Aashti Zaidi Hai is the founder and CEO at Global Schools Forum, a network organization working to strengthen global education through supporting nonstate organizations in low- and middle-income countries who serve children from low-income backgrounds. Prior to this, Aashti oversaw a portfolio of education investments at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. She previously worked at the U.K. Department for International Development, the World Bank, and at the American Institutes for Research.