Drew Deutsch

Drew Deutsch is Digital Promise’s vice president and chief operating officer, with close to 25 years of experience improving systems and motivating cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional growth, revenue, and bottom-line results through a variety of company and operational milestones. Intently focused on driving progress and strategy, he brings strong knowledge of digital platforms and technology-enabled advancements to join forces with IT, support sales/marketing efforts, and foster business initiatives. Mr. Deutsch has had extensive experience supporting teams and businesses across the U.S., Asia, Latin America, and the UK.

Mr. Deutsch recently served as vice president and general manager at edX/2U, a global education and technology company. In his role at edX/2U he worked closely with higher education institutions like Columbia, Berkeley, Fordham, and The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to bring their graduate degrees and courses online. Before joining edX/2U in 2019, he served as chief operating officer of Urban Teachers, where he oversaw operations, marketing, communications, technology, recruitment, expansion, and local site teams to ensure execution of the non-profit organization’s strategic mission. Leading the effort to enhance recruitment processes, participants entering the program and revenues grew by more than 50% year over year. During this extraordinary period, he and the team maintained strong quality and diversity metrics, and significantly grew Urban Teachers’ footprint across the school districts it served.

Previously, Mr. Deutsch was director for Americas for International Baccalaureate, a nonprofit educational foundation where he oversaw all aspects of service and support to IB schools across the Americas. Before joining IB, he spent 15 years at the Princeton Review, an education company, managing various teams and departments.

Mr. Deutsch graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s degree and also holds an International Baccalaureate Diploma from the United Nations International School in New York.