Building Hope Appoints Andre Bennin To Its Board Of Directors

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"Education has been an extremely important part of my life, as my mother pushed the importance of education to my brother and me from a very young age."

Those are the words of Andre Bennin, who has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Building Hope, a non-profit that has invested more than $482 million in high-impact charter schools, per a press release.

Bennin is the managing partner of Rethink Education, a "leading impact venture capital firm focused on education," per Fortune.

"His breadth and depth of experience in impact investing are invaluable additions as we create new ways for organizations to participate in the public charter school growth effort," says Sheila Ryan-Macie, chair of Building Hope's board of directors.

Bennin, who was born in the Ivory Coast and moved to the US when he was 10, holds a bachelor of science degree in molecular biology and a juris doctorate from Brigham Young University, per the release.

"I have seen firsthand the doors that education opens and how education is a tool for economic mobility," he says.

"It is in my ethos, and a huge part of who I am, to pay back the opportunities I have had by paying it forward and creating educational opportunities for others."

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