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Gregg Behr
Gregg Behr, executive director of The Grable Foundation, is a father and children’s advocate whose work is inspired by the legacy of his hero, Fred Rogers. For more than a decade, he has helped to lead Remake Learning—a network of educators, scientists, artists, and makers he founded in 2007—to international renown. Formed in Rogers’ real-life neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Remake Learning has turned heads everywhere from Forbes to the World Economic Forum for its efforts to ignite children’s curiosity, encourage creativity, and foster justice and belonging in schools, libraries, museums, and more.
A Phi Beta Kappa- and Truman Scholar-graduate of the University of Notre Dame and also a graduate of the Duke University School of Law and Sanford School of Public Policy, Gregg holds honorary degrees from Carlow University and Saint Vincent College. Nationally, Gregg has served as board chair for Grantmakers for Education and also Grantmakers for Effective Organizations; as a trustee for GreatNonprofits.org and the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; and as an advisor to Independent Sector, the Fetzer Institute, and the Partnership for the Future of Learning. In Pittsburgh, he has served as board chair for the Mentoring Partnership, as a trustee for WQED and the Women and Girls Foundation, and as an advisor to the United Way and the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he’s an advisor to the Brookings Institution and the Fred Rogers Center.
In 2016, President Obama recognized Gregg as a Champion of Change for his efforts to advance making and learning; in 2015, he was recognized as one of America’s Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers by the Center for Digital Education; and in 2014, Gregg accepted the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award on behalf of Remake Learning and Kidsburgh.org. Recognized for his deep and determined commitment to his hometown, Allegheny County once declared “Gregg Behr Day” in celebration of his advocacy for kids, their educators, and their families.
Gregg lives just north of Pittsburgh with his wife and two daughters.