Brett McNaught

Co-Founder and CEO of Educate Tomorrow
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The Leader

As CEO and Co-Founder of Educate Tomorrow, Brett leads one of our nation's most innovating organizations working to ensure that all youth, especially those who have experienced foster care, get access to unlimited educational opportunities. Prior to Educate Tomorrow, Brett served as an Officer and Vice President of International Programs for buildOn, overseeing the construction of more than 1,000 classrooms in Haiti, Nepal, India, Nicaragua, Mali, Malawi and Senegal. He remains a board member of buildOn for their New York region as well as serving on the board of the Miami Dade County Community Based Care Alliance and as a steering committee member of the Miami Dade County Homeless Youth Collective Impact where he co-chairs the Education and Employment Committee. He spent two years working for Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans rising to Construction Manager and served in the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa from 2001-2003. Brett was selected as a Miami Leader in 2014 by the Miami Foundation and as a National Urban Fellow Executive Leader. Brett and his wife and co-founder of Educate Tomorrow, Virginia Emmons, have been recognized by numerous organizations for their work.

Recent Wins

Educate Tomorrow has brought its programming and strategy to multiple cities across the US
Received the Service Year Alliance Innovation Award (2017)
Received Florida Department of Child and Families' Child Welfare Champion Award (2018)

The Bold Idea

Serve current and former foster youth, homeless youth and similarly disadvantaged young people by striving to make higher education an attainable goal for all.

The organization

Educate Tomorrow was created with the belief that neither poverty nor neglect should impede youth from leading successful adult lives. Educate Tomorrow works to fill voids left in the path to higher education and gainful employment for many youth who have been involved in the foster care system or other systems or circumstances that require support in order to increase opportunities and chances for success. Studies show that a low percentage of foster care students ever receive a high school diploma and even fewer go on to secure a college education or steady employment. Educate Tomorrow believes in individualized coaching over a long period of time focused on improving academics, economic stability, access to stable and affordable housing and physical and emotional well-being.