pam Haering
Executive Director
Pam is an experienced brand strategist and social entrepreneur who is passionate about education equity. Pam’s 30 years of non-profit board work and consulting have been focused on creating educational access for students worldwide and improving youth mental health outcomes. Before working in the non-profit space, Pam was building brands as a VP, Account Supervisor at J. Walter Thompson and BBDO advertising, the Vice President of International Ad Sales Marketing at Time Warner Turner, and a division creator and Senior Vice President at Viacom. Pam earned her BA from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) and the Harvard EdRedesign Lab.
Yefei Jin
Sr. Project Architect
Dr. Yefei Jin, Senior Project Architect. Yefei Jin has spent his career supporting mission-driven, nonprofit organizations, from start-ups to institutions of higher learning. Yefei and Pam met and recognized their shared passion for education equity while both attending graduate programs at Harvard. After completing his doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Yefei combined his technical experience and Change Management skills to lead teams across innovative, change-driven environments. He is now building transformative technology in the Education Sector.
Karin Beecher
Deputy Director
Karin comes to EdAccess after a career as an operational and strategy consultant in higher education. At PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, she led initiatives with education and nonprofit organizations to address challenges ranging from business process inefficiency to strategic operational decisions. Through the course of her work, Karin developed a keen interest in the issues around college access and persistence for low-income, underrepresented students. She holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a Fellow at the MA Alliance for Early College.
Pam Haering
Executive Director
Pam is an experienced brand strategist and social entrepreneur who is passionate about education equity. Pam’s 30 years of non-profit board work and consulting have been focused on creating educational access for students worldwide and improving youth mental health outcomes. Before working in the non-profit space, Pam was building brands as a VP, Account Supervisor at J. Walter Thompson and BBDO advertising, the Vice President of International Ad Sales Marketing at Time Warner Turner, and a division creator and Senior Vice President at Viacom. Pam earned her BA from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) and the Harvard EdRedesign Lab.
Yefei Jin
Sr. Project Architect
Dr. Yefei Jin, Senior Project Architect. Yefei Jin has spent his career supporting mission-driven, nonprofit organizations, from start-ups to institutions of higher learning. Yefei and Pam met and recognized their shared passion for education equity while both attending graduate programs at Harvard. After completing his doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Yefei combined his technical experience and Change Management skills to lead teams across innovative, change-driven environments. He is now building transformative technology in the Education Sector.
Karin Beecher
Deputy Director
Karin comes to EdAccess after a career as an operational and strategy consultant in higher education. At PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, she led initiatives with education and nonprofit organizations to address challenges ranging from business process inefficiency to strategic operational decisions. Through the course of her work, Karin developed a keen interest in the issues around college access and persistence for low-income, underrepresented students. She holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a Fellow at the MA Alliance for Early College.
Pam Haering
Executive Director
Pam is an experienced brand strategist and social entrepreneur who is passionate about education equity. Pam’s 30 years of non-profit board work and consulting have been focused on creating educational access for students worldwide and improving youth mental health outcomes. Before working in the non-profit space, Pam was building brands as a VP, Account Supervisor at J. Walter Thompson and BBDO advertising, the Vice President of International Ad Sales Marketing at Time Warner Turner, and a division creator and Senior Vice President at Viacom. Pam earned her BA from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) and the Harvard EdRedesign Lab.
Yefei Jin
Sr. Project Architect
Dr. Yefei Jin, Senior Project Architect. Yefei Jin has spent his career supporting mission-driven, nonprofit organizations, from start-ups to institutions of higher learning. Yefei and Pam met and recognized their shared passion for education equity while both attending graduate programs at Harvard. After completing his doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Yefei combined his technical experience and Change Management skills to lead teams across innovative, change-driven environments. He is now building transformative technology in the Education Sector.
Karin Beecher
Deputy Director
Karin comes to EdAccess after a career as an operational and strategy consultant in higher education. At PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, she led initiatives with education and nonprofit organizations to address challenges ranging from business process inefficiency to strategic operational decisions. Through the course of her work, Karin developed a keen interest in the issues around college access and persistence for low-income, underrepresented students. She holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a Fellow at the MA Alliance for Early College.
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