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Nick Watson, Board Member

Senior Program Officer, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Nick Watson is a Senior Program Officer on the Education team leading on all things College Access and Success at Bloomberg Philanthropies. He brings more than 17 years of experience in admissions, college counseling and advising, career counseling and advising and program management to his work.

In his current role, Watson leads the College Access and Success portfolio which include a first of its kind free nationwide virtual college advising program, CollegePoint, which has assisted over 60,000 low-income, high-achieving students in enrolling in America's top colleges as well as the American Talent Initiative, which aims to increase the number of low-income, high-achieving students at America's top colleges. Before joining Bloomberg Philanthropies, Watson held various roles across the education sector at organizations such as  KIPP DC, Northeastern University, and ScholarMatch.

He holds a Master’s of Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University and a B.A. in Communications from Purdue University.