Veronica Anderson is a communications and planning strategist with expertise in education, media and public policy. As the principal and founder of the consulting firm PenUltimate Group, she works with leadership teams at school districts and education nonprofits that aim for equitable access, robust engagement, and overall student success. During her career, she has been an education reporter and editor, and has served as a member of the steering committee for the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. She has a bachelor’s in economics and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University, and she was John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.