Nichole Torpey-Saboe

Nichole Torpey-Saboe is Vice President of Research for Strada Education Foundation. She provides leadership and support in designing and producing original research aligned with Strada’s strategic pillars and facilitates collaboration and collective impact across the field to improve equitable pathways to opportunity through postsecondary education and training. Key research projects include the State Opportunity Index, alumni outcomes studies with more than 70 institutions, and Strada’s Public Viewpoint research series to track the impact of the pandemic on education and the workforce. Prior to joining Strada in 2018, she worked as an independent consultant, advising higher education, nonprofits, and local government on research, evaluation, and strategy. She is the author of the book Measuring Education Inequality in Developing Countries (Springer, 2018). Torpey-Saboe holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Colorado Boulder and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Georgetown University.