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Meet our New Managing Partner: Andre Bennin

March 29, 2022 • Rethink Education

We were thrilled to welcome a new Managing Partner to the Rethink Education team earlier this month, Andre Bennin. A lot of you may know Dre from his role as Managing Director of Corporate Development for the Strada Education Network or his investing leadership as a Managing Partner Juvo Ventures. In today’s episode of the podcast, we dive deeper into Dre’s background from his childhood in Cote d’lvoire to his pre-med days at BYU to his policy work to his impressive investment track record. Listen in to get to know the newest member of the Rethink team!

Books Mentioned in the Episode:

· A Knock at Midnight by Brittany Barnett

· Unschooling Rules by Clark Aldrich

· A New Culture of Learning by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown

· Caste by Isabel Wilkerson