Press Release: Teach For America Names Aneesh Sohoni New Chief Executive Officer

About Aneesh Sohoni 

Aneesh Sohoni will become Teach For America’s Chief Executive Officer on April 15, 2025. Aneesh steps into this role after serving as the Chief Executive Officer of One Million Degrees (OMD), a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the progress of community college students towards economic mobility. Since 2021, Aneesh has led OMD to significant growth, quadrupling the number of students served across the City Colleges of Chicago and launching a new advisory and capacity-building service model to expand OMD's national impact.

Inspired by his immigrant parents and the transformative power of education, Aneesh began his career as a high school English teacher through Teach For America. His experiences in the classroom ignited his passion for ensuring all students have access to opportunities that unlock their full potential.

Prior to his role at OMD, Aneesh gained valuable experience in the public and nonprofit sectors, working on education reform initiatives in Tennessee, Camden, and Boston. He also served as the Executive Director for Teach For America in Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

Aneesh is the recipient of the 2024 Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership from Teach For America and has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 for education. He is a Pahara Fellow, a 2019 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, and a member of The Economic Club of Chicago.

About Teach For America

Teach For America works in partnership with communities across the country to expand educational opportunities for children. Founded in 1990, Teach For America finds, develops, and supports a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunity for children from classrooms, schools, and every sector and field that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate. Today, Teach For America is a force of 70,000 alumni, corps members, and Ignite fellows working in pursuit of profound systemic change so that one day every child has an equal opportunity to learn, lead, thrive, and co-create a future filled with possibility. Teach For America is a proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network. 

Media Assets

Headshot: Aneesh Sohoni (Download)

Photo: Aneesh Sohoni (Download)

Photo: Elisa Villanueva Beard (current Teach For America CEO), Aneesh Sohoni (incoming Teach For America CEO), Anajah Philogene (Teach For America Chicago-Northwest Indiana executive director) (Download)

Photo: Elisa Villanueva Beard (current Teach For America CEO), Aneesh Sohoni (incoming Teach For America CEO), Mikisha Nation (Teach For America Twin Cities executive director) (Download)

Video: Aneesh Sohoni recognized with Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership (Watch)

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Contact

To reach Teach For America’s Communications team, members of the media should contact press.center@teachforamerica.org. 

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