Welcome Kobie Pruitt

FPF would like to welcome the newest member of our team, Kobie Pruitt. Kobie is our new Education Policy Manager, and will be taking over the management of FPF’s Education and Student Privacy programs and events. Kobie comes to us from the Hill where he was a legislative assistant to Congresswoman Kaptur (OH-09), and included Education among his portfolio of responsibilities. He is also an adjunct professor for both undergrad and MBA classes at the University of the Potomac, and has previously taught as a guest teacher for 9-12 graders in New York state on government, politics, and social studies.  He earned his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.

We are delighted to have Kobie on the FPF Team, and know he will be an asset to our work on student data privacy issues. Among other education projects, Kobie will take over the maintenance and promotion of the Student Privacy Pledge (www.studentprivacypledge.org), work on evaluation and publication of the results of our recent Parent Survey on Technology and Student Data in Public Schools, and continue distribution and awareness of our just-published Parent Guide to Student Privacy Rights.  Further, Kobie will lead the FPF programs supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation including a scholarship program outreach to high school students for a student privacy based video competition, and the National Symposium for Student Privacy Issues scheduled for this September.

Kobie can be reached at [email protected] for further information about FPF’s Education and Student Privacy related projects and events.